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TITLE: Subtitle (example below)

CURRICULUM FOR BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCIES OF MOBILE

SOCIAL WORKERS IN BRUSSELS: A Focus on Homeless Encampments and
Squatters’ Quarters

YOUR NAME (in caps)

NAME (in caps), if working with others
NAME (in caps), if working with others

Case Studies in Curriculum Design

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Dr. Fred Mednick, Professor

OPTION: (insert here In-Service Training, Teacher Professional Development, Social

Service, or Public Service

[Date]
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Table of Contents

NOTE: The Table of Contents must be based upon MS Word’s Heading 2 style; make certain you
familiarize yourselves with headings and how they work. It makes navigation for the reader a lot
easier. NOTE: If you change the title in the Table of Contents, it won’t work. If you change the title
of a heading in the document itself, it will work if you (a) right-click or Ctl click on Table of
Contents (b) choose Update Field, then (c) Update Entire Table to refresh the Table of Contents.
Points will be taken off for sloppy attention to detail.

Purpose of the Study and Project Goal ........................................................................................... 6

Approach to Research ..................................................................................................................... 6
Theory of Change Process .............................................................................................................. 6
Curriculum Model ........................................................................................................................... 6
The Curriculum Plan or Teacher’s Guide ....................................................................................... 6
Feedback from Name of Agency, School, etc. ............................................................................... 6
Conclusions and Recommendations ............................................................................................... 7
Annotated Bibliography .................................................................................................................. 7
Appendix: Surveys and Interviews ................................................................................................ 7
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ABSTRACT
(250 words maximum)

An Abstract is the entire paper in a condensed form, written for those seeking to learn more. An
abstract summarizes, usually in one paragraph of 250 words or less, the major aspects of the entire
paper in a prescribed sequence that includes: 1) the overall purpose of the study and the research
problem(s) you investigated; 2) the basic design of the study; 3) major findings or trends found as a
result of your analysis; and, 4) a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions.
The abstract allows you to elaborate upon each major aspect of the paper and helps readers decide
whether they want to read the rest of the paper. Therefore, enough key information [e.g., summary
results, observations, trends, etc.] must be included to make the abstract useful to someone who may
want to examine your work.
How do you know when you have enough information in your abstract? A simple rule-of-thumb is to
imagine that you are another researcher doing a similar study. Then ask yourself: if your abstract was
the only part of the paper you could access, would you be happy with the amount of information
presented there? Does it tell the whole story about your study? If the answer is "no" then the abstract
likely needs to be revised.

Key Words/Tags: (list them here)

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Purpose of the Study and Project Goal

(2-3 pages)
Give the reader a sense of the issue and the challenge. Perhaps X, Y, or Z is understudied, or at
least understudied in the particular context you wish to explore or region you have been tasked to
support. Cite statistics you can verify. Go into detail about the history of the problem or the
forces at work in favor of—or as obstacles to—success.

Approach to Research
(2-3 pages)
This is where you discuss how you approached the research. Describe your desk research.
Compare it to your interviews and surveys. You can use a classic coding scheme or come up
with one yourself. Add to “Appendix: Surveys and Interviews” a summary of questions from
your surveys and interviews, as well as your process for OBJECTIVELY drawing conclusions
from what data and insights you gathered. Here, you might want to add how you coded the
responses. The Theory of Change Process (below) will supplement this section

Theory of Change Process

(2-3 pages)
Summarize the findings from your Theory of Change, and include evidence (screenshots or a
link to a Google Doc of the PDF). See Discussion 4 for details:
https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/1266918/discussion_topics/6249029

Curriculum Model
(2-3 pages)
We have introduced several models in the course. There are hundreds more. If you chose one of
the models from the readings/discussions, explain why and how you used it. If there are other
curriculum models (perhaps suggested by the agency, school, or other entity), describe it here.

The Curriculum Plan or Teacher’s Guide

(4-5 pages)
This is your product – the curriculum plan or guide itself for a training of 1-3 days

Feedback from Name of Agency, School, etc.

(1-2 pages)
Once presented to the agency, school, or other entity, what was their feedback?
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Conclusions and Recommendations

(1-2 pages)
 What you learned from the agency, school, or other entity
 Projected (future) challenges and opportunities in developing this further for greater
implementation, sustainability, or scale

Annotated Bibliography
 Separate page
 APA Format of at least 8 resources, not included in the total page count

Appendix: Surveys and Interviews

 Separate page
 Evidence of the survey and your method for objective coding and analysis of data, not
included in the total page count