HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM DESIGN
EDU4HEC
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Participants have the opportunity to explore the practical applications of contemporary higher education curriculum design, models and learning theories, and reflect on their own educational beliefs and values. Participants take a scholary and distinctively LaTrobe approach to a higher education curriculum design/re-design project that involves engaging with the Learning and Teaching Framework. Participants either produce a proposal for a curriculum design project or an acutal practical project that demonstrates the application of curriculum design theories, concepts, principals and methods drawn from the contemporary higher education literatures. Participants are required to collaborate with colleagues, provide collegial feedback on project drafts and demonstrate the practice of being a reflective practioner. It is expected that skills and knowledge developed in this subject will prepare participants for future curriculum leadership within their academic career.
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Kay Salehi
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: EDU4CTL
Co-requisites: Course RCHE - Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education: enhancing academic practice | Recommended | Fry, H., Ketteridge, S. & Marshall, S. (Ed) (2009) | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE |
| Readings | Designing the curriculum to link teaching and research Ch4 pp55-78 in Reshaping teaching in higher education: linking teaching with research | Recommended | Jenkins, A., Breen, R. & Lindsay, R. (2003) | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE |
| Readings | Innovative assessment in Higher Education | Recommended | Bryan, C. & Clegg, K. (2006) | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE |
| Readings | Learning, curriculum and employability in higher education | Recommended | Knight, P. & Yorke, M. (2004) | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE FAMLER |
| Readings | Teaching for quality learning at university | Recommended | Biggs, J. & Tang, C. (2007) | (3RD ED) BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND: OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS/MCGRAW-HILL |
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kay Salehi
Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Four 3.0 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| Collegial presentation and reflection on work in progress ~1,000 words | 20 | |
| Compare two curriculum models -implicit learning theories or educational values/beliefs 500 words | 10 | |
| Essay or negotiated task (4000 words) | 50 | |
| Neogitated curriculum design/re-design plan/paper baed on existing or new curriculum 1000 words | 20 |