Conference paper
Beyond curriculum reform: embedding the transition experience
Proceedings of the 2005 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated Conference, pp.225-235
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated (HERDSA) Conference: Higher Education in a Changing World, 2005 (Sydney, Australia, 03-Jul-2005–06-Jul-2005)
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2005
Abstract
Successfully managing the process of transition into university involves acknowledging that students in all their diversity come to us to learn and that we are responsible not just to keep them, but for creating environments where active learning can take place. Curriculum renewal embracing these aspects underpinned by a constructivist philosophy provides only one part of a successful approach to transition. The second part is to establish coordinated, curriculum - mediated transition practices across the administrative and academic areas of the university so that students successfully engage with their learning experience. Based on an enabling strategic infrastructure and extensive curriculum renewal, this paper describes a program that seeks to embed transition practices systematically across a large university.
Details
- Title
- Beyond curriculum reform: embedding the transition experience
- Authors
- Sally M Kift (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKaren J Nelson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2005 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated Conference, pp.225-235
- Conference details
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated (HERDSA) Conference: Higher Education in a Changing World, 2005 (Sydney, Australia, 03-Jul-2005–06-Jul-2005)
- Publisher
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
- Date published
- 2005
- ISBN
- 0909557620
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448798602621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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