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Emily Garant-Jones; Michelle J. Eady; Bonnie Amelia Dean – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is relied upon to meet important shared employability-related goals of institutions of higher education, students and employers. However, research indicates that not all students have access to and experience WIL activities. A clearer understanding of how WIL may be designed for inclusion of a diverse student…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Student Diversity, Inclusion, Equal Education
Dewi, Anita; Velasquez, Diane L. – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023
The paper presents an evaluation of History and Korean Studies WIL internships at Monash University Library, focusing on past students' views of the program in relation to their future career, and past host-supervisors' perceptions of its benefits. Data collection for the qualitative research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Asian Studies, Work Experience Programs
Gamage, Ancy – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The need for inclusive and equitable teaching and learning approaches is widely accepted in higher education literature. Surprisingly, the notion of inclusion appears to be neglected within the context of eWIL. This paper uses insights from multi-disciplinary theories to propose a framework for the development of an eWIL framework. Its key…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Teaching Methods, Inclusion, Higher Education
Education Scotland, 2016
This report is one of a suite of reports by Education Scotland commissioned by the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) to evaluate provision in colleges for supporting learner success. Colleges should act on the recommendations contained in these reports. College inspectors will monitor action towards implementation of…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Higher Education, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries
Turner, Wendy – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2014
In the UK policies such as the Children's Plan 2008-2020 through to Promoting the Emotional Health of Children and Young People (2010) identify that professionals such as teachers, youth workers, social workers and youth offending specialists, do not have the necessary underpinning knowledge to adequately support children and young people's…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Public Policy, Undergraduate Students
Costley, Carol; Armsby, Pauline – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
Work-based learning is used and assessed in higher education a variety of ways. In this paper we look particularly at the differences between the assessment of WBL when it is constructed as a field of study, i.e., using generic and transdisciplinary criteria and when it is constructed as a mode of study, i.e., when it is assessed using subject…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Program Evaluation, Workshops, Foreign Countries

van Zwanenberg, Nigel – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1985
Reports on a study of how business students' views of work are altered by the industrial training year of the course. It was found that there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that changes in orientations to work of the students studied would result from the one year's experience of industrial training. (CT)
Descriptors: Business Education, Higher Education, Industrial Training, Program Effectiveness
Walsh, Anita – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
The paper will explore Biggs' concept of constructive alignment in the context of work-based learning (WBL). In his book "Teaching for Quality Learning at University" Biggs quotes Tyler making the claim that "Learning takes place through the active behaviour of the student: it is what "he" does that he learns, not what the teacher does". Biggs'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Program Evaluation, Active Learning

Whitelegg, John; Clark, Gordon – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1998
Reviews reasons for incorporating work-based learning (WBL) into higher education degrees and the barriers to achieving this. Notes five key dimensions of WBL. Describes and evaluates environmental audits undertaken in a graduate geography course at Lancaster University (England). Makes recommendations for maximizing the benefits of WBL in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Andrews, Jane; Harris, Margaret – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
Drawing on an exploratory qualitative study, this article considers the link between business school teaching at graduate level and subsequent work behaviour and experiences of former students. It evaluates the student experience some time "after" graduation. The findings of the retrospective evaluation point to the value of classroom…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Work Experience, Student Experience, Teaching Methods
Eggland, Steven A. – 1978
A study was conducted to develop and examine an alternative to the traditional occupational experience method of the development of professional vocational teacher education competencies. A professional competence examination was developed to measure effectiveness of varying types and amounts of occupational experiences in developing vocational…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Learning Modules
Kelley, Edgar A. – 1974
The Nebraska Opportunities for Volunteers in ACTION (NOVA) was an experiment at the University of Nebraska aimed at welding traditional academic instruction and year-long community service experience into an educational alternative for undergraduates. It was initiated on July 1, 1971 as the first University Year for ACTION (UYA) program in the…
Descriptors: Consortia, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Program Evaluation
Duley, John; Gordon, Sheila – 1977
This handbook is designed for college faculty concerned with developing effective off-campus experiential learning programs, and with assessing the outcomes of these programs. The theoretical background of experiential learning is discussed, and the practical and implementation issues are emphasized: definition of educational objectives,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education

Suess, Linda R.; And Others – Nurse Educator, 1982
Discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of a work-study clinical nursing course designed to allow student nurses to experience the realities of professional nursing. The authors report the reactions of faculty, nursing staff, and students to the experience. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Nursing Education, Nursing Students

Winter, Richard – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1994
The debate over quality assurance in higher education is extended to quality control in work experience programs, particularly regarding program accreditation. The importance of precision in specifying anticipated learning outcomes, which is characteristic in evaluation of work-based programs, is seen as useful in managing the quality of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Outcomes Assessment, Course Evaluation, Higher Education