Do any of you folks have to teach using syllabi, reading materials,
assignments, or other course-related materials that were designed by
other teachers (or say, a departmental committee)?
I've been told that course standardization - meaning standardized
syllabi, assignments, reading materials, etc. - is pretty common in
schools these days. Is it? (It's a point of contention between some
faculty at my school and some administrators.)
I'd be grateful for any feedback (send it to me and I'll eventually
compile it for the list).
Do you write your own syllabus? Do you teach any courses where it's
written for you by someone else?
Do you select your own reading materials? Do you teach courses where
they are preselected?
Do you devise your own assignments? Do you teach courses where you
are required to give pre-designed assignments?
Any other data that might help me on this (e.g., course level,
enrollments, type of college, impressions of what's the norm) is also
appreciated - like I said, it's just for an internal argument, so
I'll keep this pretty informal. (If any of you know about a study
done on this sort of thing, please pass along the reference.)
Thanks.
--> Mike O.
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Michael S. Ofsowitz
University of Maryland - European Division
http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~mofsowit
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