Teaching In Engineering , Science, And Computing: A Collaborative Process To Improve Quality

This paper outlines a process encouraging the involvement of all academic staff in the Division of Engineering, Science and Computing at Curtin University of Technology to improve the quality of their teaching and students’ learning. The Teaching Quality Improvement Process (TQIP), designed as an accountability framework, has been implemented to ensure that all Departments in the Division demonstrate their teaching effectiveness and provide courses that remain competitive in the national higher education market place. The TQIP extends a program developed by the University's central Learning Support Network of using student-derived, national and local data on course evaluations as an impetus for improving teaching and learning. Currently, analyses of data from sources such as the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and the Curtin Assessment of Student Satisfaction survey, indicate that improvement in teaching and learning in many courses is desirable and in some, essential.