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Work Placement Reflective Assessments And Employability Enhanced Through Highlighting Graduate Attributes, Julie Dunne
Work Placement Reflective Assessments And Employability Enhanced Through Highlighting Graduate Attributes, Julie Dunne
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This paper reports on a study which investigated the effect of activities to promote awareness of specific prioritised graduate attributes on the quality of reflection displayed in student work-placement reflective blog assessments. The focus of the paper is on the results from a thematic analysis of reflective writing assisted by NVivo software from a control and research group, using the a priori codes of ‘reflection’ and ‘graduate attributes’, as part of a Participatory Action Research study. The findings show an increase in reflection associated with graduate attributes in the research group compared to the control group. More importantly, there is …
Engaging The Gen. Y Student: Curriculum, Innovation And Challenges, Mary O'Rawe
Engaging The Gen. Y Student: Curriculum, Innovation And Challenges, Mary O'Rawe
Conference papers
Curriculum and pedagogy have been central to many contemporary debates on fostering student success. These themes are evident in discussions from policy level to the staffroom in many countries, and are particularly relevant in the mass higher education sector in the Republic of Ireland. However, a narrow treatment of the term curriculum can prevent the development of new understandings and effective learning. Central principles have emerged in debates around curriculum and innovation, with ‘student engagement’ evolving as a focal point in the search for a solution to tackle what are perceived to be problems of student disengagement particularly associated with …
Experiences Of Computer Science Curriculum Design: A Phenomenological Study, Art Sloan, Brian Bowe
Experiences Of Computer Science Curriculum Design: A Phenomenological Study, Art Sloan, Brian Bowe
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This paper presents a qualitative study of twelve computer science lecturers’ experiences of curriculum design of several degree programmes during a time of transition from year-long to semesterised courses, due to institutional policy change. The background to the study is outlined, as are the reasons for choosing the research methodology. The main findings are presented and the implications of the study described. The methodology chosen was hermeneutic phenomenology. The data were the texts of interview transcripts of the twelve participant lecturers. The experiences that emerged from analysis of the data grouped naturally in identifiable and presentable themes and these themes …
A Model For Transforming Engineering Education Through Group Learning, Shannon Chance, Gavin Duffy, Brian Bowe, Mike Murphy, Tony Duggan
A Model For Transforming Engineering Education Through Group Learning, Shannon Chance, Gavin Duffy, Brian Bowe, Mike Murphy, Tony Duggan
Conference papers
Electrical engineering educators at Technological University Dublin (DIT) have successfully implemented pedagogical change. They now use group-based, student-centered and inquiry-driven approaches to teach emerging engineers. The objective of this was to foster students’ personal as well as professional skills (i.e., teamwork, communication, self-directed learning, etc.). This paper explores how such change was achieved and provides graphic models that draw from prior phenomenological studies and incorporates aspects of Rogers’ (1962) product adoption curve and Lowe’s (2012) interpretations of it.
Peer Teaching: Taking The Recipe Out Of Food Analytical Chemistry, Julie Dunne
Peer Teaching: Taking The Recipe Out Of Food Analytical Chemistry, Julie Dunne
Conference papers
This presentation describes the implementation over several years of an alternative to ‘recipe-style’ laboratory practicals for a group of penultimate third year students studying applied chemistry as part of a four year BSc Nutraceuticals degree. The main objectives of the laboratory re-design are to better prepare students for the more independent final year research project which takes place in fourth year, and to integrate key employability skills into the curriculum. The approach retains many of the ‘tried and tested’ food chemistry experiments, but involves using a group peer-teaching methodology which aims to add value to the experience for the students. …
The Interface Between Academic Knowledge And Working Knowledge: Implications For Curriculum Design And Pedagogic Practice, Anne Murphy
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This paper considers some aspects of the theory and practice of work-based learning (WBL) that may be of interest to academic staff in higher education who have responsibility for negotiating, designing, delivering and assessing programmes for, and with, Irish workplaces, companies, organisations and sectors of the workforce. The paper does not claim to be breaking significant new ground: rather it is trying to connect aspects of the field to inform underpinning of WBL curriculum design and related pedagogic practice as the start of a conversation rather than the last word.
Printing And Book Production: Prospectus For Day And Evening Classes 1951-52, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Printing And Book Production: Prospectus For Day And Evening Classes 1951-52, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Prospectus: Bolton Street
Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Printing And Book Production: Prospectus For Day And Evening Classes 1950-51, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Printing And Book Production: Prospectus For Day And Evening Classes 1950-51, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Prospectus: Bolton Street
Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Mechanical Engineering: Prospectus Of Courses Session 1934-35, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Mechanical Engineering: Prospectus Of Courses Session 1934-35, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Prospectus: Bolton Street
Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Architecture, Building And Furniture Trades: Time Table And Prospectus Of Courses 1928-29, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Architecture, Building And Furniture Trades: Time Table And Prospectus Of Courses 1928-29, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Prospectus: Bolton Street
Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Architecture, Building And Furniture Trades: Time Table And Prospectus Of Courses 1927-28, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Architecture, Building And Furniture Trades: Time Table And Prospectus Of Courses 1927-28, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Prospectus: Bolton Street
Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Architecture And Building: Prospectus Of Courses 1923-24, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Architecture And Building: Prospectus Of Courses 1923-24, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Prospectus: Bolton Street
Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.