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Conceptual Change thru Learning

Through the participation in this course's activities, my conceptual frameworks about various components of education have been revised. One of the conceptual frameworks revolves around the role of the higher education institution in American society. Before this course, I entertained the concept of a higher education institution as an autonomous entity with its unique identity and curriculum has been shattered. However, due to its accountability to diverse constituencies, a higher education institution cannot function in a vacuum. Rather, as Duderstadt (2000) and Cohen (1998) pointed out in their works, higher education institutions must respond to the demands of the consumers and the needs of the society by reshaping their curriculum and modifying their delivery of the courses in order to accommodate the emerging needs of society. For example, Duderstadt (2000) highlighted that the traditional paradigm of "just in case" education in which undergraduate students acquire a body of the knowledge that is anticipated for their future career has been replaced. Instead, a "just in time" education that is designed to match their current career requirements is now expected by many adult career professionals (p. 17).

Similarly, Cohen (1998) emphasized that curricular evolution has occurred because all the disciplines "were now serving multiple masters: the profession, the university and the community" (p. 363). Therefore, the traditional concept of a university that is a repository of knowledge and an unquestioned authority in education has begun to shift towards a model that focuses on the provision of customized education to meet the needs of direct and indirect consumers.

Another related conceptual framework that has been revised as a result of my participation in the course is the increasing significance of the learner-centered education, in lieu of the faculty-centered education. As indicated earlier, the need for unive...

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