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Reading Lists as Enablers of Learning in an Immersive Block Teaching Model
SSRN Electronic Journal, Vol.Series Paper No.18
Southern Cross University Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Research Paper Series, Elsevier
19/08/2024
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Abstract
Reading lists have been described as a stalwart of the academic environment. This article explores the role of reading lists as a pedagogical tool and describes how reading lists contribute to an immersive block teaching model at an Australian university. Little has been written about the application of reading lists in block teaching models. This narrative case study explores how prescribed learning resources and reading lists were reframed as an enabling element of a student-centred, university-wide curriculum renewal project. With a limited number of readings permitted for each unit, a manageable volume of learning was fostered, reducing students’ cognitive load. This article builds on existing knowledge about the use and experience of reading lists in higher education and demonstrates how reading lists contribute to constructively aligned pedagogy in immersive block teaching models.
Details
- Title
- Reading Lists as Enablers of Learning in an Immersive Block Teaching Model
- Creators
- Clare Thorpe - Southern Cross University, Library ServicesTanya St Clair Honey - Southern Cross University, Library ServicesErica Wilson - Southern Cross University, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Publication Details
- SSRN Electronic Journal, Vol.Series Paper No.18
- Series
- Southern Cross University Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Research Paper Series
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 17
- Identifiers
- 991013220613502368
- Academic Unit
- Library Services; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Preprint
- Local Fields
- Original Research - SoLT