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Shaping the University Curriculum through Partnerships and Critical Conversations
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In this article, the authors suggest that there is a real need for academics and developers to work together to identify the meanings behind the language of higher education by working collaboratively and contributing individual expertise.Abstract:
“Quality teaching”, “curriculum change” and “innovative practice” are just a few of the common phrases used by university academics as a basis for defining and justifying their actions as educators and policy‐makers Yet our analysis of 25 interviews with academics revealed differences in their conceptions of these terms While the impact of such disparity upon the clarity of discussions across campus is not known, it is likely to be significant We suggest there is a real need for academics and developers to work together to identify the meanings behind the language of higher education By working collaboratively and contributing individual expertise, academics and developers can develop converging understandings and better shape the university curriculum This paper explores ways in which we can work together to achieve this goal “Enseignement de qualite”, “changement de programme” et “pratique innovatrice” ne sont que quelques‐unes des expressions communement employees par les universitaires pour defiread more
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Qualitative variation in constructive alignment in curriculum design
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TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that teachers who describe their approaches to teaching as involving conceptual change/development intentions with student-focused strategies were more likely to see the intended learning outcomes for students in more holistic terms, and assessment as an integral part of that teaching approach.
Preparing academics to teach in higher education: final report
TL;DR: The PATHE project as mentioned in this paper has identified a number of "Big Ideas" in tertiary teaching that are taught across most foundations programs, and a workshop is designed to find out what resources they use in their foundations programs to teach these "big ideas" and why they work and their willingness to share them.
Conceptions and construction of contemporary Australian Bachelor of Arts programs
TL;DR: In this article, the authors map and deconstruct the planned curricula of Bachelor of Arts programs offered in Australian universities between 2007 and 2011 using comparative historical analyses techniques supplemented with data collected and analysed using focused ethnography methods.
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
TL;DR: A review of the book "Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Edgar H. Schein is given in this article, where the authors present a review of their approach to organizational culture and leadership.
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The fifth discipline - the art and practice of the learning organization
TL;DR: Senge's Fifth Discipline is a set of principles for building a "learning organization" as discussed by the authors, where people expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nutured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are contually learning together.
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Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
TL;DR: Collins, Brown, and Newman as mentioned in this paper argue that knowledge is situated, being in part a product of the activity, context, and culture in which it is developed and used, and propose cognitive apprenticeship as an alternative to conventional practices.
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The New Meaning of Educational Change
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a brief history of educational change at the local and national level, and discuss the causes and problems of implementation and continuation of change at both the local level and the national level.
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Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate
TL;DR: Boyer and Boyer as discussed by the authors discuss the impact of the early Carnegie Foundation on the development of higher education in the United States, and the role of the Carnegie Foundation in this process.