Student negotiated learning, student agency and General Capabilities in the 21st Century: The DeLorean Project

Peter R Grainger; Robert Steffler; Margarietha J de Villiers Scheepers; R Steffler; Catherine Thiele; Shelley Dole

doi:10.1007/s13384-018-0287-6

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Student negotiated learning, student agency and General Capabilities in the 21st Century: The DeLorean Project

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Student negotiated learning, student agency and General Capabilities in the 21st Century: The DeLorean Project

Peter R Grainger, Robert Steffler, Margarietha J de Villiers Scheepers, R Steffler, Catherine Thiele and Shelley Dole

Australian Educational Researcher, Vol.46(3), pp.425-447

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-018-0287-6

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21st Century learning

future work skills

curriculum innovation

Australian Curriculum

general capabilities

DeLorean Project

This paper reports students' perceptions of their learning of 21st century skills through a novel approach to delivery of the school program in Year 10. For 1 day per week, all Year 10 students at this school participate in The DeLorean Project, where they create, design and implement their own real-world projects with the assistance of teachers as facilitators. Student attitudes towards participation in the initiative were surveyed and analysed. Results indicated that students' awareness of skills associated with the General Capabilities of the Australian Curriculum were explicitly developed as a result of participation in the DeLorean Project, particularly critical and creative thinking, ethical behaviour, and personal and social capability. Student voice in relation to the project gives rise to implications for further development and design of DeLorean as new approach to teaching and learning in Australian schools.

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Title: Student negotiated learning, student agency and General Capabilities in the 21st Century: The DeLorean Project
Authors: Peter R Grainger (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Robert Steffler (Author) - Glasshouse Christian College
Margarietha J de Villiers Scheepers (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
R Steffler (Author)
Catherine Thiele (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Shelley Dole (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Australian Educational Researcher, Vol.46(3), pp.425-447
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-018-0287-6
ISSN: 0311-6999
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451353202621
Output Type: Journal article

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