Graduate attributes, learning and employability

This book examines the generic abilities that have become so important in determining what makes both a good employee and a successful learner. It is argued that the process of acquiring these abilities is a lifelong process. Case studies and theoretical analyses are used to provide a broad and contemporary coverage of the issues associated with generic abilities. Following an introduction by the editors, Part one, 'Meta-concepts', contains the following chapters: Nature and development of generic attributes / Paul Hager; Graduate attributes in an age of uncertainty / Ronald Barnett; Graduate attributes and changing conceptions of learning / Christopher Winch; Graduate employability and lifelong learning: a need for realism? / Geoffrey Hinchliffe. Part two, 'Graduate attributes and learning', contains: The OECD: its role in the key competencies debate and in the promotion of lifelong learning / Andrew Gonczi; Graduate attributes and the transition to higher education / Lesley Scanlon; Academics' understandings of generic graduate attributes: a conceptual basis for lifelong learning / Simon Barrie; Skills development: ten years of evolution from institutional specification to a more student-centred approach / Mark Atlay. Part three, 'Graduate attributes and employability', contains: Lifelong learning, graduate capabilities and workplace learning / Catherine Down; Work-based learning, graduate attributes and lifelong learning / David Boud and Nicky Solomon; Generic attributes and the first job: graduates' perceptions and experiences / Ina Te Wiata; Constructing professionals' employabilities: conditions for accomplishment / David Beckett and Dianne Mulcahy; Synthesis: a lifelong learning framework for graduate attributes / Susan Holland.

Selected chapters are indexed from TD/TNC 98.486 to TD/TNC 98.493.

This book examines the generic abilities that have become so important in determining what makes both a good employee and a successful learner. It is argued that the process of acquiring these abilities is a lifelong process. Case studies and theoretical analyses are used to provide a broad and contemporary coverage of the issues associated with generic abilities. Following an introduction by the editors, Part one, 'Meta-concepts', contains the following chapters: Nature and development of generic attributes / Paul Hager; Graduate attributes in an age of uncertainty / Ronald ...  [+] Show more