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What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals

Creatrix Campus

What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals editor Tue, 06/13/2023 - 00:09 Curriculum development is critical in structuring educational programs and ensuring better learning outcomes. What is Curriculum Development?

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Teaching in Dialogue: Content-independent learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Some use content to teach skills, such as the Sociology department’s research training course, Designing and Doing Social Research which I organise. Content-independent learning implies a different direction, where students and teachers work from their skills towards content. Sep 20, 2016

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Developing graduate attributes in a landscape of practices

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Reaching such an understanding involves identifying the factors which enable, but also constrain, students’ development of these attributes. The research participants were from the MSc Language Education programme.

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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Nina herself (along with Hazel Christie, from IAD) has researched the use of blogs in teaching and learning as part of a PTAS grant and has recorded a podcast episode for our mini-series (released today). Dr Simon Riley is using it in part of the Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs) project.

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The Reflection Toolkit: Supporting effective reflection

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

We drew on experience, practice, and research from across the University and sector to create a pragmatic resource that supports effective reflective practice. The Reflection Toolkit targets two audiences – reflectors and facilitators of others’ reflection – recognising that students and staff can occupy both roles.

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Service Excellence Programme: Programme and Course Information Management (PCIM)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

An important focus of Sarah’s work is to enhance IAD collaboration and engagement with colleagues in Schools and Colleges and beyond to support high quality teaching and research provision in Higher Education. Sarah has previously worked in student support leadership roles completing a Masters in Education (Leadership and Management).

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How can our Graduate Attributes inform programme and course development? Challenges and opportunities

Teaching Matters Student Employment

However, what do they do when they look to develop students’ ‘mindsets’? What evidence do we have to show our students develop these graduate attributes? Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs) offer another approach and way forward. communication, teamworking).