teaching academic skills in he
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Teaching Academic Skills in HE
Emily Wheeler
@heliotropia
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We support…• All undergraduates and taught postgraduates• Teaching staff• Schools/FE
We work with…• Careers centre• Language centre (English as an additional
language)• Counselling• Educational Engagement team
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“Flying start to…”Express workshops
Workshops
Webinars
Embedded teaching within Faculties
Workshops
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Office open 09:30 - 17:00
Phone or email also available
Team assistants triage enquiries
Learning Advisors offer 30-minute appointments in Skills Zone “pods”
1-to-1 Support
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What are academic skills?
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Supporting students
• Showing new techniques• Developing strategies for faster, smarter
working• Improving existing skills• Learning by doing• NOT proofreading!
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Have a go!
• Decide the best order for the sentences in order to make a coherent paragraph.
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Working with student work
• Read the extracts and see if you can spot features of “good” academic writing
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Any ideas?!
• Can you suggest any ways of changing/improving these activities?
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How do you know what to say?
• Research!
• Experience
• Peer learning & observation
• Practice
• Student feedback
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