Students and staff co-creating curricula: a new trend or an old idea we never got around to implementing?

Bovill, C. (2013) Students and staff co-creating curricula: a new trend or an old idea we never got around to implementing? In: Rust, C. (ed.) Improving Student Learning Through Research and Scholarship: 20 Years of ISL. Series: Improving student learning (20). Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development: Oxford, UK, pp. 96-108. ISBN 9781873576922

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Abstract

Within higher education, there is increasing interest in conceptualising students as producers, partners and co-creators of their own learning (Little, 2010; McCulloch, 2009; Neary 2010; Werder and Otis, 2010). One particular area of interest focuses upon students and academic staff co-creating curricula (Bovill et al, 2011; Delpish et al, 2010). The nature of co-created curricula can vary greatly and might include: students being consulted about changes to the content of course design; students designing part of a virtual learning environment; students designing marking criteria; or designing some of their own learning outcomes. The concept of co-created curricula is not new. However, discussion about co-creation of curricula has been most strongly evident in schools based literature, with many important discussions framed within ‘student voice’ and critical pedagogy discourse. In contrast, there has been less engagement in co-creation discussion and practice within higher education contexts until more recently.

Item Type:Book Sections
Keywords:Co-created curricula, curriculum design, student-staff relationship, participation, collaboration
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Bovill, Dr Catherine
Authors: Bovill, C.
Subjects:L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
College/School:University Services > Learning and Teaching Services Division
Publisher:Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
ISBN:9781873576922
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2013 OCSLD
Publisher Policy:Reproduced with the permission of the publisher

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