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Student Perspectives on Employability Skills in Liberal Arts Programs: A Canadian Case

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العنوان: Student Perspectives on Employability Skills in Liberal Arts Programs: A Canadian Case
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Emily Gregory, Heather Kanuka
المصدر: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. 2024 15(1):126-145.
الإتاحة: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3125. Web site: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
تاريخ النشر: 2024
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Liberal Arts, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Skill Development, Self Efficacy, Career Development, Role of Education, Education Work Relationship, Career Education
مصطلحات جغرافية: Canada
تدمد: 1838-3815
مستخلص: The purpose of the study was to gain further understandings of undergraduate students' perspectives on employability skill development in the liberal arts programs, as well as the perceived influence of the identification of employability skills in course curricula on undergraduate students' self-efficacy. Building on the results of a prior study on faculty perspectives in the liberal arts on employability skills, we also explored the ways students' and faculty members' perspectives were in alignment. Purposive sampling was used to select the undergraduate courses from three different undergraduate programs at the research site. Three relatively high enrolment courses were selected based on two key criteria: must be a second or third level undergraduate course and must be in a non-professional program in the liberal arts. Non-professional programs were considered programs where the students do not graduate with a specific professional designation or applied program. Two methods were used to collect the data for this project: an employability skill inventory and a survey distributed to students (N = 131). Course syllabi were also obtained to map employability skills. The findings of this study provide further insights with respect to the ways that employability matters to students and the ways in which students expect their instructors and institution to play a role in their employability development. Conclusions of this study underscore the need to consider bridging the disconnect between expectations of the students, the institution, and the faculty regarding employability development.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
رقم الأكسشن: EJ1424938
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC