graduate attributes for the 21 st century -f acilitator views
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Graduate Attributes for the 21 st Century -F acilitator Views. Dr Jim Moir - The First Year Dr Margaret Harris - Responding to Student Needs Prof David Nicol - Assessment Dr Vicky Gunn - Employability Research/Teaching Linkages. Learner Autonomy in the First Year. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Graduate Attributes for the 21st Century -Facilitator Views
Dr Jim Moir - The First Year
Dr Margaret Harris - Responding to Student Needs
Prof David Nicol - Assessment
Dr Vicky Gunn - Employability Research/Teaching Linkages
Learner Autonomy in the First Year
• Transition into the First Year
- support yes, ‘hand-holding’, no.
• ‘Apprentice Students’
- study as a job of work
• Curriculum in Practice
- action and activity, less of this
• Inter-disciplinary knowledge
- making connections
RESPONDING TO STUDENT NEEDS
• DISTINQUISH: NEEDS from WANTS
• INSTITUTIONS: CONTINUE to DEVELOP SUPPORT NETWORKS and STAFF
• ACADEMICS: TO DO MORE
• STUDENTS: TO TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY
CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE?
Assessment and Feedback
The Case for Feedback Construction
‘The learner’s ability to construct feedback is a core skill which is currently overlooked in research and practice in higher education’. Discuss
Employability futures?
Original emphasis still relevant Embedding employability in the curriculum Enhancing students’ employability through the co-curriculum Engaging employers in the curriculum
Shifting emphasis from original QAA theme to engage with the concerns of the next decade?
Impact of employability futures on how and why we teach? Research-employability-local economy-civic engagement links
Rural regeneration
Work Related Learning and transformation of ‘non-vocational’
disciplinary pedagogies
Employability initiatives at a distance
Research – Teaching Linkages?
The core messages from the original project work still standStudent engagement with research processes as part of any degree programme benefits both staff and students
Assessment processes can be adapted to encourage more simulation of the research process in given disciplines
Research-Teaching Linkages align with Graduate Attributes which in turn align with changes in early career researcher development
Emerging ‘new messages’Experiences and coherence get lost across levels and courses of study
Changing nature of research environments might have much to teach us about how to enhance research-teaching linkages