Towards a new and inclusive model of senior secondary education

Abstract

What skills experiences do undergraduates need in order to become independent learners, able both to make full use of learning opportunities offered at university and to develop the necessary resilience for coping with the demands that confront them? The high drop-out rate of university students early in their courses is cause for concern and forces questions about what teachers and schools should be doing to provide the most appropriate experience in the senior years of secondary school.