Graduate Psychology Skills Australia

A website and resource for students and staff

Michelle Rose Avery

Deakin University

Officially launching the

Graduate Psychology Skills

Australia website

www.gpsaustralia.org.au

An open resource for

psychology students and

educators to foster the

development of graduate

skills

Created to ensure that valuable teaching and learning resources are shared and made available to all

Support the effective development and assessment of graduate skills:

1. A repository of resources and guides for educators.

2. Give any psych student the opportunity to take our graduate skills measure and to get real-time feedback.

3. Provide staff with student data, so they can track their students for T&L or research purposes.

4. Host a resource sharing tool that allows psych educators to share resources and activities.

The GPS Australia Public Website

Key information about graduate skills, the project and latest

news from the GPS Australia team.

Public website

Student portal

Staff portal

Profile

For important information – and

connect with professional

social networking

The GPS-Q is our self-report measure of graduate skill

acquisition.

Students can self-assess using the website and receive

feedback in real-time.

Portfolio

For curating and reflecting

on evidence of graduate

skills

The Student Portal - Summary

1. Create a profile

2. Take the GPS-Q and receive detailed feedback

3. Curate evidence of their graduate skill acquisition (portfolio)

4. Retake the GPS-Q to see change overtime

5. Share their development

GPS Australia ResourcesAim is to create a valuable learning and teaching resource repository for Australian

psychology educators.

• An innovative and effective problem-based tutorial approach

• A model for tutor training and professional development

• Guides for utilising peer- and self-assessment in the development of graduate skills

• Reflections on developing graduate skills in early years (1st year students)

• And more!

Share an Activity

Tool to allow you to upload and share your learning and teaching activities with your

colleagues

Student data is used to form their feedback and students can

choose to share their data, which may then be used by:

• GPS Australia for ongoing research

• Educators for T&L purposes or research purposes

Advice on Vertical Integration

Insights in how to vertically integrate and scaffold students’ development of

graduate skills across undergraduate year levels.

• simple resources and frameworks on incorporating the development of

psychology graduate skills within course offerings.

Assessing Graduate Psychology Skills

Course leaders can also use the Graduate Psychology Skills Questionnaire to

evaluate program learning objectives to inform curriculum enhancement.

We’ll let you know when all of the features are functional!

Thank you.

www.gpsaustralia.org.au