WP3
European Curriculum Design TOOLKIT
Pedagogy and
T+L Strategies
Pedagogy – T+L
Strategies – FIVE: How and Why Programmes are created?
Study Programmes are created
when a Programme Team, a Head of Department, a Head of Faculty (or Chair), a
University Manager or the University Rector or President identify a GAP in the
university’s current offering of study programmes. Is there some subject,
discipline or area of learning which your university is currently not teaching, some subject which you SHOULD be teaching or COULD be teaching?
Anyone proposing the creation of
a new Study Programme must ask questions such as…
- Is there a NEED for this new programme
(will there be student applicants for the new programme)?
- Does the HEI have the qualified STAFF
and expertise required to deliver (or teach and assess) the new study programme?
- Does the HEI have the resources
required to deliver (teach and assess) the new study programme?
Resources can include access to classrooms,
lecture theatres, studios, workshops and laboratories, IT and computer
technology, specialised hardware and software, access to suitable books and
learning materials in the HEI library, study spaces etc etc.
It is common practice to survey
(or focus group) potential applicant groups and external stakeholders (industry
and professionals in the field) to gather information on potential applicant
demand and on whether a new study programme might meet the needs and
requirements of industry or society.
When a new Study Programme is
devised, the programme team and University management must decide what LEVEL
the programme will be placed at (BA, BA(Hons), MA, PhD), how many YEARS the
students will be expected to study in order to achieve the learning required
(in order to achieve the Programme Learning Outcomes), The Study Programme
lecturing team usually decide on HOW the Study Programme will be taught and
learned. They will also decide on HOW the student learning will be assessed and
how that assessment will be fed back to students in order to help them to
improve their learning and their grades and they progress through the Study
Programme.
When a new study programme is
devised, the programme team prepare all of this study programme information in
a series of documents which will then be presented for Peer Review.
From Page 37 of Tempus ALIGN
Guidelines…
2.1
Does the study programme
meet genuine education and training needs?
(a) Does the HEI have evidence that the study programme meets the
proposed target learners’ education and training needs?
(b) Is the study programme as a process and the intended study programme
learning outcomes adequately informed by the views of appropriate stakeholders
such as learners, graduates, lecturers, employers, relevant advisory bodies,
social and community representatives?
(c)
What research has been
conducted for the provision of this study programme in the area in which it is
to be provided?
(d) Can the HEI demonstrate that the proposed study programme compares
favourably with other programmes already in
place?
(e)
Where the HEI is either
part of the public service or its study programme is publicly funded, can it demonstrate that in developing the
study programme it has given due regard to relevant public policy?
2.2
Is the study programme viable?
(a)
Does the HEI have a viable
delivery/business-plan for study programme? (This is important for several reasons. For example if the study
programme assumes a certain cohort size it may not function as planned if
either insufficient or excessive numbers are
recruited.)
(b)
Does the HEI have
satisfactory contingency arrangements for adapting to changing circumstances or
coping with failure of the study programme (having due regard for the interests
of learners)?
(c)
Is the study programme
consistent with the provider’s mission and
strategy?
DESTIN - QQI 2016 Programmatic Review Guidelines
www.davidquin.ie/DESTIN - QQI 2016 Programmatic Review Guidelines.pdf
The first part of this document asks questions of the Programme team - specifically what has been learned about the Study Programme over the previous five years of operation - what does the data say about the performance of the study programme and what changes are to me made to the study programme for the future.
These questions are being asked because too many study programme teams were not making any significant changes to their study programmes.
The second part of the document specifies who (in the Irish system) should be providing the answers to the Programmatic Review questions - the HEI, the Heads of Faculty, Heads of Department or the Study Programme Team.
2017 QQI Ireland template for new MA module descriptors
This is an especially instructive document, because it gives guidance on the information required to complete the template.
www.davidquin.ie/IADT - New Module_MA_QQI2017.pdf
NEXT: DESTIN TOOLKIT PEDAGOGIES SIX: https://quindpdp.blogspot.com/2019/05/destin-wp3-toolkit-pedagogy-and-tl.html
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