lindie clark, macquarie university: taking an institutional approach to cooperative learning

Taking an institutional approach to

cooperative learning

Lindie Clark PACE Academic & Programs Director

February 2014

what  is  PACE?  

PACE  

planet  

people  

   key  element  of  undergraduate  degrees       contributes  to  breadth  of  studies  

broad church

  Internships  and  work-­‐integrated-­‐learning    Field  trips  with  a  partnership  component    Community  panels  with  project  mentoring    Professional  experience  &  practicums    Community  development  projects    Service  learning  by  volunteering    Project-­‐based  learning    Community-­‐based  research   Mentoring  and  peer-­‐assisted  learning  

local,  regional,  interna-onal  

•   community  engagement:  mutually  beneficial  partnership:  reciprocity  is  fundamental    • rigorous  academic  framework  to  develop  key    graduate  capabili9es    

common elements

orientation  •  requirements  •  expectations  •  preparatory  sessions  

•  any  preparatory  assessment  tasks  

experience/project  •  experience  itself  •  assessment  tasks  

final  wrap-­‐up  •  debrief,  reflection  •  post-­‐experience  assessment  tasks    

scaffolding  for  skills  development,  reflection  

PACE  number  crunch  

•  57  PACE  units  running  across  Macquarie’s  4  facul9es    

•  3,800  students  enrolled  in  PACE  units  in  2013              up  to  10,000  per  annum  an9cipated  by  2016  

•  400+  students  par9cipants  in  PACE  Interna9onal  projects  to  date    

•  600  PACE  partner  organisa9ons  in  local,  regional  and  interna9onal  seJngs,  across  all  sectors  of  the  economy  

changed orientations

 across  faculty  barriers  

 outside  vs.  inward  

the  approach  

hub  &    L&T  centre  

arts  

human  science  

business  &  economics  

science          

program  improvement  &  development  

hub  &    L&T  centre  

arts  

human  science  

business  &  economics  

science          

planning  framework  

strategic  plan  

faculty  plans  

local  &  regional  plan  

international  strategy  

priorities  

targets  

business  plan  

principles  informing  PACE  – ethical  practice  – partnership  and  reciprocity  – social  responsibility  – sound  pedagogy  –  recognition  and  respect  for  diverse  ways  of  doing,  being  and  knowing  

– whole  person  learning  – knowledge  generation  and  dissemination  –  transparency  – equity  of  access  to  resources  

outputs  

processes  

outcomes  

outputs  

processes  

critical success factors

  adaptive  structures  and  systems  that  promote  collaboration  and  learning  

  adaptive  planning,  target-­‐setting  and  means  of  gauging  success  

  importance  and  symbolism  of  resourcing    vision  and  passion  from  the  top  

adaptive leadership

critical success factors

  adaptive  structures  and  systems  that  promote  collaboration  and  learning  

  adaptive  planning,  target-­‐setting  and  means  of  gauging  success  

  importance  and  symbolism  of  resourcing    vision  and  passion  from  the  top  

adaptive leadership

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