A National Soil Science Curriculum in Response to the Needs of Students, Academic Staff, Industry, and the Wider Community : Final Report.
Final report from a project where the aim was to develop a national soil science curriculum using transferable learning and teaching approaches that produce work-ready graduates with interdisciplinary knowledge, skills and capabilities relevant to the needs of Australia. Researchers used an incremen...
| Institutions: | University of Sydney University of Adelaide University of Melbourne University of Queensland University of Western Australia |
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| Principais autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
2012
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| Acesso em linha: | /resources/PP9_1341_McBratney_Report_2012.pdf |
| Resumo: | Final report from a project where the aim was to develop a national soil science curriculum using transferable learning and teaching approaches that produce work-ready graduates with interdisciplinary knowledge, skills and capabilities relevant to the needs of Australia. Researchers used an incremental 4-cycle process designed to bring about required change. Cycle 1 identified university issues concerning learning and teaching soil science including dwindling national expertise which can result in local students not experiencing the full discipline or optimal learning. Cycle 2 brought on board the industry perspective by consulting employers and soil science graduates in the workplace about the curriculum. The outcome of these cycles was a shared picture of teaching and learning practices, limitations and capability deficiencies, and curriculum revision requirements. Cycle 3 scoped and implemented the platform for delivering the required revised curriculum at a national level. Cycle 4 includes national and international dissemination to agriculture and related disciplines. |
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| ISBN: | 9781921916663 (PDF) 9781921916670 (print ed) 9781921916663 (PDF) 9781921916670 (print ed) |
