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the GUIDELINESDesigning an engaging, contextualised, and inclusive curriculum

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University of Queensland – Mapping and Embedding Graduate Attributes
University of Queensland – Mapping and Embedding Graduate Attributes

University of Sydney – Graduate Attributes Project
University of Sydney – Graduate Attributes Project

Griffith University - The Griffith Graduate
Griffith University - The Griffith Graduate

Generic Capabilities of ATN University Graduates
Generic Capabilities of ATN University Graduates

University of New South Wales - Graduate Attributes Toolkits
University of New South Wales - Graduate Attributes Toolkits
12. Graduate attributes – the qualities and skills the university hopes its students will develop as a result of their university studies – are most effectively acquired in a disciplinary context.

"The development, practice and assessment of [graduate attributes] are most effectively achieved within the context of disciplinary knowledge."

Bowden, J., Hart, G., King, B., Trigwell, K. & Watts, O., 2000, Executive Summary, Generic Capabilities of ATN University Graduates, viewed 23 March 2004, URL: http://www.clt.uts.edu.au/TheProject.htm#Executive.Summary

"Graduate attributes are most effectively developed in a mainstream approach whereby contextualised Graduate Attributes are embedded in the undergraduate curricula of the student’s field of study."

Scoufis, M. 2000, Integrating Graduate Attributes into the Undergraduate Curricula, Centre for Academic Development and Flexible Learning University of Western Sydney, Sydney, p. 1.


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