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Principles And A Model For Advancing Future-Oriented And Student-Focused Teaching And Learning, Dominique R. Parrish
Principles And A Model For Advancing Future-Oriented And Student-Focused Teaching And Learning, Dominique R. Parrish
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B
A major agenda of higher education institutions is to equip students to be employable and ‘future ready’ graduates; achieve their professional and personal goals; and respond, in a socially responsible way, to the challenges of the 21st Century. These aspirations require quality teaching and learning that is future-oriented and student-focused. This paper will describe the first phase of an initiative carried out in an Australian university to afford these aspirations as well as promote transformative and sustainable curriculum and pedagogy. An extensive review of literature was conducted to ascertain traits of Generation Y students. The findings from this review highlighted …