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Piggott, Leanne; Winchester-Seeto, Theresa – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2020
The focus of this paper is the design and development of an innovative project-based work-integrated learning (WIL) course that enables undergraduate students from all faculties to work in interdisciplinary teams with partner organisations from the public, private, and community sectors. Projects are co-designed with partners interested in…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Work Experience Programs, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Moss, Julianne; Godinho, Sally C.; Chao, Edlyn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
Integrated approaches to curriculum planning and delivery are not a recent phenomenon. In the 1930s John Dewey advocated for a more cohesive conceptualisation of students' learning. Yet, despite state and national endorsement of curriculum integration in Australia, it is generally considered an alternative curriculum design that has failed to gain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Integrated Curriculum
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Kelly, Nick; Wright, Natalie; Dawes, Les; Kerr, Jeremy; Robertson, Amanda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
This paper describes a model for teacher professional development as co-design for curriculum planning in which facilitators with design and pedagogical expertise iteratively work with groups of secondary school teachers, one school at a time, to plan whole terms of work, as a form of teacher professional development. It contains preliminary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Models, Faculty Development, High School Teachers
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Guzzomi, Andrew L.; Male, Sally A.; Miller, Karol – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Engineering educators should motivate and support students in developing not only technical competence but also professional competence including commitment to excellence. We developed an authentic assessment to improve students' understanding of the importance of "perfection" in engineering--whereby 50% good enough will not be…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Motivation, Performance Based Assessment, Student Attitudes
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Bajada, Christopher; Trayler, Rowan – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: A modern business graduate is expected to have strong disciplinary skills as well as the soft skills of communication and team work. However today's business graduate needs to be more than the traditional "I-shaped" graduate of the past and more of the "T-shaped" graduate employers are looking for. Many undergraduate…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Business Administration Education, Educational Change, Curriculum Design
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Dreher, Carl; Reiners, Torsten; Dreher, Naomi; Dreher, Heinz – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
The context of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is changing dramatically. Today, Web 2.0 applications such as Facebook and MySpace are used ubiquitously in the general population, and Virtual Worlds are becoming increasingly popular in business, for example via simulations in Second Life. However the capacity of Virtual Worlds is…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Curriculum Design, Student Projects, Student Motivation
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Dunne, A. J.; Collins, R. J. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1995
A University of Queensland (Australia) new agribusiness curriculum is described. The curriculum was designed in response to the concerns and wishes of Australian agribusiness employers and government policy of increased international competitiveness. The program's centerpiece is an internship in overseas market research with a commercial firm.…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design