Towards a New and Inclusive Model of Senior Secondary Education

Murray Thompson; Bob Holloway

Towards a New and Inclusive Model of Senior Secondary Education

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Murray Thompson

Murray Thompson The University of Adelaide Australia

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Bob Holloway The University of Adelaide Australia

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Pages:: 155–161

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What skills experiences do undergraduates need in order to become independent learners, able both to make full use of learning opportunities offered at university and to develop the necessary resilience for coping with the demands that confront them? The high drop-out rate of university students early in their courses is cause for concern and forces questions about what teachers and schools should be doing to provide the most appropriate experience in the senior years of secondary school. Undergraduates will be mixing with other young people from a widely diverse range of cultures and experiences; all of them will share the desire to succeed in a highly competitive environment. The university environment, however, may seem cold and uninviting. Students often have difficulty in finding their way around, establishing new social networks, and managing the freedoms associated with university study. Many may have reached university with excellent Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) scores, but with poor critical thinking skills and without the necessary discipline to take control of their own learning.

This chapter explores the features of one model of senior secondary schooling that focuses on transition education and aims to equip its students for the challenge and independence of tertiary study.

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