Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries

There are many challenges to address for education in mineral resources disciplines, particularly at the tertiary level. As with all tertiary institutions, the aim is to successfully produce graduates that are hard-working, high-achieving and job-ready. Industry is not the only receiver of these stu...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Louisa
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2017
Online Access:https://www.ausimmbulletin.com/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54645
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description There are many challenges to address for education in mineral resources disciplines, particularly at the tertiary level. As with all tertiary institutions, the aim is to successfully produce graduates that are hard-working, high-achieving and job-ready. Industry is not the only receiver of these students – postgraduate degrees and life-long researchers are also targeted. Very little secondary school education about natural resources and associated industries is integrated into the curriculum, and this poses a problem. This article is intended to address past, present and future initiatives with a teaching and learning emphasis for the mineral resources industry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-546452017-11-10T03:19:15Z Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries O'Connor, Louisa There are many challenges to address for education in mineral resources disciplines, particularly at the tertiary level. As with all tertiary institutions, the aim is to successfully produce graduates that are hard-working, high-achieving and job-ready. Industry is not the only receiver of these students – postgraduate degrees and life-long researchers are also targeted. Very little secondary school education about natural resources and associated industries is integrated into the curriculum, and this poses a problem. This article is intended to address past, present and future initiatives with a teaching and learning emphasis for the mineral resources industry. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54645 https://www.ausimmbulletin.com/ The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy restricted
spellingShingle O'Connor, Louisa
Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
title Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
title_full Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
title_fullStr Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
title_full_unstemmed Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
title_short Future Direction of Mineral Resources Education: Strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
title_sort future direction of mineral resources education: strategies and innovations for the new generation embarking on a career in the extractive industries
url https://www.ausimmbulletin.com/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54645