Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

7-2021

Abstract

Co-curricular experiences should be warranted a fair amount of attention in higher education, particularly for their ability to help students develop real-world employability skills and a platform for them to critically reflect upon and expand their perspectives. These are crucial in developing the future-ready graduate – the type of graduate the Singapore Management University (SMU) strives to nurture. Yet, the authors have discovered that many students go from one activity to another without understanding what they can actually be getting out of these activities and how each activity connects to life after university. This has led the authors to seek to address the problem: “How might we rethink the purpose and delivery of co-curricular learning?” As part of the design thinking odyssey, this chapter details the prototype SMU has embarked on to measure and document students’ learning in the co-curricular space.

Keywords

Graduate learning outcomes, Singapore Management University, curriculum, co-curricular activities

Discipline

Asian Studies | Curriculum and Instruction | Higher Education

Research Areas

Sociology

Publication

Applying Design Thinking to the Measurement of Experiential Learning

Editor

Adam Peck and Danielle DeSawal

First Page

123

Last Page

133

ISBN

9781799877684

Identifier

10.4018/978-1-7998-7768-4.ch008

Publisher

IGI Global

City or Country

Hershey, PA

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7768-4.ch008

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