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  • Brief Work-Integrated Learning Opportunities and First-Year University Students' Perceptions of Employability and Academic Performance

    Author(s)
    Harris-Reeves, Brooke
    Mahoney, John
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Harris-Reeves, Brooke E.
    Year published
    2017
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    Universities are attempting to respond to recent changes in the employment sector in order to ensure graduates are job ready. One approach for preparing students for the evolving employment sector is to expose them to work-integrated learning experiences during their undergraduate degree. Traditionally, work-integrated learning experiences have been offered toward the end of students’ degrees, but there might be value in offering such opportunities as students’ transition into university. The aim of this study was to explore the outcomes of brief work-integrated learning experiences on first-year university students. A series ...
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    Universities are attempting to respond to recent changes in the employment sector in order to ensure graduates are job ready. One approach for preparing students for the evolving employment sector is to expose them to work-integrated learning experiences during their undergraduate degree. Traditionally, work-integrated learning experiences have been offered toward the end of students’ degrees, but there might be value in offering such opportunities as students’ transition into university. The aim of this study was to explore the outcomes of brief work-integrated learning experiences on first-year university students. A series of paired samples t-tests showed significant differences in students’ (N = 28, Mage = 18.89 years) perceptions of employability and academic performance following exposure to 10-hours of job shadowing. The outcomes from the study suggest that students might benefit from work-integrated learning experiences in their foundation year of university. Implications for educators, universities, and the employment sector are highlighted.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Journal of Career Development
    Volume
    26
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1038416217697974
    Subject
    Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
    Specialist Studies in Education
    Business and Management
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/354144
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