Out of the Comfort Zone: Enhancing Work-Based Learning about Employability through Student Reflection on Work Placements

Autor/in	Eden, Sally
Titel	Out of the Comfort Zone: Enhancing Work-Based Learning about Employability through Student Reflection on Work Placements
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38 (2014) 2, S.266-276 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2014.911826
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Employment Potential; Work Experience Programs; Geography Instruction; Environmental Education; Experiential Learning; Student Attitudes; Essays; Reflection; Skills; Student Experience; Active Learning; Qualitative Research; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Skill; Fertigkeit; Studienerfahrung; Aktives Lernen; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	This paper examines the work-based learning about employability reported by 26 undergraduate Geography and Environmental Management students on part-time, unpaid work placements. The students' "reflective essays" emphasized their learning more in terms of emotional challenges than in terms of skills, as being pushed out of their "comfort zone" forced them to be more proactive, tackle unfamiliar activities and develop emotionally. This conceptualizes employability as more than skills and as integrative, reflective and adaptable. This also emphasizes that higher education institutions must support employability and work-based learning outside the academic zone and better integrate off-campus work-based learning with on-campus reflection. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10