Course Pathways: Making the right choices for the right reasons

Course Pathways: Making the right choices for the right reasons

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Jurgen Schulte, Pedro Fernandez de Mendonca, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Simon Buckingham Shum

UTS Teaching and Learning Forum, 22 Nov 2016

BachelorofEngineering(Honours)DiplomainProfessionalEngineeringPractice

2006–2016StudentCohortsmovingbetweensubjects(onlytop50%ofsubjectsbysizeshown)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20152014 2016

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ATOOLFORSTUDENTS,COURSEANDSUBJECTCOORDINATORS


CivilEngineeringmajor,AutumncommencingYear1

Autumnsession33130MathematicalModelling148230 EngineeringCommunication68037 PhysicalModelling48310 IntroductiontoCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering

Springsession33230MathematicalModelling248321 EngineeringMechanics48320 Surveying60101 ChemistryandMaterialsScience

Year2Autumnsession48240DesignandInnovationFundamentals48221 EngineeringComputations48331MechanicsofSolids48340 Construction41035 EngineeringPracticePreparation1

Springsession41036 EngineeringProfessionalExperience141037WorkIntegratedLearning1

Typicalrecommendedcoursepathway

Here:Pathwaymeanspathwaythroughacourse(notuniversityentrypathway)

DifferentRoles–DifferentViews

CourseCoordinatorAcuteoveralloverviewofallsubjectsandenvisionedconnectednessLimitedsubjectlevelview

SubjectCoordinatorFamiliaritywith“adjoining”subjectsLimitedoverallviewofconnectedness

StudentFamiliaritywith“parallel”subjectsFutureblind


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Course CoordinatorRole

Monitoringlongitudinalstageprogression

Providingstudentsupportwithwholecourseview

Appropriatealignmentofcoursecontent

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Questions

Isthecoursecontentwellalignedlaterallyaswellaslongitudinally?

Arepass-studentssufficientlypreparedtotakeonthenextstage?


EnlighteningCoordinatorView

Lookingatacohortofaverageperformingstudents(58)insubjectAcomingdirectlyfromhighschool (H),itappearsthatcourseisnotwellalignedforthemtoprogressinsemester2.

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EnlighteningCoordinatorView

Lookingatacohortofaverageperformingstudents(58)insubjectAcomingdirectlyfromhighschool (H),itappearsthatcourseisnotwellalignedforthemtoprogressinsemester2.

Afterrepeatsinsemester2,thecohort(58)doesgenerallywellinsemester3,exceptforsubjectE.

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Subject CoordinatorRole

Maintainalignmentofdisciplinaryknowledge&skillswithparallelsubjects(semesterview)

Ensurethesubjectisameaningfulrequisiteforothersubjectsupstream

Subjects

Subjects

Questions

Towhatleveldodisciplinaryknowledge&skillslearnedinAcontributetoasuccessfulprogressiontoC ?

AreskillslearnedinA importanttosucceedinE?


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EnlighteningSubjectCoordinatorQuestions

Thedisciplinaryknowledge&skillstaughtinA appearnottocontributewellorarenotrelevantforprogressioninupstreamsubjectC.

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Student Aspiration

Succeedinsubject

Learnthedisciplinaryknowledge&skillsthatareneededfurtherupthealley

Subjects

Subjects

Questions

Isabareboneknowledgeandmycurrentlevelofengagementsufficienttoprogresssuccessfully?

Isthesubjectaheadofmesimilar,moreormuchmoredemandingthanthecurrentone?


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EnlighteningStudent Questions

Onaveragestudentslikemehavingachieved55 and58 intheseSemester1subjectshistoricallyhaveperformed10,30and55inthoseSemester2subjects

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Course Pathways: Making the right choices for the right reasons