- Title
- A pedagogical framework for conceptualising the design and delivery of construction management courses through 'constructive alignment'
- Creator
- Gajendran, Thayaparan; Tang, Patrick; Brewer, Graham; Hilaire, Trevor
- Relation
- International Conference on Construction in a Changing World 2014. International Conference on Construction in a Changing World: Conference Proceedings (Kandalama, Sri Lanka 4-7 May, 2014)
- Relation
- http://www.cib2014.org/
- Publisher
- International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Although the application of constructivism to learning en compasses number of different ideas these are connected by the need to associate the design of learning events with the students’ ability to engage with the learning in a meaningful manner. Accordingly ‘instructional design’ literature emphasises the need for alignment between the ‘course objectives’ and ‘assessment practice’. ‘Constructive Alignment’ (CA) proposed by Biggs, represents a merger between constructivism and instructional design, which employs constructivism as a framework to underpin all stage s of instructional design. CA necessitates decisions regarding the strategic selection of appropriate student - learning behaviours e.g. meaning directed (deep learning) or reproduction directed (surface learning). There is limited discourse in the literature contextualising CA in the context of construction management education. The aim of this paper is therefore to describe a CA - based conceptual framework to drive the design and delivery of a construction management programme using blended delivery mode. Using this framework it thereafter describes the role of the educator (Director, Facilitator, Assessor) and strategies associate with these roles (design, delivery, assessment strategy)
- Subject
- construction management education; pedagogical design; cognitive processing; higher order learning
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1064672
- Identifier
- uon:17620
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781907842542
- Language
- eng
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