Major Influences on the Teaching and Assessment of Graduate Attributes

Autor/inn/en	de la Harpe, Barbara; David, Christina
Titel	Major Influences on the Teaching and Assessment of Graduate Attributes
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 31 (2012) 4, S.493-510 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2011.629361
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study; Graduate Students; Student Characteristics; Outcomes of Education; Theory Practice Relationship; Online Surveys; Self Efficacy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Australien
Abstract	Efforts to systematically integrate graduate attributes across university curricula have relied on academic staff acceptance and ability to translate top-down policy into teaching practice. The literature and anecdotal reports over the past two decades show limited success in the area using this approach. Why is this so? Teaching staff across 16 Australian universities were surveyed, as part of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council-funded grant, regarding their beliefs about graduate attributes and their willingness and confidence to teach and assess them. The study found that although 73% of academic staff surveyed believed graduate attributes were important, there was a substantial difference between beliefs and actual emphasis reported in practice. We consider the major influences on the teaching and assessment of graduate attributes, the implications for policy development and implementation, and propose a rethink in relation to how to work towards improved graduate attribute outcomes in universities. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10