The myth of job readiness? Written communication, employability, and the 'skills gap' in higher education

被引：157

作者：

Moore, Tim ^{[1
]}

Morton, Janne ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Swinburne Univ Technol, Student Adv, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia

[2] Univ Melbourne, Sch Languages & Linguist, Room 611,Babel Bldg, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia

来源：

STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION | 2017年 / 42卷 / 03期

关键词：

employability; job readiness; written communication; professional practice; generic skills; higher education policy;

D O I：

10.1080/03075079.2015.1067602

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Recent developments in higher education have seen a strong emphasis placed on making graduates 'job ready' for their work in the professions. A driver of this agenda has been the many mass-scale surveys conducted with business and industry about the abilities and general employability of graduates. This Australian-based study is focused on perceptions and attitudes around one such ability-professional writing skills. 'Discourse-based interviews' were conducted with managers and supervisors from a range of professional areas. Their responses were most interesting, and served, among other things, to challenge some of the emerging ideas about 'job readiness' in current debates about the directions of higher education.

引用

页码：591 / 609

页数：19

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