Empowering Future Graduates: Transformative Teaching for Career Success
Explore the essential capabilities and attributes future graduates need for successful careers through a pedagogical framework. The conference features engaging sessions on shift in teaching emphasis, graduate attributes, and the 4 Es Framework. Join us to reflect, collaborate, and strategize for empowering the next generation of learners.
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Teaching future ready graduates Add presenters Conference, Location, Date 1
Run sheet Welcome An employability icebreaker Transformational teaching Reflecting on your course A story and our findings A shared design challenge Working on your course *Break* Barriers and opportunities in designing programmes Evaluations and next steps 2 *Close*
Activity 1: Future ready graduates What capabilities do graduates need if they are to have successful careers and lives? Creative 3
Teaching a shift in emphasis Principled Ethical and professional Leaders Emotionally intelligent Globally minded Open minded Creative Proactive Independent thinkers Culturally competent flexible Problem solvers Critical thinkers Know the theories Know the facts 4
Teaching a shift in emphasis Principled Ethical and professional Leaders Emotionally intelligent Becoming Globally minded Open minded Creative Proactive Independent thinkers Doing Culturally competent flexible Problem solvers Critical thinkers Know the theories Knowing Know the facts 5
Teaching a shift in emphasis Transformational teaching Principled Ethical and professional Hard to teach Leaders Emotionally intelligent Becoming Globally minded Open minded Creative Proactive Independent thinkers Doing Culturally competent flexible Problem solvers Critical thinkers Know the theories Knowing Easy to teach Know the facts Easy to forget Become out-dated Hard to forget Last a life-time 6
Graduate Attributes/Capabilities Learning outcomes Lecture Read or complete exercises Assess 7
The 4 Es Framework Explore Enthuse Learning outcomes Lecture Read or complete exercises Assess Extend Exhibit 8
9 A pedagogical framework for developing employability capabilities Preparing to build capabilities EXPLORE ENTHUSE EXHIBIT EXTEND Building transferable capabilities 9
10 A pedagogical framework for developing employability capabilities Learners get ready to develop capabilities. Learners get ready to develop capabilities. They:: Acquire necessary foundational concepts and learning skills Form cognitive and emotional connections Plan learning and set goals Learners become motivated Learners become motivated. . They see the learning is: Relevant Important Achievable Preparing to build capabilities EXPLORE ENTHUSE EXHIBIT EXTEND Learners develop flexible capabilities Learners develop flexible capabilities They: Practise capabilities through varied applications Reflect on and discuss ideas, learning, challenges and opportunities for transfer Respond to feedback and form judgements Learners demonstrate their capabilities: Learners demonstrate their capabilities: They: Perform real and relevant tasks Use multiple capabilities in conjunction Express who they are Produce personally valuable artefacts Building transferable capabilities 10
How the 4Es might be applied over a 12 week semester Exhibit Extend Extend Exhibit Explore Enthuse Enthuse Explore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Weeks 11
Activity 2: Reflect on your course (Pick a course that needs to be improved) Take an A3 sheet Think of a course of your own or your team Read about the 4Es and relate them to the course Score your likely outcomes and techniques Share your thoughts with a neighbour Save your reflection for later 12
Positive deviants A story Our research 14
Positive deviants an employability mind-set Finding 1- Good alignment with the 4Es Finding 2 A distinct mind-set 15
Activity 3: Positive deviants ideas to fix the course Read the scenario Decide which employability capabilities could be embedded in the course How will you make this a great course? 16
Activity 3: Positive deviants ideas to fix the course Read the scenario Decide which employability capabilities could be embedded in the course How will you make this a great course? How much work is it to make all these changes? What could go wrong? 17
Activity 4: Embed employability into your course List new things you could try that would resonate with your students and bring about the ratings you want Fill in your future ratings i.e. estimate the change you d bring about by using these new techniques 19
Activity 4: Embed employability into your course List new things you could try that would resonate with your students and bring about the ratings you want Plan to make two of your changes Fill in your future ratings i.e. estimate the ange you d bring about 20
Activity 4 continued: Talk about your plans for your course and reflect on their feasibility Active listener Yes , Hmm , I see , Tell me more In pairs, take turns to listen to each other s plans 5 mins each? Well I m going to Blah, blah blah I see these challenges blah, blah 21
The dream many more positive deviants, and programmes that are powerful and relevant 22
Why is this a dream rather than reality? many more positive deviants, and programmes that are powerful and relevant Work in a group, using your flip chart paper to list the forces that act against the dream coming true 23
Activity 5: Eight crazy minutes The dream Three not so crazy ideas 1. 2. 3. 24
Three not so crazy ideas Share your ideas Find three ideas that might work 25
Reflections, Questions, Advice and Comments Today s session Other employability workshops Welcome Future ready capabilities An employability icebreaker Creating a level playing field Transformational teaching Designing sessions Reflecting on your teaching A story and our findings Designing courses A shared design challenge Working with programmes Working on your course Barriers and opportunities in designing programmes Evaluations and next steps 26
Thank you! Before you go, would you mind filling in the evaluation forms? Thank you. www.futurereadygrads.ac.nz 27
