A Framework for Transition: Supporting "Learning to Learn" in Higher Education

Autor/in	Wingate, Ursula
Titel	A Framework for Transition: Supporting "Learning to Learn" in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 61 (2007) 3, S.391-405 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2273.2007.00361.x
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Higher Education; Learning Processes; Educational Development; Teacher Effectiveness; Learning Strategies; Educational Change; Incentives; Teacher Persistence; School Orientation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Bildungsentwicklung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Bildungsreform; Anreiz
Abstract	In this paper, a framework for developing first-year students' learning is proposed. Its aim is to increase university managers' and teachers' awareness of two issues: (1) that the currently predominant "skills" approaches to the enhancement of student learning are based on a deficiency model and achieve little more than remedying the overt problems of individual students and (2) that a holistic, subject-specific approach is needed to support all students in the complex process of learning to learn in higher education. The framework aims at facilitating transition to university by helping students to understand what is expected from them at university, by addressing their conceptions of learning and knowledge and by gradually developing their competence as independent learners as well as their competence in constructing knowledge in their discipline. Different contexts are used to apply complementary methods for the development of learning. As the framework relies on the engagement of academic teachers, it is critical that university managers and policy makers give appropriate recognition to effective teaching. This involves instigating changes in conceptions of teaching, providing opportunities for educational development and setting incentives for teachers' commitment to student learning. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10