How the product is shaped by the container : a learning ideology

This paper proposes a need for change within Australian universities in order to address properly the academic requirements and concerns of new students and especially those of new international students. Through a discussion of Australian and non-Australian pedagogical, economic and social paradigms, it examines the pressures of university choice, as well as the educational and social dislocation which influences the expectations of new students. It considers the provision of a multi-structured methodology within the tertiary learning environment.