Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13926
Title: Developing Discipline Standards for a Foundation Unit in Chemistry
Contributor(s): Harris, Katherine (author); Reid, Jacqueline  (author)orcid ; Lye, Peter  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2013
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13926
Abstract: Students commencing tertiary studies in science based degrees often lack the necessary background knowledge in the core sciences. This gap in a student's preparedness for tertiary study can be addressed through foundation units in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. These foundation units are provided to help students, who have recently completed their secondary studies or are returning from an extended break from study, to make a successful transition to tertiary studies. Ensuring that appropriate discipline standards are met in these units is, therefore, of vital importance. National Curriculum Standards at HSC level have been defined for Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. At the other end of the continuum to tertiary qualifications, the Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) for Science graduates have been developed as part of the Learning and Teaching Academic Standards project (ALTC, 2011). This paper reports on the first stage of a discipline standards project at one Australian regional university, which has very diverse cohorts of students that include distance education, mature age, low SES and special entry students. The first stage aims to identify discipline standards as they relate to the preparatory level of foundation units, linking them to the National Curriculum Standards and the Graduate TLOs in Chemistry.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: ACSME 2013: Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (The 19th UniServe Science Conference): Students in transition - The learners' journey, Canberra, Australia, 19th - 21st September, 2013
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, p. 31-31
Publisher: UniServe Science
Place of Publication: Sydney, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130103 Higher Education
130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
039999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390303 Higher education
390113 Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
349999 Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930101 Learner and Learning Achievement
930103 Learner Development
930201 Pedagogy
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160302 Pedagogy
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://ojs-prod.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/7006
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