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大学课程教学与评价 期末论文 Developing a Coherent Curriculum for the Future of Higher Education – A Comparative Analysis of Curriculum Patterns that Could Meet Future Challenges 学生：何伊莎（HEGER Isabel） 学号：38201009252 邮箱：isabel.h1@gmx.at Table of Contents 0.Abstract1 1.What are the future requirements for a university curriculum?1 2.Curriculum development – guiding principles and academic discourse2 3.Which ones among the existing curriculum patterns could most likely meet the requirements of the future?3 3.1The spiral curriculum7 3.2The process-oriented curriculum7 4.Comparing spiral curriculum and process-oriented curriculum in terms of advantages, disadvantages and feasibility9 5.Conclusion11 6.References13 0. Abstract Determining curricular requirements for the future of higher education is an important issue in the field of curriculum studies. I want to look at this topic from the point of view of curriculum development in order to detect those curriculum patterns that could most likely meet future challenges. After talking about future requirements for a university curriculum, the principles of curriculum development and the academic discourse determining current views on curriculum design, I analyzed existing curriculum patterns according to one essential criterion: coherence. I narrowed the range down to two coherent curriculum patterns to be discussed in depth, on the one hand the spiral curriculum and on the other hand the process-oriented curriculum. Finally, I compared both in terms of advantages, disadvantages and feasibility, discussing which one among them might suit higher education best under the given conditions. Based on these insights, I found that a spiral curriculum might suit undergraduate education best, while a process-oriente