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Career Development Learning Frameworks for Work-Integrated Learning

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Part of the book series: Professional and Practice-based Learning ((PPBL,volume 7))

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The lifelong evolution of an individual’s sense of identity as it relates to the spheres of work and higher education is profoundly influenced by career development learning. In this chapter, career development learning is presented as a vehicle for informing the design and delivery of work-integrated learning in higher education. The chapter is based upon the experiences of a national project that scoped the relationship between career development learning and work-integrated learning, and it includes two key outcomes of that project: a model for the development of career competencies in work-integrated learning programmes, and a metaphorical model of career development learning as a two-way mirror for reflective learning. The chapter concludes with a call for further research into how best to optimise career development learning in the curriculum of higher education disciplines.

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Acknowledgements

This project was conducted by the authors on behalf of the National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS). Support for the original work was provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd., an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The chapter was based upon the final project report: Smith et al. (2009). Career development learning: Maximising the contribution of work-integrated learning to the student experience. Australian Learning & Teaching Council final project report. Wollongong: University of Wollongong.

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  1. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

    Peter McIlveen

  2. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

    Sally Brooks

  3. RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Anna Lichtenberg

  4. University of Wollongong, Wollogong, NSW, Australia

    Martin Smith

  5. Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Peter Torjul

  6. Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Joanne Tyler

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McIlveen, P., Brooks, S., Lichtenberg, A., Smith, M., Torjul, P., Tyler, J. (2011). Career Development Learning Frameworks for Work-Integrated Learning. In: Billett, S., Henderson, A. (eds) Developing Learning Professionals. Professional and Practice-based Learning, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3937-8_9

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