Questionnaire!!!

How much do you think the following factors affect shaping curriculum? Please rate from 1 (No Effect) to 4 (Major Effect). If you think the factor is not applicable please mark 5 as Not Applicable.

No.	Not Applicable
	Major Effect						5
	Moderate Effect				4
	Minor Effect			3
	No Effect		2
	Factors	1
1	Accreditation bodies (e. g. ACS / EA / AQF)
2	Strong leadership accepted by academic staff
3	Institutional Support (e.g. providing resources & facilities)
4	Student's requirement in communication skills
5	Flexibility in delivery of subjects
6	Project-based subjects
7	Overload
8	Student's requirement in analytical skills
9	International benchmarking  (compete university with best US universities)
10	Economical needs
11	Availability of staff positions (e.g. Surplus or shortage of staff / Relying on sessional staff)
12	Organisational structure
13	Emerging Technology
14	National benchmarking  (compete students with other Australian institutes)
15	The current output (e.g.  the discrepancies between the current output and what is desired by employers )
16	Student's requirement in social skills
17	Student's ability in Maths
18	Internal benchmarking (e. g. failure rate between disciplines)
19	Industry advisory committee
20	Internal drive to pursue professional development
21	Student's ability in English
22	Student attrition/retention
23	Interdisciplinary content
24	Student background (e.g. socio-economic, ethnic, etc)
25	Students Satisfaction (e.g. student subject evaluation)
26	Institutional culture (weather that culture welcomes change)
27	International professional & accreditation bodies (e. g. ACM or ABET)
28	Political issues
29	Assessment
30	The structure of prerequisites
31	Curriculum review Committee (e.g. teaching & learning committee)
32	Key individuals
33	Global issues (e.g. growing population)
34	Course Co-ordinator
35	Teaching issues (e.g. innovative teaching technique/ Online teaching)
36	Student demands
37	Research & Development Committee
38	Industry agendas (What particular context they want taught)
39	National needs
40	Student's requirement in critical-thinking skills
41	Outdated subjects
42	Gender bias
43	Low-enrolment subjects
44	Societal trends
What other factors do you reckon affect shaping curriculum? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

External

1) International

q14, q27, q33

2) National

q1, q9, q10, q28, q39

3) Societal

q13, q38, q44

Internal

1) Institution/ University

q2, q3, q11, q12, q19, q20, q26, q31, q32, q34, q35, q37

2) Students

q4, q8, q16, q17, q18, q21, q22, q24, q25, q36, q40, q42

3) Content

q5, q6, q7, q15, q23, q29, q30, q41, q43