A framework for enabling graduate outcomes in undergraduate programmes |
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| Authors: | C H Bond A McLean N Smith S Frielick M Jenkins |
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| Institution: | 1. Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. Centre for Learning and Teaching, AUT University, Coventry University, Coventry, New Zealand;3. Academic Development Team, Coventry University, Coventry, UK |
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| Abstract: | Our research aim was to determine what enables engagement with graduate outcomes in tertiary institutions in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We used a mixed methods approach comprising a survey sent to all tertiary institutions, follow-up interviews with 10 academic leaders and eight case studies of good practice of programmes engaged with graduate outcomes across four institutions. Using a general inductive approach, analysis of the academic leader interviews generated five categories of enablers: external drivers, structural/procedural, development, student achievement and contextual enablers. Combining these enablers led to an integrating framework for institutional engagement in the development of graduate outcomes. Drawing on wider datasets from the survey, interviews and cases studies, relevant strategies were identified that staff and students perceived influenced the development of graduate outcomes. The framework and the associated strategies adopt a ‘whole-of-institution’ approach, which is inclusive of programmes, staff and students and their individual histories, traditions, cultures and purposes thus allowing for each institution’s unique characteristics. |
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| Keywords: | Academic leaders enablers framework graduate attributes graduate outcomes tertiary institutions undergraduate programmes |
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