Transition pedagogy: A third generation approach to FYE - A case study of policy and practice for the higher education sector

Sally Kift; Karen J Nelson; John A Clarke

doi:10.5204/intjfyhe.v1i1.13

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Transition pedagogy: A third generation approach to FYE - A case study of policy and practice for the higher education sector

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Transition pedagogy: A third generation approach to FYE - A case study of policy and practice for the higher education sector

Sally Kift, Karen J Nelson and John A Clarke

International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol.1(1), pp.1-20

2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/intjfyhe.v1i1.13

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Curriculum and Pedagogy

Specialist Studies in Education

Education Systems

transition pedagogy

first year curriculum principles

engagement

first year experience

Current research and practice related to the first year experience (FYE) of commencing higher education students are still mainly piecemeal rather than institution-wide with institutions struggling to achieve cross-institutional integration, coordination and coherence of FYE policy and practice. Drawing on a decade of FYE-related research including an ALTC Senior Fellowship and evidence at a large Australian metropolitan university, this paper explores how one institution has addressed that issue by tracing the evolution and maturation of strategies that ultimately conceptualize FYE as "everybody's business." It is argued that, when first generation co-curricular and second generation curricular approaches are integrated and implemented through an intentionally designed curriculum by seamless partnerships of academic and professional staff in a whole-of-institution transformation, we have a third generation approach labelled here as transition pedagogy. It is suggested that transition pedagogy provides the optimal vehicle for dealing with the increasingly diverse commencing student cohorts by facilitating a sense of engagement, support and belonging. What is presented here is an example of transition pedagogy in action.

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Title: Transition pedagogy: A third generation approach to FYE - A case study of policy and practice for the higher education sector
Authors: Sally Kift (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Karen J Nelson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
John A Clarke (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol.1(1), pp.1-20
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date published: 2010
DOI: 10.5204/intjfyhe.v1i1.13
ISSN: 1838-2959
Copyright note: Copyright © 2010 The Authors. Copyright of articles is retained by author/s. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License As an open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450091202621
Output Type: Journal article

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