Exploring Differences in Industry Supervisors' Ratings of Student Performance on WIL Placements and the Relative Importance of Skills: Does Remuneration Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Milne, Lisa; Caldicott, Julia
Titel	Exploring Differences in Industry Supervisors' Ratings of Student Performance on WIL Placements and the Relative Importance of Skills: Does Remuneration Matter?
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 17 (2016) 2, S.175-186 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-2882
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Work Experience Programs; Student Evaluation; Supervisory Methods; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Job Performance; Pilot Projects; Personnel Evaluation; Tourism; Hospitality Occupations; Required Courses; Internship Programs; Compensation (Remuneration); Undergraduate Students; Statistical Analysis; Job Skills; Performance Based Assessment; Action Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Personalbeurteilung; Tourismus; Gastgewerbegehilfe; Pflichtkurs; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Statistische Analyse; Produktive Fertigkeit; Leistungsermittlung; Projektforschung; Australien
Abstract	Assessment in work integrated learning (WIL) programs typically involves workplace supervisors rating student performance against criteria based on employability skills. Yet investigations of differences in employer ratings that may impact on student outcomes are rare. This paper reports on a pilot study that examined supervisor evaluations of the performance of tourism and hospitality management students undertaking a mandatory capstone internship, either paid or non-remunerated. The descriptive and exploratory statistical analysis examines data derived from over one hundred supervisor evaluation forms. A few significant differences in supervisor ratings of performance in paid and unpaid groups and in the relative importance of skills were found. Overall, the study affirmed that supervisors generally rate students highly on all skills. The skills that students are prepared for and assessed on in our WIL program were found to be of high value to local hosts. Implications for debates regarding supervisory input into assessing student performance are explored. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education. University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-838-4892; e-mail: editor@apjce.org; Web site: http://www.apjce.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01