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Kevin Garvey
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Contact Information
kevin.garvey@ku.ac.ae 971503221506

Biography

Kevin Garvey 


Education
  • M.A. Renaissance Studies and Modern English Literature, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • M.A. (TESOL) Applied Linguistics, Syllabus Design, Scientific English and Assessment
  • B. A. (Hons) English Literature, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland,
  • PGDip Online Education and Knowledge Management., Institute of Education, University of London, UK


Affiliated Research Institutes/Centers
  • Masdar Institute

Research
Research Interests
  • Teaching/Learning Instructional and Seminar Interests: Framework and Checklist for Engineering Reasoning. Requirements and Merits of Critical Thinking in academics, its analysis and assessment. From unreflective to accomplished outcomes, in both One System and Multi System Engineering Questions: Procedures, Judgement and Case Studies Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical. From elements to standards to traits: Engineering Critical Thinking Elements/Structures of Reasoning: Raising Questions at Issue, Points of View Embodied, Generating Purpose, Assumptions, Implications/Consequences, Data/Information, Concepts, Conclusion. Criteria and Standards: for application of these Elements: Carity, Accuracy, Precision, Relevance, Depth, Breadth, Logic, Significance, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Justification. Intellectual Standards and Traits: Fairmindedness, Curiosity, Humility/Arrogance, Courage/Distortion, Openness/Convergence, Autonomy/Conformity, Integrity/Contradiction, Perseverance/Frailty. IMRAD Literature Reviews, Abstracts, Principles of Academic Argument
  • Kevin Garvey has taught Academic English, Academic Reading, Public Speaking and Engineering Communications courses at Khalifa University since Fall 2018. Previously he taught at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, having been appointed (2010) by the MIT Boston, USA Engineering Communications department to design and deliver an engineering focused Research Methodology and Critical Thinking curriculum to support the co-accredited MSc and PhD grad school curriculum. Then in January 2013 he co-designed and delivered a UAE CAA-accredited mandatory UCC (University Core Course) which was pre-requisite for every Inter Discplinary Doctoral Program PhD candidate there. The compulsory four credit Level 600 course combined theoretical and practical elements- in twice weekly experiental seminar sessions: standards and traits of 'Teaching at a University Level'; emphasising in particular the design and assessment of university curricula and the criterion referenced evaluation of engineering research project outcomes. Additionally he taught on the Level 500 core course; with focus on principles and structures of academic argument, effective reasoning as well as abstracts' design, literature reviews criteria, and data presentation for MSc sustainable energy research projects at Masdar. Previously (1996-2010) he taught Academic Writing and Research, Media Theory, Contemporary Affairs Analysis and History of The Arab Peoples courses on the first UAE Bachelors degree course in Applied Media Studies, at Abu Dhabi Women's College - Higher Colleges of Technology. Additional to design and delivery of curriculum, he also co-ordinated a criteria referenced framework for the assessment of final year Applied Media Studies students' capstone portfilios UAE-wide across five campus. From 1992 to 1996 he was employed by UAE Armed Forces to support senior officers pusuing diverse post graduate studies here in UAE as well as overseas in Australia, Netherlands, Germany and Washington DC. Appointed by and based in Directorate of Military Intelligence and Security, GHQ.


Additional Info

Kevin Garvey has taught Academic English, Academic Reading, Public Speaking and Engineering Communications courses at Khalifa University since Fall 2018.

Previously he taught at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, having been appointed (2010) by the MIT Boston, USA Engineering Communications department to design and deliver an engineering focused Research Methodology and Critical Thinking curriculum to support the co-accredited MSc and PhD grad school curriculum. 

Then in January 2013 he co-designed and delivered a UAE CAA-accredited mandatory UCC (University Core Course) which was pre-requisite for every Inter Discplinary Doctoral Program PhD candidate there. The compulsory four credit Level 600 course combined theoretical and practical elements- in twice weekly experiental seminar sessions: standards and traits of 'Teaching at a University Level'; emphasising in particular the design and assessment of university curricula and the criterion referenced evaluation of engineering research project outcomes.

Additionally he taught on the Level 500 core course; with focus on principles and structures of academic argument, effective reasoning as well as abstracts' design, literature reviews criteria, and data presentation for MSc sustainable energy research projects at Masdar. 

Previously (1996-2010) he taught Academic Writing and Research, Media Theory, Contemporary Affairs Analysis and History of The Arab Peoples courses on the first UAE Bachelors degree course in Applied Media Studies, at Abu Dhabi Women's College - Higher Colleges of Technology. Additional to design and delivery of curriculum, he also co-ordinated a criteria referenced framework for the assessment of final year Applied Media Studies students' capstone portfilios UAE-wide across five campus.

From 1992 to 1996 he was employed by UAE Armed Forces to support senior officers pusuing diverse post graduate studies here in UAE as well as overseas in Australia, Netherlands, Germany and Washington DC. Appointed by and based in Directorate of Military Intelligence and Security, GHQ.