A Proposal for the Description of Individual Course Units

International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy

ARTICLE

Joao Paulo Barros¹  Luís Gomes²  Luís Garcia¹ 

[1] Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão;UNINOVA-CTS, Monte de Caparica;Universidade Nova de Lisboa

关键词: course description;    learning outcomes;    assessment;    grading;    ECTS;    alignment;    curricula design;    EQF.;   

DOI  :  10.3991/ijep.v3iS1.2420

来源: International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), Kassel University Press

【 摘 要 】

The description of individual course units is here presented as a privileged way to improve course quality by fostering teacher reflection. To that end, the paper presents a structured way to specify the several parts that compose the course unit descriptions.  The most important parts are made strongly interconnected as a way to maximize coherence and force additional reflection during course design. The paper presents a concrete template that expands the recommendations and course unit data present in the ECTS User’s Guide. Besides including the usual course data, the template guides the course designer towards the specification of several alignments between the data. These alignments make the course unit descriptions self justifying and internally coherent. Additionally,, a grading strategy is briefly presented and the intended learning outcomes are classified according to the European Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning.

【 授权许可】

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