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Newton, S and Goldsmith, R (2011) An analysis of stakeholder preferences for threshold learning outcomes in construction management in Australia. In: Egbu, C and Lou, E C W (Eds.), Proceedings 27th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2011, Bristol, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 127–36.

  • Type: Conference Proceedings
  • Keywords: accreditation; education; threshold learning outcomes
  • ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9552390-5-2
  • URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2011-0127-0136_Newton_Goldsmith.pdf
  • Abstract:
    As a precursor to a new national regulatory and quality agency for higher education in Australia, the Australian Teaching and Learning Council (ALTC) has been commissioned to work with clusters of discipline communities to begin to specify how Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) particular to each discipline might be used as a basis for academic standards. In 2010, a series of 14 workshops and follow-up questionnaires was convened to examine the preferences of key stakeholder groups for particular TLOs. A thematic analysis of the workshops identified six broad classifications: Judgement, Communication, Self-Development, Knowledge, Innovation and Work-Integrated Learning. Draft TLO statements for each have now been developed. An analysis of the stakeholder preferences reveals significant differences and interesting similarities in the preferences being expressed. These differences are examined in terms of TLO and source classifications. Results confirm that Judgement is generally a low preference for Industry and Students. There is also a strong case for curriculum review around Innovation. There is consistently high preference expressed for the development of graduates as individuals. Overall, the strong message from this data is that Industry is uncomfortable with learning outcomes being expressed in other than a traditional competency statement form. A critical requirement is to come not only to a shared expression of the TLOs, but also a shared understanding of them.