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Title	St. John's project : a report of the problems associated with the direction of a Canada Studies Foundation Team
Author	Connolly, Patricia Marie
Description	Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland. 1976. Education
Date	1975
Pagination	vii, 286 leaves : ill., maps.
Subject	Curriculum planning--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's
Degree	M.Ed.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's
Contributors	Project Atlantic Canada.
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 97-101.
Abstract	In May 1974 the writer was given the responsibility for the formation and direction of the fourth attempt to establish a functioning Canada Studies Foundation project in the St. John's area. The writer soon learned that, in addition to the application of specific curriculum theories, a multitude of extraneous factors - administrative, psychological, political, and financial, to name but a few -- intensely affect the curriculum development process; therefore, the opportunity to guide a curriculum development project became a source of valuable experience for the writer. -- Of special interest were problems associated with the re-establishment and maintenance of the project. The task of the writer was two-fold - to direct the curriculum development process (external task), and to maintain an efficient and cohesive working group (internal task). Curriculum development inexperience constituted the major external task problem, whereas physical and psychological pressures constituted the major internal problem. -- Based on the experience obtained as a result of the St. John's Project, the writer has offered twenty-eight recommendations grouped into four main categories - administrative, social-psychological, project task, and political. Among the more important recommendations are those pertaining to team size, the-specialized division of work load among team members, the maintenance of team morale, the psychological and intellectual compatibility of team members, the utilization of relevant curriculum theories, an adequate project lifespan, access to resource personnel, the role of public relations, and the need for adequate released time from regular teaching duties for the purposes of curriculum development.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	76005704
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(48.38 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Connolly_PatriciaMarie.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	52512.cpd