CPD Workshop 6: "Student Experience Management: A case for a holistic approach to Student Support"

CPD Workshop 6: "Student Experience Management: A case for a holistic approach to Student Support"

ABSTRACT

Within the broader education milieu, the term ‘student support’ is a rather loaded concept without a set of clear parameters within which to define or circumscribe it. To most people, the term conjures mental images of sympathetic counselors offering emotional support to distraught students, but while there is certainly a place for this kind of support, in a contemporary educational context the term actually encompasses both academic and non-academic support applied reactively and proactively. The presence of a holistic student support model, which evaluates and addresses academic and non-academic factors for student disengagement, plays a critical role in the shaping of the student's ‘experience.’ It is the nature of this experience that primarily determines a student's level of motivation, participation, learning ability and ultimately pass/failure rates.

The lecturer will be The Da Vinci Institute's Dean: Design, Dr Mario Landman.

EVENT DETAILS

DATE: Wednesday 1 August 2018

TIME: 14:00 - 16:30

VENUE: The Da Vinci Institute

16 Park Avenue

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