Designing a Futuristic Business Studies Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Mei, Chiew Wye; Siraj, Saedah
Titel	Designing a Futuristic Business Studies Curriculum
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 1 (2013) 2, S.1-7 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-3024
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mixed Methods Research; Curriculum Development; Needs Assessment; Stakeholders; Program Evaluation; Business Education; Questionnaires; Interviews; Secondary School Students; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bedarfsermittlung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Wirtschaftserziehung; Wirtschaftspädagogik; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	This paper is a discourse on the theoretical aspects underpinning the design of the Business Studies curriculum domain. It draws on recent shifts in the business and educational environment of Malaysia, and maps out the methodology and method for expanding and revamping the core ground of the discipline. Using the pragmatic worldview stance, this study chose the exploratory sequential design mixed methods procedures. The significance of this methodology was the involvement of a theoretical lens as an overarching perspective within a design that contains both the quantitative and qualitative data. This lens provided a framework for topics of interest, methods for data collection, and outcomes or changes anticipated from the study. Within this lens of data collection method, the study used the Developmental Research Approach (DRA) to build a Business Studies curriculum prototype, and results showed DRA was a valid approach for such a purpose. The DRA consisted three phases. The first phase started by conducting a needs analysis of the stakeholders of the curriculum to argue whether the domain needs revamping. Based on the stakeholders' needs and the impact of business and educational changes, the study designed a prototype of the curriculum in the second phase. Lastly, the third phase concluded with an evaluation of the prototype curriculum by the main users. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. Web site: http://moj-es.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01