Transcript

SLIDE 1

Hello and welcome. In this presentation we are going to walk you partway through Activity 3 of Session 1. The activity required you to read two extracts. One of these described the characteristics of graduates from Bachelor’s with honours degree programmes. The other outlined the characteristics of Master’s degree graduates. The task was to compare the two extracts and reflect on the following three questions.

SLIDE 2: What skills and core attributes would a Bachelor’s with honours degree graduate be expected to demonstrate? How do these differ from a Master’s graduate? Are there any skills or attributes that you would consider to be unique to Master’s?

SLIDE 3

Let’s take a look at the first question, and think about how we would go about addressing it. What core skills and attributes would a Bachelor’s with honours degree graduate be expected to demonstrate?

WALKTHROUGH 1

Here’s our take on this. Do note that this is only one approach, and is used here as an example. You may have gone about this differently. We looked at both extracts, then focused on the first one - the Bachelor’s with honours. We categorised the skills and attributes under headings which we thought were relevant, and would help us to make a comparison and draw out the contrasts. These were “Knowledge, Understanding and its Application”, “Critical Skills”, and “Practical, Professional and Employability Skills.” We pulled out the relevant components from the extract, and placed them under these three headings. We did exactly the same for the second extract focusing on the core skills and attributes of a Master’s graduate, as you can see here.

SLIDE 4

We then turned to the question of differences between these characteristics, or in other words, what other skills and attributes would a Master’s student be expected to demonstrate after graduating, which would set them apart from a Bachelor’s with honours degree graduate.

WALKTHROUGH 2

When reviewing both extracts, we felt that a significantly greater emphasis was placed on the importance of “independent learning ability and continued professional development” for Master’s degree graduates. We therefore arrived at the opinion that “Independent Learning Ability” should occupy a distinct qualitative category for Master’s. We then proceeded to highlight what we thought of as some important differences, as you can see here. You could also have used a table to identify similarities and highlight the differences.

SLIDE 5

In terms of the final question – are there any skills or attributes that you would consider to be unique to Master’s? We will leave this one for you to reflect on a little longer. We have summarised our evaluation and conclusions, and you can read these separately. What approach did you take? What were your conclusions?

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