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The profile of the student enrolled in ENG301 continued to be non-typical. In this offeringof the unit, only one student was enrolled in a BE(SE). Almost every other flavour of (engineering)student was present (see Figure 8.6). In addition, some students were enrolled inthe unit because other options (eg internship) had not eventuated. This had the potential toaffect student motivation.Teacher characteristicsSince from a social-constructivist perspective the context in which learning takes place isviewed as important for learning processes, it was important to take the teacher’s role intoconsideration. The Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI) (Prosser and Trigwell, 1999)provides a profile of the teacher but with a focus on a specific learning environment, so thatthe profile may/will differ depending on the unit for which responses are being elicited. Table8.1 provides an indication of the subscales utilised and the scoring achieved in relation to theRequirements Engineering unit (ENG260).Figure 8.7:ATI Scales for conceptual change/student focus and information processing/teacherfocus with their respective strategies (Prosser and Trigwell, 1999)342