BACHELOR OF ARTS
25th - 26th September 2017, University of Queensland, Brisbane
The first ever Bachelor of Arts conference is being held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland on 25 and 26 September, 2017!
- Bringing together teachers, students, leaders and employers
- Reimagining teaching in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Considering key challenges and opportunities in BA curricula
- Sharing teaching innovation and practices
- Broadening conversations about curriculum
This conference is designed to provoke discussions around the Australian Bachelor of Arts curriculum. It’s also a call to action, to evoke change in the ways that humanities, arts and social science (HASS) education is viewed, described and experienced in Australia and beyond.
This two-day conference is designed to allow participants to address challenges and highlight successes in contemporary HASS education. The program offers presentations, panel discussions, speakers and poster sessions that provoke debate, stimulate discussion, offer new ideas and encourage creative solutions. Time is allocated to engage with detailed discussion on a range of topics identified during a series of Think Tanks that sought to generate a value proposition for generalist HASS education.
Conversation topics include
This two-day conference is designed to allow participants to address challenges and highlight successes in contemporary HASS education. The program offers presentations, panel discussions, speakers and poster sessions that provoke debate, stimulate discussion, offer new ideas and encourage creative solutions. Time is allocated to engage with detailed discussion on a range of topics identified during a series of Think Tanks that sought to generate a value proposition for generalist HASS education.
Conversation topics include
- How to create interdisciplinary learning spaces to empower students?
- What is unique to the BA classroom experience?
- Are there perils in overusing technology in the BA classroom? What is lost and what is gained in a digital world?
- How do we resource compelling HASS experiences in current university ecosystems?
- How do we juggle the need for self-awareness with the need for social-awareness?
- What about an HASS education is unique? Why is this valuable? What are the core strengths and values of a HASS degree?
- What about an HASS education prepares our graduates for global contexts?
- How do we enable students to imagine a different way of being in a neoliberal world? How do we develop our students’ employability while maintaining the values of a liberal education?
- How can we advocate for action for HASS education?
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For General Inquiries, contact deanne.gannaway@hassfutures.org
