Journalism capstone units : capstone units for journalism programs to facilitate the demonstration of graduate capabilities : final report.
This 18-month Department of Education and Training (DET) Fellowship, spanning the period from July 2015 through to January 2017, set out to provide, for the first time, a series of agreed principles, models and skills to guide journalism educators in the design and implementation of final-year journ...
| Institution: | Edith Cowan University |
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Australia. Dept of Education and Training (DET)
2019
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| Länkar: | https://ltr.edu.au/resources/FS15-0243_FinalReport_CapstoneUnit_Cullen_2019.pdf https://ltr.edu.au/resources/FS15-0243_AchievementsStatement_CapstoneUnit_Cullen_2019.pdf |
| Sammanfattning: | This 18-month Department of Education and Training (DET) Fellowship, spanning the period from July 2015 through to January 2017, set out to provide, for the first time, a series of agreed principles, models and skills to guide journalism educators in the design and implementation of final-year journalism capstone units which effectively demonstrate and measure required graduate capabilities. The concept of a capstone unit is gaining currency within the Australian Higher Education system. A major motivating factor is the government's focus on enhancing graduate employability and assuring graduate outcomes, along with the need to develop capabilities for assuring Higher Education standards. This has led to an ongoing debate about academic standards within the Australian Higher Education sector. This critical nexus requires all university degrees and course majors to rigorously map learning outcomes against agreed- upon national standards. In particular, there is a need to map and evidence the relationship between generic attributes and disciplinary capabilities; the relationship between skills and knowledge and their application; the relationship between disciplinary communities, professional bodies and industry; and the relationship between macro course structure and micro subject design. Previous attempts to measure journalism graduate capabilities were linked mainly to Professional Industry Placements (PIPs) with an emphasis on acquiring, rather than demonstrating, capabilities. In fact, there has never been a specific national strategy for the promotion of measuring the capabilities of graduate journalism students in the Australian university system. [Executive summary, ed] |
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| ISBN: | 9781760516970 (PDF) 9781760516987 (DOCX) 9781760517038 (print ed) 9781760516970 (PDF) 9781760516987 (DOCX) 9781760517038 (print ed) |
