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A toolkit to implement graduate attributes in geography curricula |
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| Authors: | Rachel Spronken-Smith Angela McLean Nell Smith Carol Bond Martin Jenkins Stephen Marshall |
| Affiliation: | 1. Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. Centre for Learning and Teaching, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand;3. Academic Development Team, Coventry University, UK;4. Centre for Academic Development, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Abstract: | This article uses findings from a project on engagement with graduate outcomes across higher education institutions in New Zealand to produce a toolkit for implementing graduate attributes in geography curricula. Key facets include strong leadership; academic developers to facilitate conversations about graduate attributes and teaching towards them; ownership of the process by the teachers; the development of a contextualized set of graduate attributes for the geography degree; curriculum mapping to promote alignment between graduate attributes, learning outcomes and assessment tasks; incorporating high-impact educational experiences and signature pedagogies to foster graduate attributes; the use of evaluative data to inform continual enhancements; and allowing at least five years for curriculum renewal to occur. |
| Keywords: | Graduate outcomes graduate attributes toolkit practical curriculum change |