Abstract
Near-Peer Teaching: Innovations in fieldwork pedagogy
NOEC 2016 Conference Proceedings
National Outdoor Education Conference, 19th (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 29-Mar-2016–01-Apr-2016)
2016
Abstract
Near-peer teaching is used extensively in higher education for its efficacy in learning for both student learners and student teachers. A number of papers review its use in the higher education sector, mainly focusing on health and medical education, however there is little examination of the practice in outdoor education fieldwork. Using qualitative methods we examine the initial experience of near-peer teaching where third year students teach first year students in the field during La Trobe University's extensive and integrated Outdoor and Environmental Education program. Both sets of students value the experience highly, for both its explicit outdoor education content, and the role it plays in inducting the newly enrolled first years into the community of practice, and more specifically into the culture of the department. We draw out the distinct elements that make La Trobe University's unique program successful and discuss the limitations that near-peer teaching presents.
Details
- Title
- Near-Peer Teaching: Innovations in fieldwork pedagogy
- Authors
- Lucas Bester (Author)Gregg Muller (Author)Brendon Munge (Author) - La Trobe University
- Publication details
- NOEC 2016 Conference Proceedings
- Conference details
- National Outdoor Education Conference, 19th (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 29-Mar-2016–01-Apr-2016)
- Publisher
- Outdoor Council of Australia
- Date published
- 2016
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450813102621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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