Enhancing higher education curricula: A case study from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. (17th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Longhurst, Robyn; Jones, Alister
• Is Part Of: London review of education. Volume 16:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 268
• Page End: 278
• Publication Date: 2018-07-17
• Subjects: CURRICULUM -- AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY -- TRANSFORMATION -- CHANGE -- DEGREE ARCHITECTURE -- NEW ZEALAND; Education -- Research -- Periodicals; 370.05
• DOI: 10.18546/LRE.16.2.07
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1474-8460

Abstract

Abstract : In 2014, the University of Waikato launched the Curriculum Enhancement Programme (CEP). As the leaders of this programme we have used auto-ethnography to reflect critically on our experience. Throughout the course of the CEP some things have gone well; others, in hindsight, have not gone so well and in retrospect we would have done them differently. This includes using more channels of communication, more frequently, especially with staff; getting all of Waikato's faculties to pull together more effectively as one institution; and working harder to increase students' opportunities for interdisciplinarity in teaching and research. These lessons, we hope, will be helpful for others also embarking on wide-scale curriculum change.