Cultural capital in business higher education
Reconsidering the Graduate Attributes Movement and the Focus on Employability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097732 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Senia Kalfa (0000-0002-6937-0961, Macquarie University, corresponding author), L Taksa (0000-0002-0532-2573, Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 580-595 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2013.842210 |
| OpenAlex | W1972929324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 73 |
This article examines the increased interest being shown by Australian business faculties in the development of students' employability skills. Many universities have demonstrated their commitment to translating such interest into practice by elaborating lists of ‘graduate attributes’ in order to enable the development of generic skills and by encouraging their staff to adopt specific pedagogical tools for such ends. This approach is underpinned by the assumption that the acquisition and transferability of such skills can enhance students' human capital and, therefore, their employability. The aim in this article is to identify the limitations of this perspective and to present a conceptual framework that overcomes them. To this end, the article draws on various concepts elaborated by Bourdieu as a means to encompass the multiple stakeholders involved in the field of tertiary education and to investigate the adoption of teaching methodologies designed to enable the development of generic skills
Business · Employability · Engineering ethics · Higher education · Human capital · Knowledge management · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Transferability · Computer Science · Engineering · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Research Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Wikis for group work
The Influence of Cultural Capital on How AmeriCorps Members Interpret Their Service
Underestimating the Relationship Between Academic Advising and Attainment
‘Some people may feel socially excluded and distressed’
What is higher education to contemporary students in Germany
Graduate employability
‘If I get a good job you could say that it was worthwhile’
Levelling the playing field? How social class and internships influence perceived employability amongst UK university students
A critical examination of the use of ‘capitals approach’ in graduate employability research
Doing qualitative case study research
Graduate attributes frameworks or powerful knowledge
Graduate attributes
The standard is the standard
Developing employability capitals through overseas higher education
Widening access, closing minds? The paradox of career aspiration and graduate employability in South Africa
The formation of self-management teams in higher education institutions. Satisfaction and effectiveness
Employability and higher education
Working-class student-hood and ‘job-readiness’
Getting a head start
Heterotopic sites of knowledge production
How to promote the employability capital of university students? Developing and validating scales
Enhancing (in)formal learning ties in interdisciplinary management courses
Soft skills to enhance graduate employability
International graduates host country employment intentions and outcomes
Strategic institutional approaches to graduate employability
Student social self-efficacy, leadership status, and academic performance in collaborative learning environments
When it comes to what employers are looking for, I don't think I'm it for a lot of them
Position, possession or process? Understanding objective and subjective employability during university-to-work transitions
Does the international Baccalaureate 'work' as an alternative to mainstream schooling? Perceptions of university students in Hong Kong
Rethinking graduate employability
Investment in Human Capital
The Mismanagement of Talent
Field
New realities
Producing New Workers
Habitus
Understanding What We Mean by the Generic Attributes of Graduates
Schooling and Economic Well-Being
Self‐perceived employability
Distinction
Cultural capital
Human Capital
Distinction
Higher Education And Corporate Realities
Understanding Bourdieu
The State Nobility
The myth of the learning society
Zealotry or Nostalgic Regret’? 1 Women Leaders in Technical and Further Education in Australia
Let's hear it for Humpty
Student retention in higher education
Education, meritocracy and the global war for talent
Fields and institutional strategy
Bourdieu on Higher Education
"Underlying Labor Market Dimensions of "Opportunities
Social Benefits of Education
Quality in Learning
Lifelong Learning
Can Multicultural Education Change What Counts as Cultural Capital
Cultural Capital and School Success
An invitation to reflexive sociology
Breaking the Consensus
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Boys Own' Stuff
Situated Learning
In Other Words
Cultural Capital
What is Skill
Skill
Cultural capital in educational research
Cultural Capital and Educational Attainment
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |