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A Guide to Curriculum Mapping synthesizes teaching, learning, and assessment research with an innovative, inclusive, and comprehensive approach to effective curriculum design that centers student learning and evidence-informed continuous improvement.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. Navigating Research-Based Best Practices with Curriculum Mapping 3. Curriculum Mapping Fundamentals 4. Vertical Alignment 5. Horizontal Alignment 6. Using Curriculum Mapping to Close the Loop Appendix A: Curriculum Mapping Templates Appendix B: Curriculum Mapping Narratives Appendix C: Possible Answers for Signature Assignments Appendix D: Graduate Mapping Templates Appendix E: Professional Development Materials Appendix F: Additional Resources
About the author
Jennifer M. Harrison has worked in higher education for over 30 years and is currently UMBC’s Associate Director for Assessment in the Faculty Development Center. Dr. Harrison has expertise in accreditation, institutional effectiveness, student learning assessment, critical pedagogy, curriculum development, educational technology, and online and face-to-face active learning. Dr. Harrison’s research and teaching centers on intersectional social justice education.
Vickie Rey Williams, an educational psychologist and learning scientist, has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including hospitals and K–12 schools. In addition to teaching education courses to future educators, she serves as a featured professor of cognitive psychology in UMBC’s Psychology degree program, and as a mentor and leader in the First-Year Seminar program at UMBC.
Summary
A Guide to Curriculum Mapping synthesizes teaching, learning, and assessment research with an innovative, inclusive, and comprehensive approach to effective curriculum design that centers student learning and evidence-informed continuous improvement.
