Mixed views in the academy
Academic and student perspectives about the utility of developing work-ready skills through WIL
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4098509 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Mcmanus (0000-0001-9610-520X, University of Tasmania), Laura Rook (0000-0002-4945-9993, University of Wollongong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 270-284 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/03075079.2019.1630809 |
| OpenAlex | W2951633199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 39 |
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
Curriculum · Curriculum development · Higher education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Skills management · Sociology · Engineering · Engineering Education and Curriculum Development · Higher Education and Employability · Management and Marketing Education · Medicine · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |