The Role of the Learning Community in the Development of Discipline Knowledge and Generic Graduate Outcomes |
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Authors: | Calvin Smith Debra Bath |
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Institution: | (1) The Teaching and Educational Development Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | In this paper we describe a study of learning outcomes at a research-intensive Australian university. Three graduate outcome
variables (discipline knowledge and skills, communication and problem solving, and ethical and social sensitivity) are analysed
separately using OLS regression and comparisons are made of the patterns of unique contributions from four independent variables
(the CEQ Good Teaching and Learning Communities Scales, and two new, independent, scales for measuring Teaching and Program
Quality). Further comparisons of these patterns are made across the Schools of the university. Results support the view that
teaching and program quality are not the only important determinants of students’ learning outcomes. It is concluded that,
whilst it continues to be appropriate for universities to be concerned with the quality of their teaching and programs, the
interactive, social and collaborative aspects of students’ learning experiences, captured in the notion of the Learning Community,
are also very important determinants of graduate outcomes, and so should be included in the focus of attempts at enhancing
the quality of student learning. |
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Keywords: | generic skills higher education learning community quality student learning |
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