A fourth generation approach to transition in the first year in higher education: First year in higher education community of practice (FYHECoP)

S Penn-Edwards; Sharn Donnison

doi:10.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.190

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A fourth generation approach to transition in the first year in higher education: First year in higher education community of practice (FYHECoP)

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A fourth generation approach to transition in the first year in higher education: First year in higher education community of practice (FYHECoP)

S Penn-Edwards and Sharn Donnison

International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol.5(1), pp.31-41

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.190

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Curriculum and Pedagogy

Specialist Studies in Education

Education Systems

first year experience

higher education

learning and teaching

community of practice

We propose that higher education institutions move beyond the third generation approach to transition pedagogy (Kift, Nelson, & Clarke, 2010) to a fourth generation approach. We argue that higher education institutions are, as Abraham Lincoln extols, of the people, by the people, for the people and that all major stakeholders: educationalists; social groups; and civic bodies should be involved in supporting the transition of the higher education first year student. We suggest that university-community partnerships, specifically, those involving the wider social/civic community, have an integral part to play at each point in the progression of the student through undergraduate studies. Our fourth generation approach extends Kift's (2008) exhortation that the first year experience is "everybody's business" by being characterised and driven by a social and civic "community of practice" (Wenger, 1998).

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Title: A fourth generation approach to transition in the first year in higher education: First year in higher education community of practice (FYHECoP)
Authors: S Penn-Edwards (Author) - Griffith University
Sharn Donnison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol.5(1), pp.31-41
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.190
ISSN: 1838-2959
Copyright note: Copyright © 2014 The Authors. As an open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Organisation Unit: Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448636702621
Output Type: Journal article

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