Enriching Higher Education Students' Learning through Post-work Placement Interventions

This edited volume provides insights into the practices, processes, and findings of enriching higher education students' learning through work-integrated education experiences. It explores post-practicum interventions to enhance these experiences and improve students' understanding, abilities, and workplace readiness. Contributions from various disciplinary fields offer practical suggestions and conceptual advances for educators in workplace and educational settings. The lessons learned are applicable across occupational studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 316 pages
Publication date: 09 September 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This edited volume presents a comprehensive exploration of various aspects related to the enhancement of higher education students' learning through their engagement in educational processes during and after work-integrated education experiences. Specifically, it focuses on the utilization of post-practicum interventions to augment and enrich these learning experiences. The collected contributions in this volume draw from the processes of trialing and evaluating educational interventions designed to enrich work-integrated education for the purpose of improving students' understanding, skills, and ability to meet workplace and occupational requirements. These interventions have been implemented across a diverse range of disciplinary fields, including pharmacy, psychology, physiotherapy, service learning, occupational therapy, journalism, and business students' education. The insights and findings derived from these processes, spanning across various occupational sectors, directly address educators and practitioners in both workplace and educational settings across a wide range of occupational domains. The messages conveyed by educators and practitioners engaged in enacting and evaluating these interventions offer practical suggestions as well as conceptual advancements. It is important to note that the reach of the accounts of processes, findings, and evaluations in this edited volume extends beyond the specific occupational fields in which the interventions occurred. The lessons learned and insights provided through this volume are intended to inform the implementation of post-practicum interventions across a broader spectrum of occupational studies.

Weight: 516g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030480646
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020