Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach

This paper documents the approach taken by an Australian University to enhance student study skills, development of academic language, and writing skills. The Curtin Business School (CBS) has the only fully faculty-based student learning support centre at Curtin University in Western Australia. Call...

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Main Author: Baird, Craig
Format: Journal Article
Published: Queensland University of Technology 2012
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Online Access:https://www.jld.edu.au/article/download/93/95
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2982
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description This paper documents the approach taken by an Australian University to enhance student study skills, development of academic language, and writing skills. The Curtin Business School (CBS) has the only fully faculty-based student learning support centre at Curtin University in Western Australia. Called the CBS Communication Skills Centre (CSC) it has seven academic staff charged with enhancing learning outcomes, intercultural communication and study proficiency for a diverse student cohort having a large proportion of international students. Described here is the CSC approach to using a suite of targeted services and collaborative practices in multiple academic disciplines to assist transnational learning. Challenges faced by international students using learning support services, and by staff designing and delivering those services in an Australian University form part of this discussion.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-29822017-01-30T10:27:40Z Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach Baird, Craig transnational learning student learning support services international students This paper documents the approach taken by an Australian University to enhance student study skills, development of academic language, and writing skills. The Curtin Business School (CBS) has the only fully faculty-based student learning support centre at Curtin University in Western Australia. Called the CBS Communication Skills Centre (CSC) it has seven academic staff charged with enhancing learning outcomes, intercultural communication and study proficiency for a diverse student cohort having a large proportion of international students. Described here is the CSC approach to using a suite of targeted services and collaborative practices in multiple academic disciplines to assist transnational learning. Challenges faced by international students using learning support services, and by staff designing and delivering those services in an Australian University form part of this discussion. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2982 https://www.jld.edu.au/article/download/93/95 Queensland University of Technology fulltext
spellingShingle transnational learning
student learning support services
international students
Baird, Craig
Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach
title Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach
title_full Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach
title_fullStr Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach
title_full_unstemmed Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach
title_short Targeted, timely, learning support for international students: One Australian university’s approach
title_sort targeted, timely, learning support for international students: one australian university’s approach
topic transnational learning
student learning support services
international students
url https://www.jld.edu.au/article/download/93/95
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2982