Connected Curricula delivering Teaching Excellence UWE Learning and Teaching Conference Presentation by Gerry Rice Associate Dean Quality Learning & Teaching Faculty of Health & Applied Sciences 21 June 2016
Innovation & Development Priorities… Collaboration Infrastructure People Innovation & Development Discipline Partnership Systems
Developing Connections… Important to support and promote research, practice, engagement and innovation in workload planning Needs to directly engage with programme development and delivery Support early career research development – but not lose sight of on going engagement in practice Staff appointment criteria Research and practice not just done by “others” “One University” approach
Not just about moving people along the continuum... Informed Engaged Active
Commitment… …Not about curricula being informed by research and practice… ..Nor the Integration of research and practice into all curricula… …Moving to curricula based on research and practice That is a Connected Curriculum
CONNECTED CURRICULA “LENS” KNOWLEDGE RESEARCH PRACTICE CONCEPTS FRAME OF REFERENCE PRACTICE CONCEPTS METHODS PROBLEM
Connected Curriculum… Recognises the inter related and symbiotic relationship between Research and Practice: Drives co-creation of curricula with stakeholders Draws on participatory and inclusive pedagogies Integrates co-creation and collaborative models of knowledge development and application Repositions active learning at the heart of the academic journey Empowers pedagogical partnerships
Connected Curriculum… Builds on the underlying core concepts Enhances epistemological understanding Develops relevant models, frameworks and perspectives of the disciplines Drives best practice, methods and procedures Highlights the major debates and challenges in the discipline Drives and delivers UWE 2020