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Part Three: The student learning journey
Ex-STEPS students also make the most out of their university lectures by
participating in discussions. Many lecturers have reported that it is the
STEPS graduates who challenge and question the norm. When present
STEPS lecturer Wendy Davis was teaching with the School of Humanities
on the Bundaberg campus, she could quickly determine who had completed
STEPS.
Whenever I got a STEPS student in those classes, they would stand
out in a way — just for their awareness of what they had to do and
their understanding of how university worked. The students also
show great respect for the lecturers. 252
When the undergraduate students who have come straight from school to
university are talking among themselves in lectures, the STEPS students are
the first ones to tell them to stop that nonsense. They were there to learn.
They soon remind the disruptive students that they need to show respect for
the lecturer as well as all the other students. Ex-STEPS students have been
given a learning opportunity that they have worked hard to achieve, and
want to make the most of it. 253
Janet Brennan, left, a previous STEPS student takes on the role of mentor for new
University students. 254
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