A comprehensive approach to program development and assessment: using a continuous process improvement systems model.

Curriculum development for family science programs can be approached in a systematic, thoughtful manner. One approach that can assist us in attaining educational excellence for out students and our program is the Continuous Process Improvement model (CPI). This model was successfully implemented at...

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Publicado en:Journal of Teaching in Marriage & Family Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 291 - 326
Autores principales: Berke DL, Hamon RR
Formato: forms tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2003
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          Berke DL
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        affil: P.O. Box 3047, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Messiah College, Grantham, PA 17027; dberke@messiah.edu
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          Curriculum Evaluation
          Quality Improvement Utilization
          Student Performance Appraisal
          Family Education
          Outcomes of Education
          Program Evaluation
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      ab: Curriculum development for family science programs can be approached in a systematic, thoughtful manner. One approach that can assist us in attaining educational excellence for out students and our program is the Continuous Process Improvement model (CPI). This model was successfully implemented at Alverno College (2003) and Central Missouri State University (Mullin & Grelle, 1994). In each context, the campus culture was transformed to 'focus on student learning, explicitly driven by performance-based learning outcomes, integrated by systematic and continuous assessment and feedback' (Mullin & Grelle, 1994, p. 4). In this article, we will illustrate how professionals can use this approach to evaluate family science curriculum, by demonstrating how we used a 'quality' process model to assess our own human development and family science program.
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