1. VU Curriculum
A quick walk through a
possible future.
Owen Hicks
August, 2011

2. What is it that I hope you will come
away with at the end of this session?
a sense of the current situation of curriculum at VU;
an idea of what the future might look like;
a sense of what might be gained and what might be lost;
 a sense of how you might get there and how you might
know.

3. A little exercise in model building.
Change Analysis Framework

4. A little exercise in model building
TEACHING
LEARNING
CONTENT
CURRICULUM
SYLLABUS
TRAINING PACKAGE
SUBJECT
COURSE
COMPETENCY Try using these words and symbols to
build yourself a model of how the words
DISCIPLINE
fit together in your world at VU.
LECTURER/TEACHER
STUDENT

5. Change Analysis Framework
TITLE
Current situation:
+ -
New situation:

6. Change Analysis Framework
The VU Tertiary Curriculum
Current situation:
(a description of the current situation as
regards curriculum at VU)
(positive aspects of (negative aspects of
the current situation) the current situation)
+ -
(positive aspects of (negative aspects of
the new situation) the new situation)
New situation:
(a description of what curriculum might
possibly look like following the work of
the ‘Curriculum Commission’)

7. Logistics
What structures might we need to bring about these changes?
Over what time frame?
What events could/should occur?
What resources would be needed?

8. Evaluation
How might you know the changes were being achieved?
How might you know if they were effective?