Conference presentation
Using student-generated ideas to facilitate effective learning outcomes in a communicative and engaging manner
SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 08/11/2022 - 10/11/2022)
10/11/2022
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Abstract
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is a direct entry pathway program designed to equip international students not only with the necessary academic skills to thrive in undergraduate and postgraduate study, but to prepare them for study within the Southern Cross Model. This presentation will provide an example of andragogic techniques used in this unit, and in other College units embedded within the Southern Cross Model, to allow adult learners to master the required academic skills in an engaging and communicative manner. Andragogic principles state that adult learners learn most effectively through student-centred tasks which involve active practice and participation in informal and socialised contexts (Knowles, 1984).
This presentation will showcase an example of a simple and effective student-centred task that the EAP team at SCU College have used to successfully facilitate student mastery of the key academic skills of paraphrasing and referencing sources. In this activity, students are encouraged to complete a full sentence expressing a disadvantage or advantage of a given topic on a post-it note (or Collaborate whiteboard for online classes), with their surname and the year. Students are tasked in groups to write a paragraph outlining the advantages or disadvantages of the given topic. Students are then asked to choose advantages/disadvantages written by their peers as support for their paragraphs and are encouraged to paraphrase the ideas and correctly reference the authors when using this support. It is hoped that the example showcased in this presentation can be adapted and used by lecturers and curriculum designers across SCU when conducting tutorials and workshops face-to-face or online.
Knowles, M.S. (1984). Andragogy in Action: Applying Modern Principles of Adult Education. Jossey Bass.
Details
- Title
- Using student-generated ideas to facilitate effective learning outcomes in a communicative and engaging manner
- Creators
- Neil McRudden - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- SCU Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (Online, 08/11/2022 - 10/11/2022)
- Identifiers
- 991013143571502368
- Academic Unit
- SCU College
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT