The question of learning: which
experiences of study should we
encourage?
Dr Lesley Haroon
‘Associate Dean international
Faculty of Education & Social Work
The Universty of Sydney, Australia
Today
+ What are the characteristics of our
learners?
+ What do we know about modes ef learning
‘and teaching that will engage learners?
+ What are the obstacies to student
engaging with these modes of learning?
+ Ate there any solutions to these issues?
+ The case of The University of Sydney and
the state of New South Wales, Australia,
The University of Sydney, Australia
+ Australia's oldest university
+ located in the beautiful city of Sydney
+ collaborations between Universitas
Muhammadiyah Surakarta and USyc's
Research Institute for the Asia Pacific
(RIAP) and Pref. Roayn MeConchie,
Director of RIAP
+ my role as Associate Dean International of
the Faculty of Education & Social Work
and lecturer in foreign language education
‘and TESOL,
Learners’ characteristics
+ secondary schoo! students — Gen ¥
+ university/college students — Gen X and ¥
+ schoolistudy activity is not their whole ite
* they work part ime
+ they don't want to work as hard as their
workaholic parents
+ they are always “connected” and gain their
information through all types of media
+ their information is “chunked”, short, sharp
Leamers’ characteristics
+ want to see the relovance of everything to
their lives,
+ most see the curriculum as “semi
engaging
+ know that they can often negotiate the
curriculum
+ live complex fives, with family situations
that are challenging
+ pressures ~ consumerism & drugsialcohol
Engaging these learners?
+ We need to engage students in
“productive learning” (Fullan & Seot,
2009, p. 55)
+ Thay cite Scot's (2008) survey ~ 280,000
‘comments made by $4,000 graduates
{rom 14 Australian universities about the
best aspects of ther leaming experiencesEngaging these learners?
Engaging these learners?
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Obstacles?
+ fundingfresourcing
resourcing with eachinglearning metre,
hatawaratotwvare
cher preparation and profesional
‘evelopment
+ inherent issues in curriculum
xam-driven
+ other?
Solutions?
+ research —
research collaborations
‘also (Fullan & Scott, 2009, p. 43)
"more intgrated concopton of he rle of
knonfodge tat combines colaborlive
‘Shgagortel wih eakwodiesues”
placing L&T at ne contre ofl educational
‘onto
~— ruturingoadees and good leadership
Some possibilities for us?
+ Collaborative research tough gran funds
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+ Engaging trough exchange of scholars and
higher degree sud and supervision
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