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The Hero’s Journey (in HE) Continues : Applying the hero’s journey framework to curriculum planning and course design

Gröppel-Wegener, A. and Farmer, R. (2025) The Hero’s Journey (in HE) Continues : Applying the hero’s journey framework to curriculum planning and course design. Innovative Practice in Higher Education. 6(3), p. 1. 2044-3315.

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Abstract:
Building on the ideas contained in Farmer's 'The Hero's Journey in Higher Education: A Twelve Stage Narrative Approach to the Design of Active, Student-Centred University Modules' (2019), this current paper takes the idea of using the twelve stages of the hero’s journey as a course design tool, and extends it by adding a series of diagnostic questions linked to the stages, the purpose of which is to develop Farmer’s (2019) theoretical ideas into a more practically-oriented toolkit for educators. In the same spirit, this current paper also includes thoughts from workshop participants who have begun to make use of the hero’s journey as a course design toolkit, drawing the tentative conclusion that, for some people at least, the idea provides a useful framework for course design.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education
Creators:
Gröppel-Wegener, A. and Farmer, R.
Date:
16 June 2025
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
p. 1
Journal or Publication Title:
Innovative Practice in Higher Education
Volume:
6
Number:
3
Number of Pages:
39
Language:
English
ISSN:
2044-3315
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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