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Building Employability into a Traditional Curriculum: Partnerships and Frameworks to Help Transform Distance Education Curriculam in Myanmar
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Abstract
Higher participation rates in higher education
support
the social and economic development of countries
.
Distance education is an effective way of increasing
the participation rate quickly rather than building more
universities.
But a
t the same time the curricula and qualifications being offered need to be aligned with the
social and economic needs of the country so that graduates can be productive workers and
responsible citizens.
This paper reports on part of a large scale international development project (Transformation through Innovation
in Distance Education or TIDE) working with
over
30
Myanmar
universities involved in
the country’s
unique
distance educa
tion provision.
This distance education provision account for 60% of all higher education students
in Myanmar but is based on traditional knowledge focused curricula that is not being taught using modern
pedagogies and educational technologies. Working in
the context of the Sustainable Development Goals this
project is focused not only on enhancing online and distance education practices per se but also on enhancing
the teaching of Environment and Sustainable Development in the curriculum. In trying to supp
ort the
transformation of curriculum and teaching models the project is both providing a professional development
programme for university staff on both
areas
but
is
also engaging with employers and other organizations with
interests in the capabilities of
graduates
. Through this latter engagement we are trying to help develop both a
generic graduate skills framework and also the expected graduate competencies needed by someone wishing to
undertake Environmental Impact Assessments in Myanmar. These framewor
ks will hopefully help guide
universities as they reform their curricula and introduce more teaching of practical and professional skills and
behaviours for students taking thes
e
new
qualifications.// Paper ID 100
Subject
Country
Myanmar
Region
Asia
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2019-09
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)