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Welcome to TASH!

Welcome to TASH!. Introductory project briefing July 17th, 2008. What issues does TASH address?. A widely-perceived need for students to enhance their academic skills; range of student backgrounds; diverse student and institutional expectations; known availability of good resources;

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Welcome to TASH!

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  1. Welcome to TASH! Introductory project briefingJuly 17th, 2008

  2. What issues does TASH address? • A widely-perceived need for students to enhance their academic skills; • range of student backgrounds; • diverse student and institutional expectations; • known availability of good resources; • variable student engagement; • striking a balance between generic and subject-specific skills; • avoiding the deficit and hypodermic models.

  3. Student engagement - horses to water  Tutor engagement - more horses, more water Generic and subject-specific resources and skills  Covering a range of perspectives and approaches to learning - is TASH trying to do too much? Student participation in design process  Embedding resource in institutional processes  "Seven sk/hills" framework, and "disciplinary examplars"  Open-ended structure - creating a framework into which other developments can fit - continuing evolution of the project Issues and solutions thus far

  4. The TASH project core team • Chris Stokes - Medicine • Kath Linehan - Pure Sciences • Linda Gray and friends - Engineering  • Tim Herrick - Arts • Willy Kitchen - Social Sciences • Louise Woodcock - keeping a hand on the purse-strings • Steve Collier - doing the technicals  Then a whole host of colleagues (including you?) contributing specific resources, ideas, contacts, etc....

  5. Photo by maxgiani Any questions?

  6. Ways of keeping in touch • Future meetings - next one Tuesday16th September • Blog and LeTS pages: http://tashdiary.blogspot.com/http://www.shef.ac.uk/lets/projects/genericskills.html • Email or personal contact: t.herrick@shef.ac.ukw.kitchen@shef.ac.uk

  7. Welcome to TASH! Second project meetingJuly 17th, 2008

  8. What we'll be doing this afternoon • 14.00-14.30: The "seven sk/hills" framework, and where resources might fit • 14.30-15.15:Small group work on skills resources and pedagogies • 15.15-15.45: Coffee and sharing results from the small group work • 15.45-16.20: Whole group discussion on the skills and resources we've identified • 16.20-16.30: Closing remarks - next steps.  (TH and WK will remain after this point for individual discussions)

  9. academic literacy personal and inter-personal skills problem solving and data handling analytical skills written communication oral and other communication reflective learning Seven sk/hills framework

  10. Developing the skills framework • With your square post-its, add specific skills that you think are included within the seven skills; • With your rectangular post-its, add University of Sheffield resources that support student development of these skills; • Use whiteboard markers to comment on the categories and the framework itself - what does it leave out?

  11. Whole group discussion • What works?  What doesn't work? • What gaps in resources have we identified? • What gaps in our "seven skills" model have we identified? • What are the issues for TASH that have emerged?  In particular, how will we be able to maintain a necessarily light generic core, whilst catering for sufficient specific diversity?

  12. What next? • One volunteer per skills set to blog discussions and huddleboard image; • Volunteers to write tutor-facing pages/guides; pro-forma template to follow by end of July; drafts by end of August; buy-out/-in time available; • Ongoing review by core team - watch blog, generic skills website, and email inbox ... and just get in touch if you want to talk (including now).

  13. Ways of keeping in touch Future meetings - next one Tuesday 16th September Blog and LeTS pages: http://tashdiary.blogspot.com/http://www.shef.ac.uk/lets/projects/genericskills.html Email or personal contact: t.herrick@shef.ac.ukw.kitchen@shef.ac.uk

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