Skills development is most effective when…

  • It is fully embedded in the teaching and learning of (inter)disciplinary content (reflects a contextual and epistemological view of skills)
  • At the same time, it is perceived as meaningful and relevant to students’ current and future lives (transferable, flexible)
  • Students are apprenticed into the conventions, techniques, styles and approaches of their field(s) of study (they know what is considered appropriate and can meet normative standards)
  • At the same time, students can explore, critique and creatively develop their skills in directions which are unique to them.

Recreated with kind permission of Jackie Tuck, Senior Lecturer – WELS