From the outside Looking in: A Study of Australian Employers' Perceptions of Graduates from Outdoor Education Degree Programs

Autor/in	Munge, Brendan
Titel	From the outside Looking in: A Study of Australian Employers' Perceptions of Graduates from Outdoor Education Degree Programs
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 13 (2009) 1, S.30-38 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1324-1486
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Outdoor Education; Academic Degrees; Employer Attitudes; College Outcomes Assessment; Participant Characteristics; Work Experience; Skill Analysis; Job Skills; Personality Traits; Educational Needs; College Graduates; Occupational Surveys; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Freiluftunterricht; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Berufsanalyse; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on a study conducted in 2006-07 exploring the perspectives that some Australian employers have of graduates from an outdoor education degree program. Similar studies have been conducted in the US and the UK; however no such study has been conducted in Australia. This study clarifies some of the tensions that exist in the Australian outdoor education field regarding how employers perceive prospective employees with academic degrees. The study assumed a threefold approach to building knowledge by exploring: 1) The characteristics outdoor education employers sought in prospective employees, 2) The qualities Australian employers in the outdoor profession expect in an OE graduate, and 3) The perceptions employers have of OE graduates currently working in the profession. Findings suggest that personal attributes and experience were the key characteristics that employers sought in outdoor education staff. A degree was considered to be beneficial when recruiting and selecting employees, but only in the context of a broader matrix of other skills. Some employers expressed concerns about inconsistencies between graduates, inaccurate perceptions of graduate's personal skill levels, and arrogance amongst some graduates. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Outdoor Council of Australia. 150 Caxton Street, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia. Tel: +61-7-3369-9455; Fax: +61-7-3369-9355; e-mail: secretariat@outdoorcouncil.asn.au; Web site: http://www.outdoorcouncil.asn.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01