Is persistence taught or caught?: two contrasting case studies in the context of first year university teaching
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Article Title | Is persistence taught or caught?: two contrasting case |
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ERA Journal ID | 20233 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Huntly, Helen (Author) and Donovan, Jenny (Author) |
Journal Title | The International Journal of Learning |
Journal Citation | 17 (1), pp. 411-420 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Champaign, IL. United States |
ISSN | 1447-9494 |
1447-9540 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.2613 |
Abstract | This paper examines contrasting case studies involving two tutors of first year students enrolled in an undergraduate education program at an Australian University. Both tutors were given the same brief of designing a semester-long course that would foster the development of the habit of mind of persistence in their students. The two tutors went about it within different content areas and chose different approaches. Both worked within the principles of good practice to select their teaching strategies, but one explicitly taught her students about the habits of mind in general and persistence specifically, whereas the other did not mention it at all. Both sought to model the habit for their students, though the tutor who did not explicitly mention it to her class was more deliberate about the modeling. Given that the two courses were different it is not possible to compare student results to see if one |
Keywords | academic persistence; habits of mind; principles of good practice; higher education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390199. Curriculum and pedagogy not elsewhere classified |
390303. Higher education | |
390409. Learning sciences | |
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Byline Affiliations | Central Queensland University |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2843/is-persistence-taught-or-caught-two-contrasting-case-studies-in-the-context-of-first-year-university-teaching
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