Student employability and its implications for geography curricula and learning practices

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Arrowsmith, Colin ^a   Bagoly Simó, Péter ^b   Finchum, Allen ^c   Oda, Katsuhiko ^d   Pawson, Eric ^e  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attributes; Competencies; Curricula; Employability; Learning practices

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 79960782584     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2011.563379     Document Type: Article

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