Abstract
We often tell students that, besides teaching them discipline-based content and skills,
we also provide them with transferable or employability skills. Thinks like critical thinking, problem solving, communication skills, and so on. However, we often don't explicitly identify where (and how) those skills are taught through our unit, and our students often can't identify them. More importantly, the students will not see them as important part of the unit learning if we don't evaluate them on those skills. Therefore, an alignment between these transferable skills and the evaluation in the unit is needed if we want our students to become self-aware of the skills we claim to be equipping them with. I will demonstrate a simple way of modifying a unit assessment to make
these skills more explicit and measurable.
we also provide them with transferable or employability skills. Thinks like critical thinking, problem solving, communication skills, and so on. However, we often don't explicitly identify where (and how) those skills are taught through our unit, and our students often can't identify them. More importantly, the students will not see them as important part of the unit learning if we don't evaluate them on those skills. Therefore, an alignment between these transferable skills and the evaluation in the unit is needed if we want our students to become self-aware of the skills we claim to be equipping them with. I will demonstrate a simple way of modifying a unit assessment to make
these skills more explicit and measurable.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | Monash Education Academy Learning and Teaching Conference 2021: Explore ideas. Share practice. Discover innovation. - virtual/online, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 14 Jul 2021 https://www.monash.edu/learning-teaching/conference |
Conference
Conference | Monash Education Academy Learning and Teaching Conference 2021 |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Melbourne |
Period | 12/07/21 → 14/07/21 |
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Keywords
- transferable skills
- employability