Extending Teaching and Learning initiatives in the cross-disciplinary field of Biotechnology
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This project aimed to identify gaps and opportunities for biotechnology learning and teaching in Australia and to discover pathways to enhance the quality of curriculum in biotechnology and biotechnology-related programs across the higher education sector.
An Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) (formerly the Carrick Institute) supported project
Date: March 2008
Project Leaders: Associate Professor Ross Barnard & Dr Damian Hine, The University of Queensland
The study revealed that learning and teaching in biotechnology is particularly affected by:
- rapid change in the discipline and the practice of biotechnology.
- extent of industry-university interaction, including experiential learning opportunities.
- the interdisciplinary nature of biotechnology degree programs.
- significance attributed in institutions to development of generic graduate attributes.
- challenges faced in founding and managing new, small programs within universities.
- The development of a professional identity for biotechnology is seen as central to effect advancement of teaching and learning in the discipline.
- The authors cite as most significant the establishment at executive level of an education committee in AusBiotech (the Australian biotechnology industry representative body).
Link to final report - www.altc.edu.au/system/files/resources/DBI_finalreport_extendingteachingandlearning_april2008.pdf
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