Abstract
Threshold Concepts for Australian Outdoor Education University Graduates
Proceedings of the 8th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, pp.19-20
International Outdoor Education Research Conference, 8th (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 19-Nov-2018–23-Nov-2018)
2018
Abstract
For the past decade concerns have been raised by stakeholders in the Australian outdoor education (OE) profession regarding the need to identify and develop a set of capabilities reflective of students' proficiencies when graduating from Australian university outdoor education programmes. There is currently no formal or informal agreement amongst university programmes of the knowledge, skills, and experience that an outdoor education graduate should be expected to acquire and demonstrate. In 2017, the Australian Outdoor Education Tertiary Network (ATOEN) agreed to support an initiative from Australian outdoor education academics to develop a draft list of threshold concepts for OE graduates. Threshold concepts articulate critical knowledge areas that graduates entering the profession must master and have been successfully developed in many higher education disciplines. The process to be used in this study will enable the identification, documentation, and assessment of the threshold concepts that graduates of Australian university outdoor education programmes require to work in the profession. The Delphi research model will be used to enable a collaborative, consultative process to establish threshold learning concepts. Initially, the expert panel used to develop the threshold concepts will be experienced outdoor education academics but wider consultation will also occur. In time, a similar Delphi process will be used to develop assessment tools to measure students' attainment of the threshold concepts. This presentation will report on the emergent findings of this ongoing research.
Details
- Title
- Threshold Concepts for Australian Outdoor Education University Graduates
- Authors
- Glyn J Thomas (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringSandy Allen-Craig (Author)Scott Polley (Author)Heather Grenon (Author)Marcus Morse (Author)Anthony Mangelsdorf (Author)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 8th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, pp.19-20
- Conference details
- International Outdoor Education Research Conference, 8th (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 19-Nov-2018–23-Nov-2018)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2018
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451458702621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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