Please, Sir, may I have some more services Sharon Delochan

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Please, Sir, may I have some more
services?Sharon Delochan Kereen McPherson
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Objective

• To determine if the needs of the 21st Century
  student are significantly different from those of
  the past.

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Aims

• Define Student Services
• Present theories of Student Development
• Define the 21st Century Student Learning
  Environment
• Present characteristics of the survey population

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Aims

• Present Student Services offered by institutions
• Propose innovative services which post secondary
  and tertiary institutions in TT may develop and
  offer
• Facilitate Question Answer session

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Student Services

• Activities whose primary purpose is to
  contribute to students emotional and physical
  well-being and to their
• intellectual
• cultural and
• social development
• outside of the formal instructional programme

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Theories of Student Development

• Fall into 5 categories
• Psychosocial
• Cognitive-Structural
• Person-Environment
• Humanistic Existential
• Student Development Process Models
• Arthur W. Chickering's Psychosocial Theory of
  Student Development is one of most famous
  theories

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Psychosocial Theory of Student Development
(1969, 1993)

• Seven vector theory of student development
• Developing Competence
• Managing Emotions
• Moving through Autonomy toward
  Interdependence

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Psychosocial Theory of Student Development
(1969, 1993)

• Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships
• Establishing Identity
• Developing Purpose
• Developing Integrity

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21st Century Learning Environment

• Creates learning practices, human support and
  physical environments that will support the
  teaching and learning of 21st century student
• Supports professional learning communities that
  enable educators to collaborate, share best
  practices and integrate 21st century skills into
  classroom practice
• Enables students to learn in relevant, real world
  21st century contexts (e.g., through
  project-based or other applied work)

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21st Century Learning Environment

• Allows equitable access to quality learning
  tools, technologies and resources
• Supports expanded community and international
  involvement in learning, both face-to-face and
  online

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The 21st Century Student

• has more access to information than before
• is capable of using the latest technology
• responds quickly to change
• seeks assistance when stuck and teaches himself
  with his teachers guidance
• pursues lifelong learning

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The survey population
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Gender
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Qualification possessed
Number of respondents
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Foreign vs Local Qualification
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Foreign vs Local Qualification
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Support Services
Number of respondents
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Support Services
Number of respondents
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Services Currently Offered by Institutions

• Financial Advice
• Conduct and Appeals Advice
• Career Development and Employment
• Academic Counseling
• Student Development and Activities Services
  (Clubs)

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Services Currently Offered by Institutions

• Facilities for differently abled
• On-line registration
• Career advice
• Vacation employment

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New and Innovative Support Services Academic

• On-line lectures
• Posting of assignments, supplemental reading on
  the internet
• Alert programme to provide timely feedback on
  academic progress
• Peer-assisted learning programme

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New and Innovative Support ServicesOther

• Research to determine the needs of students and
  other stakeholders, including employers
• Involvement of students in governance of the
  institution
• Shared on-line library resources
• Graduate internship programme

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New and Innovative Support ServicesOther

• Internet chat hours
• Childcare
• Centres for social and intellectual pursuits
• Facilities for alternative genders

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Bibliography

• Faculty of Education University of Alberta.
  21st Century Student. http//edtechpd.blogspot.c
  om/2009/01/21st-century-student.html
• Thumann Resources - 21st Century ideas to help
  facilitate good teaching and learning. Engaging
  the 21st Century Student. http//thumannresource
  s.com/2008/09/20/engaging-the-21st-century-student
  
• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills . 21st
  Century Learning Environments .
  http//www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option
  com_contenttaskviewid354Itemid120
• Wikipedia. Student Development Theories.
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_development_t
  heories
• US Department of Education National Center for
  Education Statistics (Institute of Education
  Services)
• http//nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/glossary/s.asp
• Daily News (L.A. CA, 2005, November 12)