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Journal article
Trialling a 4th Generation Approach to the First Year Experience: The CommUniTI
03/2017
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Abstract
In 2014, we developed a new approach to supporting first year students' transition into higher education building on the work of Kift, Nelson, and Clarke (2010) whose 3rd Generation Approach is one of transition pedagogy foregrounded by a whole-of-institution transformation. Our 4th Generation Approach focuses on students' social capital and extends the remit beyond the institution. Our approach recognises students' social capital as an unexplored resource to be drawn upon to inform the membership of a Community of Practice (CoP). The CoP members collaboratively develop strategies to support the development of students' important cultural capital, which we consider essential for successful transition. In 2015, we trialled the 4th Generation Approach with a Queensland regional university satellite campus. This paper reports on the implementation of the CoP as one element of the 4th Generation Approach and the important refinements required for future success.
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- Title
- Trialling a 4th Generation Approach to the First Year Experience: The CommUniTI
- Creators
- Sharn Donnison - University of the Sunshine CoastSorrel Penn-Edwards - Griffith UniversityRuth Greenaway - University of the Sunshine CoastRosemary Horn - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publisher
- Queensland University of Technology; Australia
- Identifiers
- 991013143606002368
- Copyright
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Local Fields
- Original Research - SoLT