What is it about?
University students who have personal reasons for learning tend to enjoy their courses and put effort into their studies. Creating career-related links to courses provides students with their personalized learning journey. In this paper we provide an overview of how theories of "career development learning" can positively influence university students' engagement in their courses.
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Why is it important?
To put it simply, university is expensive. It consumes literally years of time, consistent effort, and a lot of money. Unfortunately, many students fail to progress, perform poorly, and don't get the most of out of their studies. Students want, need, good reasons to actively engage in their studies. Being enrolled is not enough to motivate a student; their motivations must come from their own personalized perspectives on learning. Career development learning is an effective way to promote students' motivations because it leads students to find their own personal motives for being a student, and this can result in a big change of attitude and behaviour.
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This paper is important to me because it captures just some of the potential of career development learning to transform students' motivations. Too much time, energy, and money is wasted by students who are lost and have no idea why they're studying with a university. It is exciting to talk with students who know their reasons and flourish while they're studying and getting the most out of their experiences.
Professor Peter McIlveen
University of Southern Queensland
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This page is a summary of: Career Development Learning Frameworks for Work-Integrated Learning, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3937-8_9.
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