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Education Innovation and Consultation
Education Innovation and Consultation
Sculpting the sculptor
Dolf Steyn University of PretoriaPretoria, South Africa
Theme 5:Theme 5:Faculty Development.
Standard 9Enhancement of Faculty CDIO Skills
Actions that enhance faculty competence in personal, interpersonal, and product and system building skills
Standard 10Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills
Actions that enhance faculty competence in providing integrated learning experiences, in using active experiential learning methods, and in assessing student learning
"Active inquiry, not passive absorption, is what engages students. It should pervade the curriculum"
"Active inquiry, not passive absorption, is what engages students. It should pervade the curriculum"
Johnson, Spalding, Paden & Ziffen, 1989
This paper aims to:This paper aims to:
• highlight contributing factors;
• identify methods by which needs and attitudes can be understood; and
• elude to some concepts to be aware of when approaching CDIO adoption.
The usual recent quote
The usual recent quote"
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(To change your mind and to follow him who sets you right is to be nonetheless the free
agent that you were before)
Marcus Aurelius
Stage Feelings Thoughts Behaviour
Loss Fear Cautious Paralysed
Doubt Resentment Sceptical Resistant
Discomfort Anxiety Confused Unproductive
Discovery Anticipation Creative Energised
Understanding Confidence Pragmatic Productive
Integration Satisfaction Focused Generous
Danger Zone
Inverse relation Inverse relation
Change Exposure
Voluntary Participation
CDIO ReceptionCDIO Reception
• Nice not new• Some old some new• Nice theory, not practical• No opposition!• Representative sample?
Current hurdlesCurrent hurdles
• Not in isolation• Prima dona attitudes• Affordability of "field experts"• Expertise vs utilisation• Multi-lecturer modules/synchronisation• Relative importance of teaching• Overloaded curriculum?• Fair access to student time• Student culture/ perceptions wrt
work/play• 50% attitude
Support Support
• CDIO COPs• Sharing inertia• Accumulation of practitioners• Listserv(s)• CDIO endorsed
recommendations
Support (2)Support (2)
• Computer access for mathematical modelling
• Shared experiences/examples• 'Matchmaking' for subject
specific contact/exchange