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Three critical areas of the HE teaching-and-learning process where
developmental work is essential for student success and
transformation
These major areas of the teaching-and-learning process critically affect
student learning and completion of qualifications
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and are within the control of the higher education sector
1. Curriculum content and orientation
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the intellectual heart of the curriculum
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impact on learning
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on which students thrive and which are alienated
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fundamental effects on curriculum delivery and (in certain respects)
structure
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major shifts in content and orientation not common, but very influential
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increasingly important place on the educational development agenda
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complex and contested
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