It is important to use field standards as guidelines when selecting course content, since it is important to know what the takeaways of the course should be for the student. The instructor should teach material that is useful for the student in practice and guidelines are a good way of laying out lessons plans.
It is important to use your field standards as a guideline for selecting course content because you must ensure that you are meeting the requirements of the institution. You must also ensure that you are teaching your students the appropriate content for their chosen fields of study.
Has to match up with what is used in real life
We need to use these standards as guidelines since it serves to reflect the industry-modeled standards that we expect the students to abide by once they are in the field.
Students need to be able to meet minimum industry standards to reach any level of success. I constantly remind them the more they can exceed the standards the easier success will come.