Work-Integrated Learning in the 21st Century : Global Perspectives on the Future.

• Main Author: Bowen, Tracey
• Other Authors: Drysdale, Maureen
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
• Series: International perspectives on education and society.
• Subjects: Education, Cooperative > 21st century.; Generation Y.; 2000-2099; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787148598; 9781787432451; 9781787148604
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (243 stran)

This book explores new questions about the state of work and work readiness for new university and college graduates in the context of work-integrated learning in the 21st century and the role of higher education in preparing students for the challenges of global economic shifts in the labour market...

Table of Contents:

• Front Cover; Work-Integrated Learning in the 21st Century: Global Perspectives on the Future; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; References; Part I Learning, Work, and Experience: New Challenges and Projections for WIL; Toward a Model of Work Experience in Work-Integrated Learning; Introduction; Work Experience Defined; A Model of Work Experience for Work-Integrated Learning; Research Relevant to the Model; Future Research on the Model; Conclusion; References.
• Navigating Continuous Change: A Focus on Self-Direction and Skills and Knowledge TransferIntroduction; Challenge One: The Nonlinearity of the Study to Work Continuum and Perpetuation of the Myth that it is a Linear Relationship; Challenge Two: The Time-Lag between Changes in Labor Market Knowledge and Skills Requirements and Academic Program/Curricular Responses; Challenge Three: The Current Expectation that Each Person Will Experience Multiple Career Changes over the Course of a Work Lifetime.
• Challenge Four: The Constant, Fast-Paced Labor Market Changes and the Related Need for Lifelong Learning to Ensure Workplace SuccessA Focus on Self-Direction and Skills and Knowledge Transfer; Developing Capacity for Self-Direction and Transfer; How PSE Can Do Better?; Towards 21st Century Curricular Outcomes in PSE; Conclusion; References; Workplace Learning in Higher Education: Two Examples from a Swedish Context; Introduction; Theory of Workplace Learning; Case One: Work-Based Learning for Nurses in Higher Education; Main Findings for Case One.
• Case Two: Learning at Work in Higher Vocational EducationMain Findings of Case Two; Discussion; Conclusion; References; WIL in Liberal Arts Programs: New Approaches; Introduction; Liberal Arts in the Contemporary Context; Liberal Arts in an Evolving Economy; Liberal Arts in a Neoliberal World; Liberal Arts in Australia; WIL in Australian Liberal Arts Programs; Current WIL Practice: A Transactional Model; Emergent Model: The Transformational Model; Conclusion; References; Part II Affordances, Impacts, and Challenges of New Technologies.
• Flourishing in the Face of Constant Disruption: Cultivating the T-Professional or Adaptive Innovator through WILIntroduction; The Disruption of Employment; The T-Shaped Professional (Adaptive Innovator); Engaging Students in the Sweet Spot: Changing Demands of Work Experience; Moving Forward; References; Learning in Hybrid Spaces: Designing a Mobile Technology Capacity Building Framework for Workplace Learning; Introduction; Learning in Hybrid Spaces; WPL is a Hybrid Space; mLearning in WPL; The Project; Approach; Key Findings; Core Themes.