The Global MDP Network is the third essential component of the MDP degree program model. Two types of partners comprise the MDP network. #MDPpic.twitter.com/14JOT03YCR
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Enhancing classroom learning with practical cases and experiences provides a fourth and final fundamental program component, one that specifically targets the curriculum but is substantially influenced by the field practicum and network.
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Here, the emphasis lies in blurring the boundaries between classroom learning and practical experience through known and novel approaches. #MDP
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General examples include the use of prepared study cases; the use of real-world challenges as the focus for course work, often in close collaboration with professional partners; development of courses that specifically serve to interface with clients through real-world challenges
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and the use of group-based training (or project teams) to mimic the multidisciplinary teams encountered in sustainable development-related fields.
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Moreover, the Commission emphasized that each individual course should, whenever possible, endeavor to link disciplinary knowledge and skills to practical policy, management, and other contemporary sustainable development challenges.
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Master of Development Practice program affiliation is defined and determined by attributes and features held in common, aspects largely covered by the principles and essential components highlighted above and below.
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Each MDP program, however, is unique. Individual programs reside within different departments within their respective academic institutions. Each academic institution is, likewise, situated within a distinct context.
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The Commission report recognized and valued this complex reality, stating that programs may “modify the [program] to incorporate regional focus, to include a discipline-based specialization, or to provide complementary skills training within a specialized program of study.
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Any variation, however, should be anchored in the core competencies” and should adhere to the “essential components,” In other words, variation among MDP programs is both a necessary aspect of program design across place and time and an important part of the original vision.
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In the wake of the 2008 Commission report, an MDP degree program was established at three universities in 2009. This number quickly expanded to 15 programs in 2010.
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Most of the pioneer programs were established with the financial support of a three-year startup grant from the MacArthur Foundation which supported program design, development, and staffing.
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Within three years, the global MDP network boasted 21 programs and, in 2018, 36 programs planned to offer the MDP degree.
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