Enhancing Student Education Transitions and Employability: From Theory to Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367768317 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 234 str.

Thanh Pham; Behnam Soltani

Opis

This book explores student education transition and employability negotiation experiences in various contexts. It explores determinants of student transitions at three levels including macro, meso and micro but focuses on exploring affordances, constraints and strategies at the micro level.

Spis treści

1. An overview of student transition experiences and the significance of ‘capitals’ (Thanh Pham) PART I: SCHOOL TO TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSITIONS 2. Student transition experiences: Key concepts and exemplar investigation models (Thanh Pham) 3. Navigating post-school trajectories: A conceptual framework of key determinants and essential resources (Thanh Pham) 4. International students’ socialisation and transition experiences in high school: An empirical study (Behnam Soltani) PART II: EDUCATION TO WORK TRANSITIONS 5. Transitioning from education to the labour market: What matters and essential resources for positive employability outcomes (Thanh Pham) 6. Transitioning to vocational education: An investigation in experiences of international students (Behnam Soltani) 7. Transitioning to the home labour market: What counts, what matters and what are strategies? (Thanh Pham) 8. Transitioning from university to the teaching profession: Challenges of beginning teachers (Thanh Pham) 9. Reconceptualise graduate employability: The role of ‘capitals’ in navigating the teaching profession (Thanh Pham) 10. Strategies utilised by international graduates to overcome communication limitations and negotiate employability trajectories (Thanh Pham) PART III: RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOP PRACTICAL RESOURCES FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS  11. Enhancing student transition experiences: The role of students in proactively building essential resources (Thanh Pham and Behnam Soltani) 12. Enhancing student transition experiences: The role of institutions in creating opportunities for students to build essential resources (Thanh Pham and Behnam Soltani) 13. Enhancing student transition experiences: Initiatives guiding the development of essential resources (Thanh Pham and Behnam Soltani)