Build Capacity

Building Capacity

Programme teams complete the self-audit process to address the hidden curriculum and build student capacity. The four literacies are the foundational capacities required to be effective and successful students. Programme teams are responsible for ensuring that students either meet the expected level of capacity before they commence a programme of study, or start a new level of study, or that they are explicitly developed as part of the enacted curriculum.

Program Goals

Assessment Strategy

Assessing Competence

Iterative Reflection

Institutional literacy

Navigating the institutional environment, procedures, expectations, requirements and the ‘rules of the game’ necessary to make the most of the resources available to them. For example, institutional assessment policy, support services, digital and physical libraries, multicultural spaces, and expectations of professionalism.

Attitudinal literacy

Understanding the difference between prior education and Higher Education (or changes in the level of HE study, such as moving from first-year to second-year). This relates to the student’s level of personal autonomy and responsibility, and their shift from descriptive surface learning of a subject to critical, deep engagement with the discipline. As well as student capacity to regulate their motivation, self-esteem, and confidence.

Academic literacy

This refers to the wide range of skills and attitudes students need to maximise learning gain and attainment; e.g. assessment literacy, feedback literacy, academic integrity, independent learning, et cetera, as well as disciplinary-specific competences.

Educational literacy

The basic educational expectations we have of the skills and knowledge that students possess when starting the programme, or a new level of study within the programme; e.g. literacy, language fluency, digital literacy, disciplinary knowledge acquired from previous study, etc.

Action

Programme teams work collaboratively, and with stakeholders, to develop a set of programme competencies that enhance student futures. Engagement with students and relevant industries as stakeholders is an essential aspect of ensuring that the curriculum is Meaningful, Relevant, and Valuable.

Embedding the four University Literacies

Case Studies