Auditing the University: Promoting Business Education …
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Fig. 1 Assessing the value of ABL for 21st century learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills
2007)
independent research and completing the audit, evaluating findings and designing
improvement solutions.
A support system for students aligned to the curriculum and instruction, learning
environments, professional development and standards and assessments, considered
the foundations for 21st century learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2007),
are integrated into the Business Sustainability module.
The ABL support system offering formative feedback, support, guidance and
learning scaffolding through audit meetings, audit skills training, knowledge development activities etc. in a real world, relevant environment can achieve desired 21st
century student outcomes and module learning outcomes: sustainability knowledge
and skills. The use of the university as the audit environment provides a real world
setting in which students can develop the appropriate knowledge, employment skills
and real world connections to make the learning relevant and engaging recommended
by Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2007).
8 Impacts and Implications
At the basic level, the Business Sustainability module taught at Worcester Business
School provides EfS for Level 5 undergraduates and so contributes to the closure of
the sustainability skills gap identified by Benn and Dunphy (2009). The findings of
317
Fig. 1 Assessing the value of ABL for 21st century learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills
2007)
independent research and completing the audit, evaluating findings and designing
improvement solutions.
A support system for students aligned to the curriculum and instruction, learning
environments, professional development and standards and assessments, considered
the foundations for 21st century learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2007),
are integrated into the Business Sustainability module.
The ABL support system offering formative feedback, support, guidance and
learning scaffolding through audit meetings, audit skills training, knowledge development activities etc. in a real world, relevant environment can achieve desired 21st
century student outcomes and module learning outcomes: sustainability knowledge
and skills. The use of the university as the audit environment provides a real world
setting in which students can develop the appropriate knowledge, employment skills
and real world connections to make the learning relevant and engaging recommended
by Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2007).
8 Impacts and Implications
At the basic level, the Business Sustainability module taught at Worcester Business
School provides EfS for Level 5 undergraduates and so contributes to the closure of
the sustainability skills gap identified by Benn and Dunphy (2009). The findings of