Exploring competencies of nanotechnology in higher education in taiwan through curriculum mapping

• Autores: Yi-Lin Liu, Tzy-Ling Chen, Hsiu-Ping Yueh, Horn-Jiunn Sheen
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 30, no. Extra 3, 2014, págs. 722-728
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present study aimed to introduce a new approach to curriculum planning for a university nanotechnology curriculum basedprimarily on outcome-based education according to a competence-based perspective. To achieve this study purpose, curriculummapping was used to explore nanotechnology curricula in higher education in Taiwan. Considering, as the initial point, thecompetencies of varied nanotechnology that professionals are expected to develop in higher education, the main competencies wereidentified through the content analysis of 600 course syllabi collected from thirteen nanotechnology-related undergraduate andgraduate programs in nine leading universities in Taiwan. Next, courses were further analyzed and linked to the identifiednanotechnology professional competencies, taking advantage of curriculum mapping, and consequently re-organized into acomprehensive curriculum map. Implications of design features in particular and important applications of the developedcurriculum map are discussed.