Table 1.
Ranking curriculum features from 1–10; where 1 = most important and 10 = least important.
| Curriculum Feature | Ranking allocated by each respondent | Ranking Median | Ranking order | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp. 1 | Resp. 2 | Resp. 3 | Resp. 4 | Resp. 5 | Resp. 6 | Resp. 7 | Resp. 8 | |||
| A negotiated curriculum | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Scenarios and learning exercises | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Automated search engines for hot topics | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6.5 | 7 |
| A post-graduate suite | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Animal welfare science essays | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
| Dialogue Development tool (i.e., Human Continuum) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Quality of Life assessment tool | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Delivering welfare advice tool | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Team based learning (TBL) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6.5 | 7 |
| Personal reflection tools | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |