Case studies

Good practice case studies from every faculty were collected during the 2008 Nexus project. These offer useful strategies for subject and course coordinators. Many more will be added to this page as they become available.

 

Research Skills and Activities in First Year Politics - Rebecca Albury - Faculty of Arts
First year assessments in Australian Politics (POL 111) gave students a step-by-step approach to building academic skills and discipline knowledge. Students learnt how to read academic articles, interrogate knowledge and carry out primary research. More...

Beyond the Façade - Enquiry Learning in Forensic Accounting - Kathie Cooper - Faculty of Commerce
All UOW forensic accounting students work with original documents and actual cases. Graduates are able to think critically and identify signs of fraud - even where, on the face of it, accounting and audit standards seem to have been complied with. More...

Café DSL - Regular Research Seminar for Staff and Students - Aditya Ghose - Faculty of Informatics
Café DSL is a research group’s weekly meeting, a seminar series, and an open-ended think tank. Coffee, pizza and coke are provided. Speakers include senior researchers from UOW or elsewhere, and students interested in research. Staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students attend. More...

Reflection, Peer Learning and the Changing Pedagogy of Music – Lotte Latukefu – Faculty of Creative Arts
The UOW Music performance program was restructured, to move away from one-to-one conservatorium-style music teaching and towards group learning. Introducing student reflection and peer learning, aligned to Vygotsky's sociocultural theories, has been critical to the transformation. More...

Bridges to Learning - Student Enquiry in ENGG101 - Tim McCarthy, Muhammad Hadi and Richard Dwight - Faculty of Engineering
Practice is the bridge to theory for first year Engineering students in ENGG101. Students are encouraged to frame the questions that they need to solve design problems in two major projects, and these are answered in lectures and practical workshops. More...

Building Enquiry into an Undergraduate Subject - Fazel Naghdy - Faculty of Informatics
Embedded Internet Systems is a 2nd year subject covering rapidly changing technologies. Each year, students are given an overview current to the previous year. They then work in groups to research the latest technology, helping to update the content. More...

Ways of Knowing & Research Literacy in Undergraduate Nursing - Margaret Wallace - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Research subjects are built into each year of undergraduate Nursing. These gradually develop student understanding. By the time students reach the end of their course, some are potential researchers and all are committed to evidence-based practice. More...