Want students to engage? Contextualise graduate learning outcomes and assess for employability

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 44-57

  Jorre de St Jorre, Trina ^a   Oliver, Beverley ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

curriculum mapping; employability; graduate attributes; student engagement; Student voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020708414     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1339183     Document Type: Article

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