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Residential education: Creating sandboxes for Student Development Pieter Kloppers University of Stellenbosch
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Student learning Students learn everywhere wherever they are.
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More than a degree. Skills in: Leadership; Communication; Teambuilding; Cross-functional teambuilding; Diversity; and, An international mindedness.
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More than a degree. Skills in: Leadership; Communication; Teambuilding; Cross-functional teambuilding; Diversity; and, An international mindedness. Add embrace change & entrepreneurial
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Student Housing contribute to: Students with the necessary: knowledge; skills; experience; and, confidence to help create and support healthy communities.
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University’s Dilemma How do we facilitate the learning if it happens on so many places at the same time?
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Utilizing: Influence of structure on behavior, Peer influence in student development, A campus with a healthy student-lecturer interaction outside of the classroom; a peer influence supportive of academic excellence and the use of intrinsic motivation of students, Systems theory; and Utilizing dialogue as tool for student development.
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Influence of structure Good Samaritan experiment The structure always wins
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Peer Influence Single biggest influence on student development
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A campus successful in teaching Pascarella and Terenzini (How College Affects Students, 1991) frequent student-lecturer interaction; makes use of the intrinsic motivation of students; and, has a peer influence where on campus friendships are conducive to academic success
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System theory What causes what to give us this result?
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1 e-mail changes the behaviour of 10 000
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Dialogue as tool for student development Do not think of building democracy as the building of a house, think of it as a conversation to be had.
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Alignment conversation vs Meetings
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Creating Sandboxes
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Sandboxes A structure where all factors to be utilized come together Organizational or physical Clear what to do Little time wasted on introduction and explanation
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Clusters of residences Better delivery of service Peer influence utilised More intimate university experience Intrinsic motivation of students utlised Make use of diversity
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Living and learning communities for senior students Diverse in gender, race, study program A topic – such as a millennium goal A guide from university staff 12 Lounge seminars Publish in student newspaper Report
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Lounge seminar – student lecturer interaction A way to leverage the expectations and goals of first year students
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Student development and learning cannot be switched on or off. Students only have a university experience Creating the structures to be deliberate and intentional about learning in university housing is an ongoing challenge.
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