MATE 022 – Peter Wagstaff on why universities are broken and how to fix tertiary education

Peter Wagstaff—or “Wags” as he’s often known—is a progressive educator at Monash University (in fact, Wags was my marketing lecturer). He’s on the forefront of next generation teaching at the university, and in this episode of MATE we talk about: why the university system is broken and how to fix tertiary education. Finally, we tackle the big … Continue reading MATE 022 – Peter Wagstaff on why universities are broken and how to fix tertiary education

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Peter Wagstaff—or “Wags” as he’s often known—is a progressive educator at Monash University (in fact, Wags was my marketing lecturer). He’s on the forefront of next generation teaching at the university, and in this episode of MATE we talk about: why the university system is broken and how to fix tertiary education. Finally, we tackle the big question: does the higher education system really prepare students for the workforce? (And a bonus this week … we take some listener questions!)

Topics:

Why Peter doesn’t like to be referred to as a “lecturer”, and instead prefers the term “educator”.
Why the tertiary education system is broken, and how it can be fixed.
Student expectations when they enrol in their chosen course at university
What’s the real purpose of higher education?
Learning goes beyond the classroom
Does the higher education system adequately prepare students for the workplace?
Passionate teachers vs. glorified journal writers
Using big data to predict when students are at risk of failing, and how to assist them.
BONUS: And a bonus this week … we take some listener questions!

Links:

Peter Wagstaff on LinkedIn
Peter Wagstaff on Twitter
The Amazon Echo / MS-DOS article we spoke about

Special thanks:

Editing by Josh Armour, from ArmourPod Productions.
Podcast logo cover artwork by Courtney Carman
Music from “Ghosts I–IV” by Nine Inch Nails, used under a Creative Commons licence.

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