Education for Development of the Pacific

What are GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES and why are they important in higher education? Graduate attributes are also called a university’s graduate profile and are specific skills and understandings that a university student should gain during their learning journey at a particular university. The internationalizing of higher education in Papua New Guinea (PNG) brings with it a sense of market competition between graduates of universities for employment opportunities (especially within disciplines such as business and agriculture) that may be available across multiple universities.  The graduate attributes may differentiate the skills set of such graduates. These attributes should they differ in alignment to learning outcomes, the depth and breadth of content within taught courses may serve as a competitive advantage for graduates.  Nagarajan and Edwards 2014, have quoted Bowden, Hart, King, Trigwell and Watts, 2000 defining graduate attributes as:    …….the qualities, sk...

  I copied this image from Facebook (www.gocomics.com) as I thought it best fit my efforts to advocate for industry relevant curriculum in higher education.  What is your Agriculture Curriculum Teaching you in HIGHER EDUCATION ❓ Some background information One may ask, what is it with agriculture training in higher education at Papua New Guinean (PNG) institutions that makes it such a topic of interest and discussion? Well, consecutive (national) governments keep telling us that agriculture is the "backbone" of our economy. And...it is! A vast and often silent majority of our fellow citizens rely on agriculture production and related in the renewable resource sector for their livelihood.  An increase of unplanned rural to urban migration can also be attributed to the lack of opportunities for a fair livelihood within this renewable resource sector. Now we want to introduce the Vagrancy Act and send them all back to the villages, back to the lack of opportunities...