PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE ARTS PROGRAM ...

2. Curriculum: reflect on learning outcomes and assessment, teaching
methodologies, and content in order to improve the quality of teaching,
learning and student success.
A. Addressing Course-Level Outcomes: Identify and give
examples of assessment-driven changes made to improve
attainment of course-level student learning outcomes. Where
sequences exist, also include assessment-driven changes to
those sequences.
Response: During the 2010-2012 period four (4) major changes
were made to TA related Course Level Outcomes in conjunction with
assessment based explorations. Two were new courses, and two were
revisions.
Revisions: We changed the TA 101 and TA 141 CCOGs, focusing on
Course Descriptions and Outcomes to better comply with College COre
outcomes, Assessment reviews, Gen Ed requirements and Cultural
Literacy demands. We changed their course outcomes to bring the
courses more in line with our own assessment findings in the following
examples:
TA 101:Theatre Appreciation Assessment Findings/ Changes:
In order to better address the following areas of weakness.
*Identify, evaluate and synthesize information.
* Distinguish relevant from non-relevant data, fact from opinion”
We made the following CCOG updates:
Written “theatre production reviews” were transitioned to “theatre critiques”,
which replaced plot summary and subjective opinion centered writing, with
theatre/performance based criteria, objective evidence and 3rd person
narrative.
In order to better address the following areas of weakness.
* Interpret and express quantitative ideas effectively in written, visual,
aural, and oral form.