Most (if not all) of those in the world of higher education are familiar with the concept of the syllabus. Typically, a syllabus has three major functions within a course: to serve as a contract, a permanent record, and a learning tool (Parkes and Harris, 2002).
While these three main components make up the principal features of a syllabus, to think that these are its only functions would be downplaying the importance of syllabi.
The syllabus can be many things:
...and more!
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