Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Diver, Alice (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Higher education.; Career education.; Maturation (Psychology).; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Learning.; Instruction.; Higher Education.; Career Skills.; Personal Development.; Curriculum Studies.; Learning & Instruction.

This book discusses the topic of graduate employability from the premise that in this era of 'massification,' economic austerity, and political uncertainties, higher education (HE) no longer guarantees a clear 'work place advantage.' Divided into three sections, the book offers t...

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• Section I - Definitions
• 1. Introduction; Diver
• 2. Higher Education and Civil Society: What Contribution Can Universities Make to Civil Society?; Ceryn Evans, Stuart Fox, Chris Taylor
• 3. Learning Gain: Can It Be Measured?; Peter Gossman, Stephen Powell
• 4. Conceptions of Quality: Some critical reflections on the impact of 'quality' on academic practice; Chris Lawton
• 5. What Motivational Processes Underpin Student Engagement with Employability? A Critical Review ; Andrew James Clements
• 6. Developing Employable, Emotionally Intelligent And Resilient Graduate Citizens Of The Future; Lorraine Dacre Pool, Dawne Gurbutt and Kath Houston
• 7. The Role Of 'Learner Identity' And Experience-Related Beliefs In Developing Desirable Graduate Attributes; Dawne Irving-Bell
• 8. Pushing water uphill? The challenges of non-engagement; Vicki Louise O'Brien, and Francesca Dominique Walker-Martin
• 9. Student Motivation and drop-out rates in Brazil; Dalton Cusciano, Mauro Maia Laruccia, Luis Fernando Salles Moraes
• 10. Building student resilience for graduate work-readiness; Jacinta Ryan, Sandra Jones, Peter Hayes and Michelle Turner
• 11. "That Working-Class Ethic ... Where There's A Will There's A Way": A Strengths-Based Approach To Developing Employable Scholars; Sarah O'Shea and Janine Delahunty
• Section II - Designs and Difficulties
• 12. Precursors to Employability: How first year undergraduate students plan and strategize to become employable graduates; Emma Mullen; Stephanie Bridges; Sara Eccles; Doris Dippold
• 13. Engaging students, staff, and employers in developing student employability; John Bostock
• 14. Learning from and about each other: developing skills for a connected interdisciplinary world; Dawne Gurbutt
• 15. What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations; Theresa Thomson
• 16. Assessment strategy: enhancement of student learning through a programme focus?; Ruth Whitfield, Peter Hartley
• 17. Authentic assessment as a tool to bridge the transition between learning and work; Robyn Davidson, Catherine Snelling, Sophie Karanicolas, Tania Crotti, Braden Phillips
• 18. 'Oh, the places you'll go': The importance of relationships on postgraduate research students' experiences of academia; Janine Delahunty and Kathryn Harden-Thew
• 19. Making Student Internships Work: Navigating Stakeholder Interests and Aspirations at the University-Work Interface; Martha Caddell & Rosemarie McIlwhan
• 20. Curiosity and Self-Connected Learning: Re-centring the 'I' in technologically assisted learning; Sally Goldspink and Hilary Engward
• 21. Student Engagement with LinkedIn to Enhance Employability; Emmanuel Mogaji
• 22. Pre-professional identity formation through connections with alumni and the use of LinkedIn; Julie Fowlie and Clare Forder
• Section III - Disciplines
• 23. Developing The 'Oven-Ready' Postgraduate: Squeezing A Quart Into A Pint Pot To Meet The Employability Agenda; Gillian Forster and Andrew Robson
• 24. Constructing Careers: Self-Awareness, Self-Reflection, And Self-Efficacy Amongst Undergraduate Business Students; Deborah A. Lock
• 25. Hitting the Ground Running: Group Simulations within Business School Cohorts; David M Brown, Ian Charity and Andrew Robson
• 26. Pop-up shops in the curriculum: increasing employability (and contributing to civil society) in times of austerity; Inge Hill and Tina Bass
• 27. Professional Development within second year computing degree programmes; Janice Whatley
• 28. 'Using the Living CV to help students take ownership of their learning gain'; Lisa Dibben and Dawn Morley
• 29. Using an e-portfolio to demonstrate graduate-ness and employability during post-graduate distance education; C.J. van Staden
• 30. Online Education and Distance Learning: A socio-constructivist approach; Kelli Bippert
• 31. Building Career Readiness for Criminal Law Practice: The Adelaide Law School Experience; Kellie Toole
• 32. Leading the way: A case study of establishing an employability scheme at Coventry Law School; Harriet Lodge and Susie Elliott
• 33. Increasing Employability beyond Getting a Job: Engaging Criminal Justice Students in their own Professional Development; Ester Ragonese and Steven Altham
• 34. Quiet Silencing: Restricting the Criminological Imagination in the Neoliberal University; Alana Barton, Howard Davis, and David Scott
• 35. Conclusion. .