Necessary information in een curriculum project and the final descriptions necessary for a curriculum in higher education

To make decisions in a curriculum project you should have insight in various types of information:

1. About the context:
   the  results of quality assurance system and the possible consequences,
   opinion of the students
   the opinion of the management and the teachers and possible other groups involved,
   other programmes and experiences
   expected entry level of the students
   possibilities of ICT
   research conclusions about ….
   quality criteria to be achieved (NVAO, University, Faculty, program)
   Deze informative wordt gebruikt om van deze kenmerken een systematische beschrijving te maken die je kan gebruiken voor het design, ondersteuning van docneten, odnerdelen selfstudy, aanzert tot Quality assurance, ad hoc aanpassingen, tussentijdse evaluatie,….,……)
   description of relevant jobs (tasks, critical events, competences, trends/developments
2. Information you need to make a proper description of the main elements of the new curriculum:
   competences
   educational methods (existing methods, ideas for new, example from elsewhere, analyses fro the competences, …., …..
   assessment
   subject matter/crucial concepts/typical problems
   attitudes/beroepshoudingen
3. About the various possibilities to give an overview (convergeren)
   learning lines
   Blueprint
   Study Guide
4. Programs of other Educational Institutes
   same discipline
   interesting examples form other programs