Questions of outcomes: generic skills and attributes and the transfer of learning
Pressure from government and industry has seen Australian and New Zealand universities join an international trend of universities demonstrating their contribution to the knowledge economy and to their nation's international competitiveness through projects such as the articulation of graduate attributes and generic skills outcomes. Critics identify the weak theoretical basis, poor conceptualisation of the desired attributes and skills, and the lack of empirical research justifying these projects. The criticisms are sufficient to undermine the claims implicit in institutional graduate profiles ... Show more
Authors: Doyle, Stephanie
Published: Milperra, New South Wales, HERDSA, 2010
Resource type: Conference paper
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