Thanks Julian, sounds like you're contending with the sort of State
micromanagement we're being faced with.
US colleagues, I know this is a busy time of year with AERA just around the
corner. But I would appreciate hearing from other in Colleges of Education
as to whether your non-certification graduate programs are targeted by
specific State guidelines (beyond the general guidelines that govern all
academic programs).
Thanks.
David
PS. Please "reply to all" to include my LSU colleagues.
"Julian S
Williams" To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
<MEWSSJSW who-is-at fs1.ed cc: "Earl H Cheek" <echeek@lsu.edu>, "atrous"
.man.ac.uk> <atrous@lsu.edu>, jwander@lsu.edu, (bcc: David H
Kirshner/dkirsh/LSU)
04/11/2003 07:20 Subject: Re: State Regulation vs Academic Freedom
AM
Please respond
to mewssjsw
David
You probably know we in England have a National Curriculum for
Initial teacher Education, and even national numeracy and other
tests for beginning teachers.
What you may not know is that we also have now benchmarks for
various levels of programmes at undergraduate and even post-
graduate level: forinstance I am being asked to 'comply' by using
certain key phrases in describing the Key Skills and Qualification
Descriptors for my Masters course so that it complies with what is
described as 'M-level'
Here's one:
"a systematic understanding of knowledge and a critical awareness
of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or
informed by, the forefront of their academic discipline, field of
study, or area of professional practice"
Julian
Subject: State Regulation vs Academic Freedom
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
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<atrous@lsu.edu>,
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From: "David H Kirshner" <dkirsh@lsu.edu>
Date sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:37:34 -0500
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> XMCA Colleagues.
>
> In parallel with many other U.S. states, we in Louisiana recently have
> undergone extensive revision of our teacher certification programs
> (undergraduate and graduate) to make them conform to new licensure
> requirements promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Education and the
> Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). Now the Board of
> Regents which oversees higher education in Louisiana, in conjunction with
> BESE, has issued a set of prescriptive guidelines for our
non-certification
> masters programs. These guidelines are intrusive, including prescriptions
> for the structuring of specializations (which currently are
> unstructured--negotiated individually), and for the inclusion of
> "performance indicators" for each course description.
>
> Our Department is struggling with how to respond to what appears to be a
> clear infringement of our academic freedom. We would appreciate finding
out
> if colleagues in other U.S. states or other national jurisdictions are
> grappling with similar problems.
>
> Thanks.
> David
>
> _____________________
> David Kirshner
> Department of Curriculum & Instruction
> Louisiana State University
> Baton Rouge LA 70803-4728
> (225) 578-2332 (225) 578-9135 (fax)
> dkirsh@lsu.edu
>
>
>
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