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Student Lifewide Development Symposium.
Developing and delivering an integrated through-life and life-
wide curriculumDr David Croot, University of
Plymouth.
Summary
•Curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular learning in pre-HE and HE.•The Plymouth through life and life-wide learning model.•Elements of the model: •Children’s and Youth Universities; •curriculum, co-curriculum and extra-curriculum in HE; •scaffolding structures (personal tutoring and e-portfolios).•documentation
The Plymouth model
Model of the pre-HE and undergraduate experience for the University of Plymouth, highlighting linkages between pre-HE, undergraduate and on-exit elements.
Formal curriculum
Out of school activities
(Children’s University; Youth University)
Pre-HE HE Application (UCAS)
Qualifications
e-portfolio (various, including Moodle, Merlin etc)
Tutor groups : pastoral support relationships. Personal Development Planning.
Undergraduate experience Exit documentation
Formal curriculum including accredited work based learning, work placements. 360 credits. Includes small components of embedded employability-related learning decided, owned and delivered by programmes. (See Employability Framework)
Co-curriculum. Up to 20 credits accredited elective employability-related modules building on smaller elements embedded in programmes. Cross-curricular. Theory and practice/experiential learning. Uses third term. Created and owned by T&LD.
Extra-curricular learning. Plymouth Award scheme that includes activities, reflection and articulation of learning.
University-e-portfolio (PebblePad)
Personal tutoring support. Life-wide support. Personal Development Planning.
Higher Education Achievement Report Section 4
Higher Education Achievement Report Section 4
Higher Education Achievement Report Section
6.1
Personal statement
Presentational portfolio
Children’s and Youth Universities
• CU is national organisational structure locally delivered (franchise model).
• Focus on participation in quality-benchmarked extra-curricular learning activities (learning destinations) for 7-14 year olds.
• 75 local CU’s across UK since 2007/8. Expanding rapidly.
• Youth Universities (14-19) growing on foundation of CU’s in several areas.
Role of HE in pre-HE• HEIs have opportunity to engage in CU
movement by providing learning destinations or hosting/managing their local CU.
• Why? – Principle: Developing pedagogic synergy by
integrated approach to lifewide learning.– Practical: Advantages to HE recruitment as well as
raising aspirations locally.– Employability: Employers increasingly demand
life-wide experience.
Within HE• Curriculum with embedded
lifewide/employability skills, including work-based learning.
• Co-curriculum (free electives) to give opportunities for much deeper engagement with employability-related skills (These can be very broadly interpreted). All include experiential learning and reflection
• Extra-curriculum : Plymouth Award (includes lifewide activities and reflection).
• Scaffolding: personal tutorials (life-wide); e-portfolio.
Common Scaffolding structures• E-portfolios are commonly (though not yet
universally used pre-HE).They are commonly used in HE.
• Personal tutoring is commonly used in pre-HE and HE, but the definition of the role of the personal tutor (breadth of support) needs refining to ensure equality of opportunity.
• Summative documents. From 2014 all exit documents (Applications for jobs, HE entrance and HE exit documents (HEAR)) will reflect lifewide learning.
Links• Children’s University: http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk
• Plymouth Award :http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/plymouthaward
Questions?