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Mixed views in the academy: academic and student perspectives about the utility of developing work-ready skills through WIL
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McManus, L and Rook, L, Mixed views in the academy: academic and student perspectives about the utility of developing work-ready skills through WIL, Studies in Higher Education pp. 1-15. ISSN 0307-5079 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2019 Society for Research into Higher Education
DOI: doi:10.1080/03075079.2019.1630809
Abstract
Work-integrated Learning (WIL) can be a vehicle for the development of students’ work-ready skills. This paper presents the views of undergraduate business students and academics about the role and perceived importance of work-ready skills in the business curriculum and the perceived role of WIL activities in enabling the development of work-ready skills. A total of 50 business students and 24 academics from a number of faculties across the university participated. While students and academics both agree that a combination of on and off campus WIL activities are most effective for developing work-ready skills, students and academics hold different views to the importance of work-ready skills in the curriculum and the importance of including specific skills such as project planning. These findings have implications for the development of work-ready skills and embedding both WIL and non-WIL activities in undergraduate courses for business school educators and university policy makers.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | work-ready skills, work-integrated learning, business education, graduate skills, work-based learning |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
Objective Field: | Policies and development |
UTAS Author: | McManus, L (Professor Lisa McManus) |
ID Code: | 133489 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2019-06-28 |
Last Modified: | 2020-02-26 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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