Curriculum agility at faculty, department, program, and course level

Abstract

This short paper describes the first prototyping of a self-evaluation process of Curriculum Agility at a Faculty of Technology in Sweden. The process comprises guided, semi-structured, individual interviews at different organisational levels within the faculty, a joint narrative based on those interviews, prioritizing development strategies per level, and jointly mapping them on importance and implementation time. The self-evaluation is part of and based on the research on the principles of Curriculum Agility. The results show the interplay in timely curriculum change for futureproof engineering education between the teaching staff, the systems and the people who control the systems. The self-evaluation brings together the different perspectives and perceptions within the faculty and gives insight in how those affect the willingness towards and occurrence of curriculum development. This work in progress indicates how doing such a qualitative self-evaluation paves the road for transparent strategic dialogues on a holistic level about what to give attention and organize differently.

Authors 5

1. Suzanne Brink corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University · Umeå University · The Hague University of Applied Sciences

   Affiliation as printed

   Umeå University Umeå , Sweden

   Leiden University Leiden, the Netherlands

   Umeå University Umeå, Sweden

   The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague, The Netherlands

2. Staffan S. Schedin Aachen

   Leiden University · Umeå University · The Hague University of Applied Sciences

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University Leiden , the Netherlands

   Umeå University Umeå , Sweden

   Leiden University Leiden, the Netherlands

   Umeå University Umeå, Sweden

   The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague, The Netherlands

3. Susanne Vikström Aachen

   Leiden University · Umeå University · The Hague University of Applied Sciences

   Affiliation as printed

   Umeå University Umeå , Sweden

   Leiden University Leiden, the Netherlands

   Umeå University Umeå, Sweden

   The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague, The Netherlands

4. Thomas Mejtoft Aachen

   Leiden University · Umeå University · The Hague University of Applied Sciences

   Affiliation as printed

   Umeå University Umeå , Sweden

   Leiden University Leiden, the Netherlands

   Umeå University Umeå, Sweden

   The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague, The Netherlands

5. Ellen Sjoer Aachen

   Leiden University · Umeå University · The Hague University of Applied Sciences

   Affiliation as printed

   The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague , The Netherlands

   Leiden University Leiden, the Netherlands

   Umeå University Umeå, Sweden

   The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague, The Netherlands