The EDGE framework guides students to complete activities aligned with themes seeking to build their sense of belonging, their inner development goals, and effective citizenry. We will show and tell how EDGE encourages students to self-reflect and articulate their experiential learning, making their EDGE award personal and unique to them.
EFYE2024 – CopenhagenShow-and-tell | Academic integration/belonging | Personal mental health/well-being | Social integration/belonging
| The EDGE framework and digital platform offers the ‘how’ to incentivise, and reward, discovery and development in our first-year students towards becoming active and effective citizens. EDGE guides students to complete activities aligned with themes that seek to give them a sense of belonging to the university, to build their inner development goals (Being; Thinking; Collaborating, Relating; and Acting) (1) and so develop themselves holistically to lead “purposeful, sustainable and productive lives” as effective citizens (2). The UK GuildHE and National Union of Students reported that universities need to support students in becoming active citizens who contribute to community life in positive ways, who engage with politics to drive change, who are globally and culturally aware, and have a sense of social responsibility while respecting diversity (3). The report highlights that: “Active citizens have the capacity to self-reflect and a commitment to personal development… to reflect on their experiences and examine the lessons learned, exploring their values, strengths, and weaknesses in order to translate these personal attributes into tangible assets for themselves and society.” In Ireland, the National Strategy for Higher Education, 2030, recommended that “the undergraduate curriculum needs to place more emphasis on generic skills, especially those required for the workplace and for active citizenship” (4). The MTU strategic plan 2022-2027 seeks to ensure that “across disciplines, learners will have the mindset, specific knowledge, and skills to contribute to the SDGs and positive societal change” (5). In this presentation we propose to show and tell how the MTU EDGE framework, and digital platform, supports these ideals and recommendations, as we encourage students to self-reflect and articulate their experiential learning, making their EDGE award personal and unique to them as they strive to become active and effective citizens.
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