Conference paper
Students co-creating curriculum: navigating complexity and uncertainty
Proceedings of the 38th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated Conference, pp.141-150
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated (HERDSA) Conference: Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World, 38th (Melbourne, Australia, 06-Jul-2015–09-Jul-2015)
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2015
Abstract
Engaging students in curriculum has the potential to enhance student agency, authentic learning and hence effective preparation for work in an ever-changing world. However, curriculum design is often bounded by the complexities of professional requirements and academic priorities and expectations, without consideration to what students might contribute to the process. Processes which bridge these boundaries and encourage student engagement are needed to facilitate graduate capabilities. This project investigated ways to interrogate student involvement in the curriculum and enhance their agency as learners. In the context of a Bachelor of Nursing (BN) program, the aim was to develop a practice model for engaging students as co-creators of curriculum. Action research was utilised to engage students in exploring their curriculum and their location as learners and partners. Students reflected on their recent work integrated learning (WIL) experience and identified sentinel learning experiences and practice development needs. Students then worked with the project team to discuss ways to enhance WIL preparation in the undergraduate BN curriculum. In phase one, students reported being well prepared for basic care skills and communication in the workplace environment. Students reported feeling underprepared for challenging professional behaviours and for confronting clinical situations such as death. In phase two, students' workshopped solutions in the form of student narratives or real life stories that they could produce and embed in curriculum and opportunities to harness real time support via mobile communication tools. The activities and results inform a guided process to involve students in creating and interacting with their curriculum.
Details
- Title
- Students co-creating curriculum: navigating complexity and uncertainty
- Authors
- Samantha Edwards (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringJennifer Rowe (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringMargaret Barnes (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringPatrea R Andersen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringJessie Johnson-Cash (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Contributors
- Sonia Ferns (Editor)
- Additional notes
- NURTURE Publication awards 2015: Best collaborative interdisciplinary paper
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 38th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated Conference, pp.141-150
- Conference details
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated (HERDSA) Conference: Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World, 38th (Melbourne, Australia, 06-Jul-2015–09-Jul-2015)
- Publisher
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
- Date published
- 2015
- ISSN
- 1441-001X
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2015 HERDSA and the authors. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act, 2005, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers at the address above.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy; Engage Research Lab; School of Health - Midwifery
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449109602621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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