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Improving the First Year Through an Institution-Wide Approach: The Role of First Year Advisors
International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2011 An example of a long term strategic development aimed at improving first year student engagement and retention in an Australian-based university is presented. One innovative practice has been the creation and implementation of the First Year Advisor (FYA)
Lynn Burnett, Stephen Larmar
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Recruiting Faculty for First-Year Seminars: A Review of the Literature
Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 2018 The majority of universities and four-year colleges in the USA currently offer first-year seminars in at least one format. These programs often pride themselves in recruiting from among their institutions’ best teachers to lead the seminars.
Karen Sobel
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The First-Year Gateway Experience: A Groundbreaking Model [PDF]
, 2014 Based on calls for a paradigm shift in higher education, which have appeared in the literature for years (Barr &Tagg, 1995; Tagg, 2003, Bryant University transformed its first-year experience into an innovative model, The First-Year Gateway). Informed by
Hazard, Laurie, Shea, Bob
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Transition Pedagogy in Action: A 15-Year Institutional Journey
Student SuccessThis practice report examines how an implementation of Kift’s (2009) Transition Pedagogy evolved over 15 years in a First and Further Year Experience (FFYE) program at an Australian university.
Kathy Egea, Jo McKenzie
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Working with First-Year Students
Student SuccessDr Ella Kahu – Working with First-Year Students (2019 First Year Experience Learning and Teaching Forum, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) 3.30 minutes.
Ella Kahu
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International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2010 Current research and practice related to the first year experience (FYE) of commencing higher education students are still mainly piecemeal rather than institution-wide with institutions struggling to achieve cross-institutional integration, coordination
Sally Kift, Karen Nelson, John Clarke
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Quality Enhancement Themes: the First Year Experience. Curriculum Design for the First Year [PDF]
, 2008 This report outlines the work and outcomes of a practice-focused development project 'Curriculum design for the first year'. The project was one of nine funded by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) under the First-Year Experience ...
Bovill, C., Bulley, C., Morss, K.
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A Journey, a Rollacoaster or a Car Crash
Student SuccessDr Ella Kahu – A Journey, a Rollacoaster or a Car Crash: Student Metaphors of their First Year at University (17.30 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rtrWSXHIBA&list=PLToovjcL4Qb13sA-otoKgRCujXgzFQnf1&index ...
Ella Kahu
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International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2011 Welcome to Volume 2, Issue 1 of the International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education. The theme for this issue of the journal is 'From Aspiration to Action'.
Karen Nelson, John Clarke, Sally Kift
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Motivation, Optimal Experience and Flow in First Year Computing Science [PDF]
, 2016 We examine the concept of motivation from the perspective of Self Determination Theory and give a brief overview of relevant results. We also consider the optimal state known as "Flow" and give an account of its conceptualisation in the theory due to ...
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