Innovation Week 2017 Teaching Colloquium - The Creative Curriculum (Session 3)
Making the Graduate Qualities Real
The new curriculum is underpinned by ‘graduate qualities’ which all students will develop during their undergraduate degree, regardless of the disciplines they study. This set of qualities has been designed to equip Sydney graduates to succeed, innovate and provide ethical leadership in the contemporary and ever-changing world. The graduate qualities will be embedded in each degree program and, uniquely, their development will be assessed.
This session will feature some of the ways in which teachers are already bringing the graduate qualities to life to reveal what the graduate qualities are and why they are important:
Embedding cultural competence in the curriculum: the scientific method and evidence-based decisions
A/Prof Tom Hubble and the team from the School of Geosciences has incorporated indigenous knowledge about country and natural systems into the first-year Introduction to Geology curriculum. This was one of five pilot projects aimed at developing teaching strategies to further develop our student’s cultural competence. The team drew on ‘critical friend’ advice and feedback from academics to develop the approach and teaching materials. Comparison of traditional indigenous depictions of particular landscape features with topographic maps and scientific sketches and the ‘contextual unpacking’ of evidence-based decision making as a concept common to all cultures provided a ‘way-in’ to exploring indigenous landscape and natural systems knowledge in a very conventional ‘Geology One-Oh-One’ classroom. This approach has enabled the team to demonstrate what we believe to be greater similarity than difference in communicating knowledge about landscapes and natural systems in the Aboriginal Australian and European Scientific traditions.
Using a blended learning approach to integrating digital literacy: a faculty / library partnership
Dr Jo River from the Sydney Nursing School with Isabelle Raisin and Julia Child from the Library have developed a novel way to develop information literacy. From the outset, Jo River understood the importance of information literacy teaching being embedded in her Nursing unit of study. A lecture and tutorial were developed to explore the complexities of searching for qualitative literature and how to identify qualitative literature in search results. Since then, she has adopted a team-based learning approach to ensure students are meeting their learning objectives. This also gives students the opportunity to obtain feedback throughout the unit on their understanding and on areas they need to study further.
Transforming Communication Education for Students
Dr Alison Purcell and team from the Faculty of Health Sciences have designed the innovative and cost-effective ‘Accelerate Communication Excellence’ (ACE) program to develop vital professional communication skills in novice students. ACE: Diagnostic is a custom designed automated web-based program that develops, assesses and provides feedback on professional communication. Professional communication is measured across the areas of reading, writing, listening, speaking and reasoning. ACE: Immersive is a four-day intensive program offered for those students who are then identified as requiring additional support and includes online and simulated learning and assessment with simulation in the Sim Lab at the Health Sciences campus. The presentation will outline the ACE program and the outcomes for over 1,300 students who have completed it.
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Wednesday 16 August 2017
3.00pm - 4.00pm Education Building Lecture Theatre 351
Free