Constructing a Career Mindset in First Year Students: The Building Blocks for Curriculum Design

• Kate Kelly ^[1] ; Edward Lock
  1. [1] Victoria University

     Victoria University

     Australia

     
• Localización: 5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd' 19) / Josep Domènech i de Soria (ed. lit.), Paloma Merello Giménez (ed. lit.), Elena de la Poza Plaza (ed. lit.), Desamparados Blázquez (ed. lit.), Raúl Peña Ortiz (ed. lit.), 2019, ISBN 978-84-9048-661-0, págs. 47-54
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Higher Education Institutions are under increasing pressure to produce competent and qualified graduates for the ever-changing labour market.

    However, this is no easy feat. This paper shows how a transformational change in Victoria University’s teaching model created an opportunity for teachers to redesign first-year, employability-related curricula. The approach to this challenge focuses on the development of a career mindset in first year university students. Through the examination of two courses, one from the Bachelor of Arts and one from the Bachelor of Psychological Studies, this paper demonstrates a number of active learning and engagement strategies that can be incorporated into the classroom to empower first year students to develop a career mindset that can help them to develop and integrate employability related skills throughout their degrees and beyond