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Constructive alignment in the ITP sector

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The ITP sector

• Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics come directly under NZQA’s Quality management framework, via

• Very prescriptive Quality Approvals process.

• ITP engineering programmes are Sydney Accord (3 yr Eng Technology degree) and Dublin Accord (2yr Diploma)

• Programme design and development has utilised principles of constructive alignment

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Constructive Alignment

• Term coined by John Biggs (Biggs, 1999)

• Underpinning concept behind current requirements for programme specification, intended learning outcomes, and assessment criteria

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Constructive Alignment

Figure 1: Aligning Learning outcomes, learning and teaching activities and the assessment. Adapted from Biggs (1999) p 27

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Constructive Alignment

Figure 2: Aligning Graduate attributes with Learning outcomes. Adapted from Biggs (1999) p 27

Accord Graduate Attributes

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Constructive Alignment

Design of Learning outcomes followed Blooms Taxonomy.

Bloom Original Bloom New

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Examples

• Examples:

• BEngTech doc

• NZDE doc

• A Model of Learning Objectives