I know I have written about this in the past but I feel I need to talk about it again. What to do…when there is almost no possible way to align your teaching (constructive alignment). Institutional forces sometimes seem to be so great that there is no way around attempting to provide a deep learning environment. If you are able to achieve well focused student-centred learning that aligns with your assessments etc. through the modification of your teaching and learning activities, the larger problem becomes “are you the only one doing it”? Are students jumping from one environment of learning to another? I mean, we don’t all have to teach the same but some sort of congruency of basic pedagogical principles and theories needs to be taken into account. Or is all hope lost for these institutions?
I think the design community with the help of design organisations, should think of something quick. There are many private design colleges and the number seems to keep on growing. Many of these students end up working in DTP environments with quite construed view of what design is.
What is our message to these institutions?
(my political post)