writing postgraduate programme outcomes dr jacqueline potter & dr ciara o’farrell
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Writing Postgraduate Programme
Outcomes
Dr Jacqueline Potter & Dr Ciara O’Farrell
AGENDA
Review: Learning Outcomes Activity 1: Analyzing programme
outcomes Activity 2: The invisible graduate Activity 3: Sample programme outcomes Open discussion: challenges and going
forward
Learning Outcomes
Statements of what a student is expected to know, understand and/or be able to demonstrate after completion of a process of learning(ECTS Users/ Guide, 2005)
Measure output: competency-based
Sussex university
Aims, Objectives, or Learning Outcomes?
AimsAims:: Broad goals
Objectives: Measurable intentions Specific steps that take
us towards those goals Teacher-focused
Learning Outcomes:
Measurable achievements
Result from a learning process
Stated as achievements of the student
Aim vs Learning outcome
Aim In this programme students will be
introduced to the subject of the core ethical principles in social work
Learning Outcome By the end of the programme the learner will
be able to critically apply the core ethical principles in social work in different case settings.
Programme outcomes
Articulate: Knowledge and understanding needed Intellectual skills required to make use of
knowledge and understanding Specify practical skills (competencies. eg lab
skills) Generic/transferable skills (communication,
problem solving etc)
Categories of Outcomes
Subject specific outcomes – relate to subject discipline and knowledge/skills particular to it
Generic/transferable skills/competencies – relate to any/all disciplines (teamwork, problem-solving etc)
“It is important to note that in Tuning competences are always linked with knowledge since it is understood that they cannot be developd without learning in some field of discipline.”
(Tuning Project, p42.)
Sample programme outcome
On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:
Plan, evaluate and develop community-specific strategies for addressing international child health
Map to:
TCD Institutional Level Descriptors
NQAI framework of qualifications
Subject benchmarks and/or professional body requirements (where necessary)
10-level framework
Taxonomies
programme outcomesprofessional body
requirements College award descriptors
,
Local –Global Use of Outcomes
NQAI national award
descriptors
Bologna process of the European
Higher Education Area
constructivealignment of
module learning outcomesteaching strategies
assessmentevaluation
Covert vs Overt Outcomes
Know Reflect Think critically
Understand Appreciate
Summarize Share reflections Interpret, analyze,
evaluate, construct arguments
Apply Discuss
Writing Programme/Module Outcomes
On successful completion of this programme, students should/will be able to:
On successful completion of this module/course, students should/will be able to:
Sample graduate attributes/competencies
Sample Competency
Problem solving Teamwork Research skills Writing/literacy skills Interpersonal skills Communication skills Ethical behaviour
Sample Grad. Attribute “The ability to employ
techniques of analysis and enquiry”
“The ability to employ originality and creativity in formulating and applying evidence-based arguments”
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