From we ask to iASK: a self-reflection strategy enabling students to connect assessment and employability
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Spagnoli, Dino, Kinash, Shelley, Jorre de st Jorre, Trina, Male, Sally, Mouat, Clare M. and McDougall, Kevin. 2023. "From we ask to iASK: a self-reflection strategy enabling students to connect assessment and employability." Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. 14 (1), pp. 71-87. https://doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2023vol14no1art1654
Article Title | From we ask to iASK: a self-reflection strategy enabling students to connect assessment and employability |
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ERA Journal ID | 123562 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Spagnoli, Dino, Kinash, Shelley, Jorre de st Jorre, Trina, Male, Sally, Mouat, Clare M. and McDougall, Kevin |
Journal Title | Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability |
Journal Citation | 14 (1), pp. 71-87 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Deakin University |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1838-3815 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2023vol14no1art1654 |
Web Address (URL) | https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/article/view/1654 |
Abstract | Most students acknowledge shared responsibility, with the university, for their employability development. Many academics use assessments as the main driver for motivating students to learn. At the intersection between employability, assessment and learning, the emergent research question is - what are the mechanisms by which course-based employability is fostered? Prior research reveals that although academics identified course-based assessment as the key employability mechanism, neither students nor employers registered this conceptualisation, and thus purpose of assessment. The aim of this research was to stimulate and communicate the direct connection between assessment and employability to students and interpret their response. Over 100 first-year students, across a metropolitan and regional Australian university, participated. Students were directed to use a simple reflective tool, dubbed iASK by the researchers, that probed employability elements of identity, Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge. The research revealed the resulting student view that regular course-based assessment can develop their employability skills in communication and independence, but not in critical thinking and global citizenship. © 2023 Deakin University. All rights reserved. |
Keywords | assessment; Employability; reflective practice; firstyear experience |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401099. Engineering practice and education not elsewhere classified |
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Western Australia |
University of New England | |
University of Melbourne | |
Massey University, New Zealand | |
University of Southern Queensland |
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