'Personal Literacy': The Vital, yet Often Overlooked, Graduate Attribute

Autor/inn/en	Rust, Chris; Froud, Lorna
Titel	'Personal Literacy': The Vital, yet Often Overlooked, Graduate Attribute
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2 (2011) 1, S.28-40 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1838-3815
Schlagwörter	College Graduates; Employment Potential; Job Skills; Literacy; Self Concept; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Education Work Relationship; Transfer of Training; Multiple Literacies; Leadership Training; Work Experience Programs; Lifelong Learning; Student Development; Career Planning; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Selbstkonzept; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Führungslehre; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Karriereplanung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	"There is no difference between academic skills and employment skills," (Jackson, 2011, p.1). This paper argues that there is often a false dichotomy in the minds of academics between employability, and the so-called "skills agenda", and the teaching of academic disciplines. And even in professional courses, the view of employability can be very blinkered, limited to getting a job and working in the specific profession -- e.g. law, nursing, architecture. It is our argument that an explicit focus on the graduate attribute "personal literacy" -- literally the ability to „read? oneself, to be critically self-aware -- can unite the academic and employability agendas and reveal them as one, joint enterprise. We also argue that both the development of employability and the learning of academic disciplines can be significantly improved through the development of students? critical self-awareness and personal literacy. Having made this case, we then go on to consider examples of how this might be achieved in practice. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3125. Web site: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01