Best practices in syllabus design and course planning applied to mechanical engineering subjects

The syllabus of a subject, that is part of the curriculum of a bachelor’s or master's degree, must provide the student with information about all the fundamental aspects of the subject. It is a piece of written document or multimedia file encompassing all topics and concepts that will be covere...

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Main Authors: Francisco Rubio, Carlos Llopis-Albert, Shouzhen Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 2022-10-01
Series:Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MUSE/article/view/18230
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description The syllabus of a subject, that is part of the curriculum of a bachelor’s or master's degree, must provide the student with information about all the fundamental aspects of the subject. It is a piece of written document or multimedia file encompassing all topics and concepts that will be covered in a certain subject. The objective of the syllabus is to put the subject and the information related to it in context by means of clear, organized, concise and summarized style. It should not be limited only to the subject matter. Instead, it is advisable to provide basic course information such as the number of credits; course content; transversal competences, skills and attitudes that are relevant for access to work and further learning; faculty staff; assessment and evaluation elements; calendar; venues, and facilities location; lesson plans and bibliography. Moreover, information about the activities to be carried out and whether they are done individually or in groups. Another important point is the evaluation of students and how to assess their achievements in terms of the level of acquisition of knowledge and skills planned in the subject. It helps students to meet the desired subject objectives and to motivate them. In short, it will lay the foundations so that at least contents, methods and techniques of the discipline that supports the subject can be taught and so that students can acquire the knowledge and competences committed.
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spelling doaj.art-8647adef7b604d4bb59108cb88500b472022-12-22T04:32:12ZengUniversidad Politécnica de ValenciaMultidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences2341-25932022-10-019212313710.4995/muse.2022.1823017420Best practices in syllabus design and course planning applied to mechanical engineering subjectsFrancisco Rubio0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-702XCarlos Llopis-Albert1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-2716Shouzhen Zeng2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-0843Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaNingbo UniversityThe syllabus of a subject, that is part of the curriculum of a bachelor’s or master's degree, must provide the student with information about all the fundamental aspects of the subject. It is a piece of written document or multimedia file encompassing all topics and concepts that will be covered in a certain subject. The objective of the syllabus is to put the subject and the information related to it in context by means of clear, organized, concise and summarized style. It should not be limited only to the subject matter. Instead, it is advisable to provide basic course information such as the number of credits; course content; transversal competences, skills and attitudes that are relevant for access to work and further learning; faculty staff; assessment and evaluation elements; calendar; venues, and facilities location; lesson plans and bibliography. Moreover, information about the activities to be carried out and whether they are done individually or in groups. Another important point is the evaluation of students and how to assess their achievements in terms of the level of acquisition of knowledge and skills planned in the subject. It helps students to meet the desired subject objectives and to motivate them. In short, it will lay the foundations so that at least contents, methods and techniques of the discipline that supports the subject can be taught and so that students can acquire the knowledge and competences committed.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MUSE/article/view/18230syllabustransversal competenceseffective teaching-learning processeffective teachinglearning targetsstudent evaluation elementsalumni motivation
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Best practices in syllabus design and course planning applied to mechanical engineering subjects
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syllabus
transversal competences
effective teaching-learning process
effective teaching
learning targets
student evaluation elements
alumni motivation
title Best practices in syllabus design and course planning applied to mechanical engineering subjects
title_full Best practices in syllabus design and course planning applied to mechanical engineering subjects
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title_short Best practices in syllabus design and course planning applied to mechanical engineering subjects
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topic syllabus
transversal competences
effective teaching-learning process
effective teaching
learning targets
student evaluation elements
alumni motivation
url https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MUSE/article/view/18230
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