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A Principle-Based Approach to the Design of a Graduate Resilience Curriculum Framework
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van Kessel, Gisela; Brewer, Margo; Lane, Murray; Cooper, Berni; Naumann, Fiona – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
This article describes the principles and structure used to create the Graduate Resilience Curriculum Framework intended to support academics to develop higher education students' resilience as an important graduate attribute. Enhancing student resilience requires a structured approach to learning that articulates the factors that are important…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Resilience (Psychology), Curriculum Design
Legitimising Transgression: Design and Delivery of a Science Work Integrated Learning Program That Draws on Students' Extant Work in Diverse, Non-Science Fields
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Rowland, Susan; Gannaway, Deanne; Pedwell, Rhianna; Adams, Peter; Evans, Robyn; Bonner, Hailey; Wong, Kai Sheng – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Recent focus on graduate employability has exposed the inadequacies of work preparation for science students, who need an employability toolkit to navigate the modern work landscape. An established mechanism to develop students' employment awareness is Work Integrated Learning (WIL), but Australian mathematics and science students participate in…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, College Science, Undergraduate Students
The First Steps on the Journey towards Curriculum Reconciliation in Science, Medicine and Health Education
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Fildes, Karen J.; Beck, Eleanor; Bur, Tatiana; Burns, Pippa; Chisholm, Laurie A.; Dillon, Carolyn T.; Kuit, Tracey A.; McMahon, Anne T.; Neale, Elizabeth P.; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Powell, Sophie; Skropeta, Danielle; Stefoska-Needham, Anita; Tomlin, Alison; Treweek, Teresa M.; Walton, Karen; Kennedy, Jade – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
This article will describe an approach to curriculum reconciliation that aspires to be the first step towards recognising that Indigenous ways of knowing have equal value and status as the dominant institutional systems of knowledge. Specifically, curriculum reconciliation is considered in the context of building knowledge-based relationships…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Relevance (Education), Science Education, Medical Education
"Seeing Institutionally": A Rationale for 'Teach the University' in Student and Staff Partnerships
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Peseta, Tai; Bell, Amani – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Students as Partners (SAP) initiatives are often framed as opportunities to reanimate university education so that students become active participants in their learning, and change agents capable of transforming their institutions. Embedded in these framings is a view that students are also the primary 'experts' of their learning experiences. This…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Higher Education, College Students, College Faculty
Ensuring Indigenous Cultural Respect in Australian Undergraduate Nursing Students
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Power, Tamara; Virdun, Claudia; Gorman, Edward; Doab, Anna; Smith, Rachel; Phillips, Angela; Gray, Joanne – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Like other Westernised countries, Australia's history of colonisation, racism and oppression has impacted upon Indigenous Peoples' health and well-being. It is also evident that institutional racism and ongoing colonisation are present in the Australian health system. Better preparation of health professionals to work in a culturally respectful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Awareness
Infusing an Inter-Professional and Inter-University Perspective into Healthcare Education
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Goldberg, Lynette R.; Koontz, Jennifer Scott; Downs, David; Uhlig, Paul; Kumar, Neil G.; Shah, Sapna; Clark, Paige E.; Coiner, Christina; Crumrine, Daiquirie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
A national (USA) student-led, case-based CLinician/Administrator Relationship Improvement OrganizatioN (CLARION) competition focuses students in medical and related healthcare programs on the provision of healthcare that is safe, timely, equitable, patient-centred, effective and efficient. Students work in four-person, inter-professional teams to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mentors, Competition, Higher Education
Curriculum Mapping to Embed Graduate Capabilities
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Spencer, David; Riddle, Matthew; Knewstubb, Bernadette – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
Graduate capabilities are an essential aspect of undergraduate development in higher education. Accordingly, La Trobe University's "Design for learning" has identified particular university-wide graduate capabilities and required all faculties to explicitly embed these in their curricula. The Faculty of Law and Management developed an approach to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Curriculum Design, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods
From a Curriculum that Integrates Work to a Curriculum that Integrates Life: Changing a University's Conceptions of Curriculum
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Jackson, Norman J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Bringing about significant change in a mature and successful work-integrated learning (WIL) scheme is quite a difficult thing to accomplish. The University of Surrey, which has a long established WIL scheme based on year-long professional training work placements, has embarked on a programme of research and development aimed at adapting and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Professional Training, Education Work Relationship, Curriculum Development
Contextualising and Integrating into the Curriculum the Learning and Teaching of Work-Ready Professional Graduate Attributes
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Litchfield, Andrew; Frawley, Jessica; Nettleton, Skye – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Government, employers and professional societies want university graduates who are better prepared for employment. The UTS Work-Ready Project is a curriculum renewal initiative that aims to improve graduates' professional attributes and employability skills. The paper provides an overview of the project's curriculum renewal strategy of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Learning Activities, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Identifying Generic Skills through Curriculum Mapping: A Critical Evaluation
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Sumsion, Jennifer; Goodfellow, Joy – Higher Education Research and Development, 2004
This article describes processes involved in a curriculum mapping exercise that constituted the first phase of a project aimed at furthering the integration of generic skills in a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) program. The purpose of the mapping exercise was to identify the generic skills currently fostered in the program, and those that…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Integrating Student Assessment Practices: The Significance of Collaborative Partnerships for Curriculum and Professional Development in a University Department.
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Smith, Bob; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1997
A project in a health sciences department of one Australian university, designed to encourage faculty collaboration on student assessment issues, became a program of personal and collective review giving insight into the processes and dynamics of curriculum and professional development. The project, its processes and products, and implications…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Curriculum Development