Developing employability and professional identity through visual narratives
Enhancing employability for higher education arts graduates requires collaborative action on three fronts: specificity in the measurement and reporting of graduate outcomes; advocacy to re-align stakeholder conceptions of graduate work and employability; and learner engagement in career-related thin...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Art Education Australia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=317336577724001;res=IELHSS http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26574 |
| Summary: | Enhancing employability for higher education arts graduates requires collaborative action on three fronts: specificity in the measurement and reporting of graduate outcomes; advocacy to re-align stakeholder conceptions of graduate work and employability; and learner engagement in career-related thinking and action. This paper reports a career-related engagement in which students and educators created visual narratives with text-based captions in answer to the question, “What is a musician?” Similarities and differences in student-educator thinking highlight the potential for students to generate broad career previews through in-class engagement. Visual methodologies emerge as a powerful strategy for the promotion of career-oriented thinking and reflection. |
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