Vmvadmin:Programme design

Influence of systems and frameworks on programme design practices
(from presentation by Elly Govers EIT 30-Mar-2010)

Rationalisations

 * Implicit models - ones we automatically use maybe without noticing
 * Examples
 * NZQA levels - simplify education structure
 * NZQA Credits: Competency of tasksreward, level
 * 120 credits = 1 year = 34 weeks = 680 contact hours

Most program designs based on
 * 1) Tyler Rationale model (1949)
 * 2) Objectives
 * 3) Activities
 * 4) Organisation
 * 5) Evaluation/Assessment
 * 6) Blooms taxonomy (1956)

Problems with rationalisations
 * Time based (based on when introduced or who introduced them)
 * Reinforce initial ideologues
 * Use becopmes 'normal'/implicit
 * Can become (hidden) barriers to change

Ideologues reinforced
 * 1) Outcomes based education: Ralph Tyler (1949), Bloom (1956), NZQA, QMS
 * 2) Sameness: Organisational systems, standard entry
 * 3) Structuralist view of education: pedagogy frameworks

Polytechnics review
 * Academic Statutes, QMS