Designing Work-Integrated Learning Placements That Improve Student Employability: Six Facets of the Curriculum That Matter

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Calvin; Ferns, Sonia; Russell, Leoni
Titel	Designing Work-Integrated Learning Placements That Improve Student Employability: Six Facets of the Curriculum That Matter
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 17 (2016) 2, S.197-211 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-2882
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Work Experience Programs; Job Placement; Instructional Design; Job Skills; Skill Development; Employment Potential; Curriculum Design; Career Readiness; Predictor Variables; Robustness (Statistics); Factor Analysis; College Students; Student Surveys; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Lehrplangestaltung; Prädiktor; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Faktorenanalyse; Collegestudent; Schülerbefragung; Australien
Abstract	Research into work-integrated learning continues to show through a variety of small-scale and anecdotal studies, various positive impacts on student learning, work-readiness, personal and cognitive development and other outcomes. Seldom are these research findings strongly generalizable because of such factors as small sample sizes, discipline-specific case attributes, and qualitative approaches that seek richness of detail rather than generalizability of findings. Drawing on a sample of more than 3000 students, the study reported here explored the following questions: What curriculum factors can be validly measured to operationalize work-integrated learning curricula design? What measures validly operationalize the concept of "employment readiness?" and What predictive relationships exist between these two sets of measures? Measures are based on students self-reporting of both curriculum characteristics and employability skill acquisition. Findings indicate that robust measures of both curriculum factors and employment-readiness factors are possible and that the curriculum factors are associated with students' employment readiness outcomes. (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
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01