Making principled decisions about curriculum development: outcomes of a Realist evaluation across 13 universities
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Paper/Presentation Title | Making principled decisions about curriculum development: outcomes of a Realist evaluation across 13 universities |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Crosthwaite, C. (Author), Jolly, L. (Author), Brodie, L. (Author), Kavanagh, L. (Author) and Buys, L. (Author) |
Editors | Avdelas, Aris |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2012) |
ERA Conference ID | 44025 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Brussels, Belgium |
ISBN | 9782873520052 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.sefi.be/conference-2012/Papers/Papers/061.pdf |
Conference/Event | 40th Annual Conference of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2012): Engineering Education 2020: Meet the Future |
SEFI - Annual Conference of European Society for Engineering Education | |
Event Details | SEFI - Annual Conference of European Society for Engineering Education Rank B B |
Event Details | 40th Annual Conference of European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2012): Engineering Education 2020: Meet the Future Event Date 23 to end of 26 Sep 2012 Event Location Thessaloniki, Greece |
Abstract | Curriculum change is often driven by external factors such as changes in the field or informal feedback from students and staff rather than systematic data collection. Over the last five years nearly all of the universities in Australia and New Zealand have introduced projects based on the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge. Every year, EWB nominates one of their partner organisations in a developing community and a range of projects and themes addressing needs and work in that community as the basis for the year's EWB Design Challenge. EWB develops and provides a suite of resources including on-line information about the community and the partner organisation's work which is provided for use in first year engineering courses. In 2010 the Australian Learning and Teaching Council funded us to evaluate this innovation across 13 universities in Australia and New Zealand. All of the |
Keywords | project-based learning; first year curriculum; evaluation; higher education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401001. Engineering design |
390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy | |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
Public Notes | This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Strategic Partnerships, Australia | |
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering | |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1vq9/making-principled-decisions-about-curriculum-development-outcomes-of-a-realist-evaluation-across-13-universities
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