Creativity as a Desirable Graduate Attribute: Implications for Curriculum Design and Employability

Autor/inn/en	Rampersad, Giselle; Patel, Fay
Titel	Creativity as a Desirable Graduate Attribute: Implications for Curriculum Design and Employability
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 15 (2014) 1, S.1-11 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-2882
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Graduates; Student Characteristics; Creativity; Curriculum Design; Employment Potential; Pilot Projects; Student Attitudes; Employee Attitudes; Leadership; Work Experience Programs; Science Education; Engineering Education; Personality Traits; Leadership Styles; Self Efficacy; Experiential Learning; Skill Development; Qualitative Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Kreativität; Lehrplangestaltung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Schülerverhalten; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Führung; Führungsposition; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Ingenieurausbildung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Führungsstil; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Qualitative Forschung; Australien
Abstract	A wide range of graduate attributes are listed, categorized and prioritized by different higher education institutions. However, one attribute that is less visible in the literature is creativity. In the current study, creativity has emerged as a desirable graduate attribute among students and employers. This paper presents an exploratory discussion framed around a pilot study that examines student and employer perceptions on how creativity in leadership can be developed through a work-integrated learning approach for innovation and enterprise students in a science and engineering program. Key outcomes are discussed suggesting that notions of creativity have evolved from first generation concepts of creativity as an artistic, complex trait of gifted individuals toward a higher level of development to second generation concepts of creativity as a purposeful, collaborative process. Creativity in leadership emerged as a desirable graduate attribute. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education. University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-838-4892; e-mail: editor@apjce.org; Web site: http://www.apjce.org
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Update	2020/1/01