- Title
- Honest reflections: big ideas and real life experiences of a new first year BA
- Creator
- Kuttainen, Victoria; Lundberg, Anita; Wight, Linda; Chang, Nigel
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/33913
- Identifier
- vital:5030
- Identifier
- http://www.cetl.hku.hk/conference2010/pdf/Kuttainen.pdf
- Abstract
- In 2009 the bachelor of Arts Degree at James Cook University, a regional multicampus institution in North Queensland, Australia, was flagged by the Vice Chancellor for "deep attention". This paper showcases the work undertaken as part of the university-wide curriculum refresh to improve the first year experience at JCU. It surveys and reflects upon the uptake of research undertaken by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) and the Deans of the Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH) in their joint report Nature and Roles of Arts Degrees in Contemporary Society: A National Scoping Project of Arts Programss across Australia. (Gannaway and Trent 2008) in the design and implementaion of new first-year core subjects designed to aid with transition, retention, skillbuilding, and cohort-identity in the Bachelor of Arts Degree.
- Publisher
- Hong Kong
- Relation
- Enhancing Learning Experiences in Higher Education: International Conference. Hong Kong p. 1-11
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Bachelor of arts degree; Curriculum design; First-year core subjects; 1699 Other Studies In Human Society; 1601 Anthropology
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