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


Autoria(s): Kift, Sally M.; Nelson, Karen J.; Clarke, John A.
Data(s)

30/07/2010

Resumo

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.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/33635/

Publicador

Queensland University of Technology

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/33635/1/c33635.pdf

DOI:10.5204/intjfyhe.v1i1.13

Kift, Sally M., Nelson, Karen J., & Clarke, John A. (2010) Transition pedagogy : a third generation approach to FYE : a case study of policy and practice for the higher education sector. The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 1(1), pp. 1-20.

Direitos

Queensland University of Technology

Fonte

Chancellery; Faculty of Law

Palavras-Chave #130103 Higher Education #130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development #130299 Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified #130304 Educational Administration Management and Leadership #first year experience #curriculum #co-curricular #transition pedagogy #first year curriculum #policy #HERN #HERN
Tipo

Journal Article