Transition Pedagogy: Making a Success of First Year

Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Time: 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Venue: E3-1032 (Interactive Learning Space 1)
Speaker: Professor Sally Kift

*Refreshments will be provided for registered participants.

**Participation in this workshop will be documented as equivalent of four hours of Professional Development for Teaching and Learning (applicable to UM Academic Staff only).**

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Abstract:

This presentation Prof. Kift will explore how institutions might better support first year learning, success and retention. It will argue that intentional first year curriculum design sits at the heart of a positive FYE and enables whole-of-student, whole-of-institution approaches. In particular, it will suggest that, through the adoption of an integrative Transition Pedagogy (Kift, 2009; Kift, Nelson & Clark, 2010; Kift, 2015), first year success for all students, whatever their entering background or prior experience of learning, can be assured.

Bio:

Professor Sally Kift is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL) and elected President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows (ALTF). From 2012-2017, she was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at James Cook University. Prior to JCU, Prof. Kift was a Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology, where she also served as Law Faculty Assistant Dean, Teaching & Learning (2001-2006) and QUT’s foundational Director, First Year Experience (2006-2007). Prof. Kift is a national Teaching Award winner (2003) and national Program Award winner (2007). She was awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) in 2006 to investigate the first year experience and is a Discipline Scholar in Law. In 2017, Prof. Kift was awarded an Australian Award for University Teaching Career Achievement Award for her contribution to Australian higher education.