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Academic Advising as Teaching: Focusing on Student Learning

. Academic advising is essential in fulfilling the teaching and learning mission of higher education. Through academic advising, students learn to become members of their higher education community, to think critically about their roles and responsibilities as students, and to prepare to be educated citizens of a democratic society. Academic advising engages students beyond their own aspirations, while acknowledging their characteristics, values, and motivations as they enter, move through, and 1146

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Academic Advising as Teaching: Focusing on Student Learning

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    1. Academic Advising as Teaching: Focusing on Student Learning Charlie L. Nutt, Ed.D. Associate Director National Academic Advising Association Kansas State University cnutt@k-state.edu

    3. GOALS OF ACADEMIC ADVISING AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES Helping students clarify their values and goals 2. Leading students to better understand the nature and purpose of higher education 3. Providing accurate information about educational options, requirements, policies and procedures

    4. 4. Planning an educational program consistent with a student’s interests and abilities 5. Assisting students in a continual monitoring and evaluation of their educational progress 6. Integrating the many resources of the institution to meet the student’s special educational needs and aspirations

    5. Advisor-as-Teacher Facilitator of communication Coordinator of learning experiences Referral agent who connects students with all of an institution’s resources and cocurricular opportunities that can help them be successful

    6. The curriculum of academic advising ranges from the ideals of higher education to the pragmatics of enrollment. The content of this curriculum includes, but is not limited to, the institution’s mission, culture, and expectations; the meaning, value, and interrelationship of the institution’s curriculum and co-curriculum; modes of thinking, learning, and decision-making; the selection of academic programs and courses; the development of life and career goals; campus resources, policies, and procedures; and the transferability of skills and knowledge. Characteristics of Effective Advising As Teaching I. Curriculum – What of Advising

    7. II. How Advising Is Done (Pedagogy) Preparing for the Advising Experiences Facilitating the Advising Experiences Documenting the Advising Experiences

    8. Student Learning Outcomes These outcomes, defined in an advising curriculum, articulate what students will know, value, and do as a result of academic advising. The following is a sample. Students will: craft a coherent educational plan based on assessment of abilities, aspirations, interests, and values use complex information from various sources to set goals, reach decisions, and achieve those goals assume responsibility for meeting academic program requirements articulate the meaning of higher education and the intent of the institution’s curriculum cultivate the intellectual habits that lead to a lifetime of learning behave as citizens who engage in the wider world around them

    9. It is essential in regard to the learning process, the advisors: Articulate to the advisee the curriculum and expected learning outcomes Providing a clear set of behaviors or expectations – same as one does in his/her classroom Holding advisee responsibility for his responsibilities Providing opportunities for advisee to demonstrate his/her learning and achievement of outcomes An Advising Syllabus is one way to do so

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