Accepting Employability as a Purpose of Higher Education? Academics' Perceptions and Practices

Autor/inn/en	Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Amaral, Alberto
Titel	Accepting Employability as a Purpose of Higher Education? Academics' Perceptions and Practices
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 44 (2019) 6, S.920-931 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sin, Cristina) ORCID (Tavares, Orlanda) ORCID (Amaral, Alberto)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2017.1402174
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Practices; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Intellectual Disciplines; Computer Science; Business Administration Education; Art Education; Educational Policy; Focus Groups; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Technical Institutes; Institutional Mission; Labor Market; Holistic Approach; Academic Education; Educational Objectives; College Curriculum; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Geisteswissenschaften; Informatik; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Privathochschule; Technische Fakultät; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Holistischer Ansatz; Akademische Bildung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel
Abstract	This study explores Portuguese academics' acceptance of employability as a purpose for higher education further to the Bologna reforms, focusing on their understandings of employability and their teaching practices. The data were gathered through focus groups in which participated around 70 academics from 3 disciplinary areas, belonging to different institutional types. Findings suggest that there are different degrees of acceptance of employability as a purpose for higher education, varying by discipline and type of institution. Irrespective of the differences in perceptions of employability, all academics engage in teaching practices associated to the development of employability, although with different ends in mind. While Computer Engineering and Management academics aim to train professionals fitting into specific employment, for Arts academics such teaching methods aim to introduce students to artistic practice. These findings warn against equating employability with crude indicators of employment and using it as a performance indicator. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01