Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students

Graduate employability is a growing concern for higher education. Many Arts graduates need to shape their work to meet personal and professional needs, and successful negotiation of this type of career requires resilience, a strong sense of identity, and adequate preparation. This paper reports find...

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Main Author: Bennett, Dawn
Other Authors: David Forrest
Format: Conference Paper
Published: International Society for Music Education 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22362
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description Graduate employability is a growing concern for higher education. Many Arts graduates need to shape their work to meet personal and professional needs, and successful negotiation of this type of career requires resilience, a strong sense of identity, and adequate preparation. This paper reports findings from a collaborative study undertaken at four Australian higher education institutions. The study involved students in classical and contemporary music, music education, music technology, and writing. In this paper we report the impact of electronic portfolios on learner identity, drawing our evidence from survey and focus group interview data. As the learning process rather than the technological tool drove the study, the findings can inform curriculum and practice across higher education creative and performing Arts.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-223622017-01-30T12:30:56Z Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students Bennett, Dawn David Forrest identity arts ePortfolio employability Graduate employability is a growing concern for higher education. Many Arts graduates need to shape their work to meet personal and professional needs, and successful negotiation of this type of career requires resilience, a strong sense of identity, and adequate preparation. This paper reports findings from a collaborative study undertaken at four Australian higher education institutions. The study involved students in classical and contemporary music, music education, music technology, and writing. In this paper we report the impact of electronic portfolios on learner identity, drawing our evidence from survey and focus group interview data. As the learning process rather than the technological tool drove the study, the findings can inform curriculum and practice across higher education creative and performing Arts. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22362 International Society for Music Education restricted
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employability
Bennett, Dawn
Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students
title Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students
title_full Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students
title_fullStr Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students
title_full_unstemmed Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students
title_short Identity and the learning process: ePortfolios and higher education Arts students
title_sort identity and the learning process: eportfolios and higher education arts students
topic identity
arts
ePortfolio
employability
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22362