Curriculum and Instructional Planning in Higher Education
Dr. Radhika Kapur
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Abstract
Curriculum and instructional planning in higher education is an important area. Higher
education enables an individual to take up a field in which he is interested informing his career.
There are number of areas that need to be taken into consideration when individuals render their
contribution in curriculum and instructional planning in higher education. The important areas are,
needs and requirements of the students, backgrounds and categories of the students, learning and
careergoals, teaching-learning processes, and development of plans, strategies, norms, standards and
principles that may facilitate learning amongst the teachers and the students. The main areas that
have been taken into account are, elements to promote curriculum and instructional planning in
higher education, features of curriculum and instructional planning in higher education, assessment
of curriculum and instructional planning in higher education, suggestions for resources used to
establish standards for student performance, and role of teacher in higher education.
Keywords: Curriculum; Instruction; Higher Education; Teachers; Students; Assessment; Planning
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