Stepping back to move forward? Exploring Outdoor Education students' fresher and graduate identities and their impact on employment destinations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Stott (0000-0002-4101-6688, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), Elena Zaitseva (0000-0002-4607-7316, Liverpool John Moores University), Vanessa Cui (0000-0003-0932-1874, Liverpool John Moores University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 711-733 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-28 |
| 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 | 10.1080/03075079.2012.743116 |
| OpenAlex | W2093377942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
This four-year mixed method longitudinal study utilises data collected from four cohorts of Outdoor Education (OE) students to compare ‘fresher’ and ‘graduate’ identities and to explore the impact of identity on graduate employment. Findings demonstrate that compared to other programmes, and the university as a whole, OE students had a very distinctive ‘fresher’ profile characterised by active pre-university engagement with the outdoor community of practice, clear vision of their future careers, and how university could contribute to their personal and professional development. Most OE students appear to maintain this strategic approach throughout the three years of their degree, which results, on one hand, in a relatively high employment rate, but on the other hand, in a limited engagement with other developmental opportunities that could enhance their employability if they had chosen a different career route
Destinations · Economic growth · Economics · Employability · Graduate education · Graduate students · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Tourism · Higher Education and Employability · Hospitality and Tourism Education · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Psychology
The Mismanagement of Talent
Defining and Measuring Employability
The graduate attributes we’ve overlooked
Self-perceived employability
The key to employability
Graduate employability and student attitudes and orientations to the labour market
Mature Students in Higher Education
Student Perceptions of the Development of Personal Transferable Skills
Situating Skills
The impact of higher education on lifelong learning
The degree is not enough’
Graduate identity and employability
Philosophical investigations
Employability in a Knowledge-driven Economy
Mature students in higher education
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |