Curriculum flexibility and the needs of specific groups of students
(2019) European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL) — Location: Tartu, Estonia (27.November.2019)
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- This workshop is about curriculum flexibility in relation to the needs and capabilities of specific groups of students. A flexible curriculum, in which students are provided with opportunities to (partly) control their own learning process and learning environment (Cheong, 2013; Collis & Moonen, 2001), is often used for addressing student diversity. However, it is not clear how the characteristics of flexibility (in the exceptional case that these have been explicated) are connected to the study success of students – nor in general, nor with regard to specific groups. In the workshop, a flexibility matrix will be used that connects types of flexibility with student autonomy. This tool is the result of a previous study of the presenters. Participants will learn how to use this flexibility matrix. They form a think tank for connecting flexibility with characteristics of specific groups of students, and for formulating guidelines regarding this connection for the development of education. The participants will be actively involved in making the connection between flexibility characteristics and the needs of specific groups of students. Participants will connect the topic to their own educational practice and discuss this connection in small groups.
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Jonker, H., März, V., Smits, A., & Voogt, J. (2019). Curriculum flexibility and the needs of specific groups of students. European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL), Tartu, Estonia. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/122776