"Because Sometimes Your Failures Can Also Teach You Certain Skills": Lecturer and Student Perceptions of Employability Skills at a Transnational University

Autor/in	Paterson, Richard
Titel	"Because Sometimes Your Failures Can Also Teach You Certain Skills": Lecturer and Student Perceptions of Employability Skills at a Transnational University
Quelle	In: Qualitative Research in Education, 6 (2017) 3, S.241-275 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2014-6418
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Employment Potential; Job Skills; Foreign Countries; Employers; Employees; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Higher Education; Semi Structured Interviews; Undergraduate Students; Internship Programs; International Education; College Faculty; Uzbekistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Ausland; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Internationale Erziehung; Fakultät
Abstract	This exploratory study investigates lecturers' and students' understanding of the concepts and language underpinning higher education strategies of developing employability skills. While a solid grounding in discipline-specific knowledge and skills is what most graduate degrees aim at providing, employability skills are increasingly becoming an important factor when evaluating prospective employees. Embedding the acquisition of employability skills into higher education courses has emerged as a response to industry demands for work-ready graduates. The forces of internationalisation and globalisation mean that employers the world over are looking for graduates with additional soft skills, abilities and achievements. The context for this study is Westminster International University, Tashkent (WIUT), a transnational university in Uzbekistan. By means of a qualitative case study, the views of lecturers and students were investigated and common themes and perspectives identified. The main findings indicate that although students and lecturers share similar perspectives on the importance of employability skills, the purpose of employability focused pedagogy is not easily communicated to students. Furthermore, students feel that a more systematic approach to recognising and demonstrating employability skills would help them in their transition from education to work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01