Developing a Transdisciplinary Work-Based Learning Curriculum

2016 ◽  
pp. 144-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryll Bravenboer ◽  
Barbara Workman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Open Learning ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Curriculum Framework ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Gain Access

Middlesex University's transdisciplinary work-based learning curriculum framework is presented as a coherent and innovative means to provide flexible and open learning opportunities for those in work. The chapter describes the underpinning theory that constitutes the work-based learning field of study as well as the structure and components of the curriculum framework. Through illustrative case studies, the chapter demonstrates how the Middlesex transdisciplinary framework has provided opportunities for a variety of working learners to gain access to higher education qualifications that would otherwise have been closed. Each case study illustrates a different aspect of the framework and how it has operated to create opportunities for open learning and credentialing at the level of the individual, the organisation and, lastly, within an industry sector. This demonstrates the potential for transferability of some of the principles and approaches to other higher education curricular settings.

scholarly journals Assessment and final reports in foreign language lessons

EduLingua ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
Kateřina Dvořáková
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Waldorf Schools ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
The Individual

Waldorf schools strive to create learning opportunities for well-rounded growth of the individual through the faculties of thinking, feeling and willing. Assessment, as perceived and practised in these schools, should in the first place be a means of supporting learning and development. Waldorf assessment abstains from grading, is qualitatively oriented, and deals with academic achievements as well the pupils’ artistic, emotional and physical development, both individually and as a group. This illustrative case study examines essential theoretical principles regarding assessment in Waldorf pedagogy and how these are practically implemented in a Czech elementary Waldorf school. Its empirical aim is to explore final reports from English as a foreign language in primary and lower-middle school and study how they reflect and respect the essential theoretical principles regarding assessment at Waldorf schools.

Improving Access to Higher Education With UDL and Switch Access Technology

2017 ◽  
pp. 13-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Perez ◽  
Ann Gulley ◽  
Logan Prickett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Motor Impairment ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
The Individual

This chapter presents an in-depth case study of the creative use of a mobile technology system by a diverse learner who is also one of the authors of the chapter. This learner is blind, has significant fine and gross motor impairment, and speaks in a whisper that is not understood by today's speech recognition technology. The learner's inclusion as an author is, in itself, a testimony to the empowerment the mobile communication system has brought to his life, which in turn has allowed him to be an active participant in the design of a learning environment based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. More specifically, the chapter details the ongoing development of a system for making math content more accessible not only to the individual learner who is the focus of the case study, but to other learners who struggle with higher level math content in higher education.

scholarly journals ACCESSING HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER 23 YEARS OLD: OPPORTUNITIES AND MOTIVATIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (172) ◽  
pp. 36-52
Author(s):  
Catarina Mangas ◽  
Sara Lopes ◽  
Paula Ferreira ◽  
Isabel Beato
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Professional Change

Abstract This article reports a case study in a Portuguese public institution of higher education that aimed at characterizing the profile of the students that access the institution, through examinations for candidates aged 23 or over (M23 Access), focusing on the motivations for their entry and on their perspective of this type of access to higher education. This mixed method study used a questionnaire, answered by 180 former students. Acquisition of new knowledge, personal valorization and a professional change are among the most important reasons to access higher education. While analyzing the results, we are also able to discern the importance of implementing educational policies for adults, which, in the Portuguese case and regarding the promotion of learning opportunities for all, are still few and poorly disseminated.

Improving Access to Higher Education With UDL and Switch Access Technology

2020 ◽  
pp. 495-508
Author(s):  
Luis Perez ◽  
Ann Gulley ◽  
Logan Prickett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Motor Impairment ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
The Individual

This chapter presents an in-depth case study of the creative use of a mobile technology system by a diverse learner who is also one of the authors of the chapter. This learner is blind, has significant fine and gross motor impairment, and speaks in a whisper that is not understood by today's speech recognition technology. The learner's inclusion as an author is, in itself, a testimony to the empowerment the mobile communication system has brought to his life, which in turn has allowed him to be an active participant in the design of a learning environment based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. More specifically, the chapter details the ongoing development of a system for making math content more accessible not only to the individual learner who is the focus of the case study, but to other learners who struggle with higher level math content in higher education.

scholarly journals Decolonization, the Cold War, and Africans’ routes to higher education overseas, 1957–65

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-191
Author(s):  
Eric Burton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cold War ◽  
North America ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
African Students ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Gain Access

AbstractFrom the late 1950s, Africans seeking higher education went to a rapidly increasing number of destinations, both within Africa and overseas. Based on multi-sited archival research and memoirs, this article shows how Africans forged and used new routes to gain access to higher education denied to them in their territories of origin, and in this way also shaped scholarship policies across the globe. Focusing on British-ruled territories in East Africa, the article establishes the importance of African intermediaries and independent countries as hubs of mobility. The agency of students and intermediaries, as well as official responses, are examined in three interconnected cases: the clandestine ‘Nile route’ from East Africa to Egypt and eastern Europe; the ‘airlifts’ from East Africa to North America; and the ‘exodus’ of African students from the Eastern bloc to western Europe. Although all of these routes were short-lived, they transformed official scholarship provisions, and significantly shaped the postcolonial period in the countries of origin.

Widening Access to Higher Education – An Australian Case Study

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-212
Author(s):  
Glen Postle ◽  
Andrew Sturman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
History Of Higher Education ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
History Of ◽  
Australian Case ◽  
Open And Distance Learning

In this paper the authors trace the development of equity within the Australian higher education context over the latter part of the last century. In particular they focus on the ways different perspectives (liberalist-individualist and social democratic) have shaped what has been a dramatic increase in the number and diversity of students accessing higher education in Australia. The adoption of a specific perspective has influenced the formation of policies concerning equity and consequently the way universities have responded to the pressures to accept more and different students. These responses are captured under two main headings – ‘restructuring the entry into higher education’ and ‘changing the curriculum within higher education’. Several examples of current programs and procedures based upon these are explained. The paper concludes with the identification of three ‘dilemmas' which have emerged as a result of the development and implementation of equity processes and procedures in higher education in Australia. These are: (a) While there has been an increase in the number and range of students accessing higher education, this has been accompanied by a financial cost to the more disadvantaged students, a cost which has the potential to exacerbate equity principles. (b) For one of the first times in the history of higher education, a focus is being placed on its teaching and learning functions, as opposed to its research functions. The problem is that those universities that have been obliged to broaden their base radically have also been obliged to review their teaching and learning practices without any budgetary compensation. (c) A third consequence of these changes relates to the life of a traditional academic. Universities that have been at the forefront of ‘changing their curriculum’ to cope with more diverse student groups (open and distance learning) have seen the loss of ‘lecturer autonomy’ as they work more as members of teams and less as individuals.

Engaging Higher Education Learners With Transmedia Play

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Dickinson-Delaporte ◽  
Aneeshta Gunness ◽  
Hamish McNair
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Connected Learning ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Education Business

This article documents the application of transmedia play in a higher education business context, providing a case study of how transmedia play can be infused into an undergraduate marketing course. We share our findings regarding learner experience and engagement, detailing results from structured interviews with 22 course participants. Evidence shows that the transmedia approach has value and can be successfully enacted in an undergraduate course to create connected learning opportunities and elicit cognitive, affective, and behavioral engagement. However, we note that the participatory nature of the pedagogy did create challenges for digital novices. In order to transition digital novices from peripheral to full participants in a transmedia learning community context, further research is warranted.

scholarly journals Apakah Produk Beasiswa Bidikmisi dapat Memutus Mata Rantai Kemiskinan di Indonesia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-99
Author(s):  
Rusi Rusmiati Aliyyah ◽  
Ahmad Gawdy Prananosa ◽  
Ismail Ismail ◽  
Endang Sri Budi Herawati ◽  
Iman Subasman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Private University ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Scholarship Program

This study aims to determine the implementation of the product of the Bidik Misi scholarship program. This research uses case study qualitative method. The research was conducted at Djuanda University which is a private university in LLDIKTI region IV. Collecting data using interview instruments, questionnaires, observations, and documentation with data analysis techniques through data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The research findings show that the final results of the Bidik Misi scholarship are in accordance with the program objectives, namely increasing student motivation and achievement, increasing student achievement in the curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular fields, causing an impact for students and prospective students to always improve achievement and be competitive, and produce graduates who are independent, productive and have social concerns to break the chain of poverty and empower the community. Meanwhile, aspects of increasing access and learning opportunities in higher education, as well as ensuring the continuity of student studies to completion and on time, still need improvement. In conclusion, the Bidikmisi scholarship program has produced graduates who are independent, productive and have social awareness, so that they are able to play a role in efforts to break the poverty chain and empower people in Indonesia. Keywords: Outstanding Student, Bidikmisi Scholarship, Higher Education

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document