The IDEALL approach to Learning Development: a model for fostering improved literacy and learning outcomes for students
The IDEALL approach to Learning Development: a model for fostering improved literacy and learning outcomes for students
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IDEALL 学习发展方法:培养学生提高读写能力和学习成果的模型
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1998
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Alisa Percy
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J. Skillen;M. Merten;Neil Trivett;Alisa Percy
A model of assisting students in the transition to university education is presented that takes a developmental approach. This Integrated Development of English Language and Academic Literacy and Learning (IDEALL) model recognizes that all students need to develop new or more sophisticated academic skills for the new environment and that the most effective way of assisting students is to integrate instruction in both generic and discipline-specific academic skills inside the curriculum. The model revolves around collaboration between discipline and learning developmental academics in the production of learning materials tailored to the needs of the curriculum and the provision of subject-based workshops that are team taught by staff from the discipline and the learning development unit. Data from two case studies of the IDEALL approach are presented. One case describes the use of the IDEALL approach in an Introduction to Management course, and the other describes the approach taken with approximately 350 students in an introductory biology course. Data from these studies suggest that the model can increase the learning outcomes achieved by students substantially. (Contains 8 references.) 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This paper is prepared for the: Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education December 1998 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE The IDEALL approach to Learning Development: a model for fostering improved literacy and learning outcomes for students Jan Skil len, Margaret Merten, Neil Trivett & Alisa Percy, University of Wollongong Abstract An increasingly accepted viewpoint in tertiary education today is that the diverse student population entering university at first year level requires support with the transition process from previous education contexts to that of tertiary education. While Learning Centres were initially developed to assist that transition, the support they offered was limited: it was remedial in the sense of 'fixing-up' the students who were diagnosed (either by themselves or their lecturers) as needing 'help'; it was inequitable, assisting only a very small proportion of the students population; and it was_generic in that the learning support was offered outside. of the disciplines being studied. A newer model of assisting students with the transition process, which we call the 'IDEAL' approach, takes a less remedial, more developmental approach.' It recognises that all students will need to develop new or more sophisticated academic skills suitable for their new environment and that the most effective way of assisting students is to integrate instruction in both generic and discipline-specific academic skills inside the curriculum. The model revolves around collaboration between discipline and learning development academics in the production of learning materials tailored to the needs of the curriculum and/or the provision of subject-based workshops that are team taught by staff from the discipline and the learning development unit. This paper will detail this IDEALL approach to learning development (Integrated Development of English language and Academic Literacy and Learning) and will present data from two case studies of integration (in two very different disciplines) which suggest that this model can substantially increase the learning outcomes achieved by students.An increasingly accepted viewpoint in tertiary education today is that the diverse student population entering university at first year level requires support with the transition process from previous education contexts to that of tertiary education. While Learning Centres were initially developed to assist that transition, the support they offered was limited: it was remedial in the sense of 'fixing-up' the students who were diagnosed (either by themselves or their lecturers) as needing 'help'; it was inequitable, assisting only a very small proportion of the students population; and it was_generic in that the learning support was offered outside. of the disciplines being studied. A newer model of assisting students with the transition process, which we call the 'IDEAL' approach, takes a less remedial, more developmental approach.' It recognises that all students will need to develop new or more sophisticated academic skills suitable for their new environment and that the most effective way of assisting students is to integrate instruction in both generic and discipline-specific academic skills inside the curriculum. The model revolves around collaboration between discipline and learning development academics in the production of learning materials tailored to the needs of the curriculum and/or the provision of subject-based workshops that are team taught by staff from the discipline and the learning development unit. This paper will detail this IDEALL approach to learning development (Integrated Development of English language and Academic Literacy and Learning) and will present data from two case studies of integration (in two very different disciplines) which suggest that this model can substantially increase the learning outcomes achieved by students. Introduction Over the past 20 years, Australian universities have increasingly recognised the need to offer more comprehensive and systematic learning development to students in their transition from secondary to tertiary education. Previously, a 'do nothing' approach existed which required students to acquire the literacy practices and conventions of their discipline areas through a process of 'osmosis' (Baldauf, 1996). This 'sink or swim model or approach (Skillen & Mahony, 1997) meant that many students did not operate at their full academic potential. A later model of learning development was to establish Learning Centres to assist students' transition in terms of generic academic skills. This approach, however, was limited. It targeted students in the lower range of student potential and was distinctly remedial and generic in nature, and inefficient and inequitable, as well. In response to these limitations, a new 'integrated' approach was developed in the late 1990s. This approach recognised that learning development was more effective and relevant when offered within discipline-specific contexts (Merten, Murray & Quinlan, 1995). While this approach was a great improvement on the remedial and generic approach, it often still operated in a fairly piece-meal and generic way and contained little opportunities for staff development. This paper will give a brief overview of these previous models and will outline the IDEALL model of learning development, a newer approach that builds on and extends previous models