EVALUATION ON AREA 2: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DELIVERY

10.2 EVALUATION ON AREA 2: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DELIVERY

10.2.1 Curriculum Design and Teaching-Learning Methods Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

•฀ Appraise฀the฀processes฀by฀which฀the฀curriculum฀is฀established,฀reviewed฀ and evaluated. How do the academic and administrative staff, and the governing board get involved in this process.

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ system฀ of฀ curriculum฀ planning,฀ implementation,฀ evaluation and management. Where does the responsibility for these

How฀was฀the฀needs฀assessment฀for฀programmes฀done?฀How฀are฀resources฀ to support the programmes identified?

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ HEP’s฀ strategic฀ assessment฀ and฀ planning฀ that฀ serves฀ as a framework to the accomplishment of the institutional goals and objectives.

How฀appropriate฀and฀consistent฀are฀the฀curriculum฀content,฀approach฀and฀ teaching-learning methods, and how do they support the achievement of learning outcomes?

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ HEP’s฀ effectiveness฀ in฀ achieving฀ a฀ coherent฀ and฀ coordinated curricula.

How฀ does฀ the฀ HEP฀ coordinate฀ and฀ monitor฀ the฀ teaching-learning฀ activities to avoid redundancies and deficiencies?

Are฀ there฀ diverse฀ teaching฀ learning฀ methods฀ that฀ can฀ help฀ achieve฀ the eight domains of the learning outcomes and that can ensure that students take responsibility for their own learning? How is the teaching and learning strategy defined and communicated to the staff and students?

How฀ are฀ independent฀ learning฀ skills฀ developed?฀ How฀ are฀ projects฀ supervised? What training is provided to supervisors?

How฀are฀group฀projects฀managed฀and฀assessed?

What฀is฀the฀evidence฀that฀students฀acquire฀self-directed฀learning฀skills฀ and use data in realistic problem solving?

Is฀ computer-assisted฀ learning฀ employed?฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ use฀ of฀ communication technologies.

Are฀ ethical฀ principles฀ and฀ appropriate฀ attitudes฀ being฀ nurtured฀ and developed?

If฀practical฀training฀is฀conducted฀in฀several฀sites,฀what฀efforts฀are฀made฀ to ensure there is equivalency in educational quality of experience and the evaluation of students?

Comment฀on฀the฀relationship฀between฀teaching฀and฀learning฀practices฀ and the curriculum to show consistency and how inconsistencies are addressed.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

How฀does฀the฀curriculum฀encourage฀a฀multi-disciplinary฀approach฀that฀ can enhance personal development through electives, study pathways and other means? How is the effectiveness of the approaches monitored and appraised?

How฀ does฀ the฀ needs฀ analysis฀ for฀ programmes฀ involve฀ feedback฀ from฀ external sources? How is the feedback from these sources obtained and

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀co-curricular฀activities฀available฀to฀students฀to฀enrich฀their฀ experience, and to foster personal development and responsibility.

10.2.2 Curriculum Content and Structure Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

•฀ How฀ is฀ the฀ core฀ subject฀ matter฀ incorporated฀ into฀ the฀ curriculum฀ to฀ enhance student understanding of the concepts, principles and methods that support programme outcomes?

•฀ How฀do฀programmes฀fulfil฀the฀core฀requirements฀of฀the฀discipline฀and฀ appropriate standards in line with international best practices of the field and the changes in them?

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

•฀ Comment฀on฀how฀the฀HEP฀access฀the฀latest฀developments฀in฀the฀field฀of฀ study and incorporate them into the curriculum.

10.2.3 Management of Programmes Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ how฀ students฀ are฀ informed฀ about฀ programme฀ learning฀ outcomes, curriculum, and methods of assessment.

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ who฀ is฀ responsible฀ for฀ the฀ planning,฀ implementation฀ and improvement of a programme and what authority he has in establishing procedures for planning and monitoring the programme. How are problems with timetabling addressed and student workload monitored?

•฀ How฀ adequate฀ are฀ the฀ resources฀ provided฀ to฀ a฀ programme฀ team฀ to฀ implement the teaching and learning activities, and to conduct the programme evaluation for quality improvement?

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ HEP’s฀ programme฀ review฀ and฀ evaluation฀ processes฀ and how the results are being utilised to enhance the quality of academic programmes.

•฀ Comment฀on฀whether฀the฀learning฀environment฀is฀conducive฀for฀scholarly฀ and creative achievement.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀structures฀and฀processes฀to฀ensure฀that฀all฀the฀criteria฀ and standards of a qualification awarded are fulfilled.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀innovative฀efforts฀made฀by฀the฀HEP฀to฀improve฀teaching- learning. Who does it consult in this process and to what effect?

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ utilisation฀ of฀ external฀ expertise฀ nationally฀ and฀

10.2.4 Linkages with External Stakeholders Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ appropriate฀ mechanisms฀ are฀ put฀ in฀ place฀ to฀ link฀ the HEP with the stakeholders outside of it for the purposes of curriculum development.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ employer฀ feedback฀ is฀ obtained฀ and฀ utilised฀ for curriculum development, student placement, training and workplace exposure.

Comment฀on฀opportunities฀given฀to฀students฀to฀develop฀linkages฀with฀ external stakeholders.