Developing a three-way collaborative model to promote first year student engagement and skill support

Johanna T Einfalt; Janet Turley

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Developing a three-way collaborative model to promote first year student engagement and skill support

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Developing a three-way collaborative model to promote first year student engagement and skill support

Johanna T Einfalt and Janet Turley

e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching, Vol.3(2)

2009

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Abstract

Curriculum and Pedagogy

Education Systems

first year student engagement

academic skills

collaborative instruction

integrated

research skills

Recent discourse about engaging first year students calls for more collaboration in terms of adopting a holistic approach to course delivery. This paper discusses a model visualised at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) that seeks opportunities and ways to provide skill support in a more collaborative way than has been historically practiced. Therefore, a three-way collaborative model, involving the Faculty Teacher, the Skills Advisor and the Librarian, has been developed to improve students' skill levels and promote student interaction with staff. By illuminating the link between the writing and research process and the course content, the model promotes student and faculty accessibility to the Library and Academic Skills services and fosters better collegial relationships. Literature around first year engagement indicates that this three-way collaborative model provides the framework for facilitating first year awareness about individual skill development.

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Title: Developing a three-way collaborative model to promote first year student engagement and skill support
Authors: Johanna T Einfalt (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Janet Turley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching, Vol.3(2)
Publisher: Australian Business Education Research Association
Date published: 2009
ISSN: 1835-9132
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Tertiary Access - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449416402621
Output Type: Journal article

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