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The Role of Teacher Education in Developing Employability Skills in Higher Education

Handbook of Research on Promoting Higher-Order Skills and Global Competencies in Life and Work, 2019

This chapter explores the need to equip student teachers with the skills that will enable them to train and develop their learners for employability. However, given the broad understanding of employability, it is important to recognize that the quality of a university graduate is not just a reflection of the quality of the curriculum and its supporting academic environment. It reflects the demands of the industry as well as the competence of the regulating body (i.e. related government institutions) in shaping the characteristics of higher education graduates. It might be overly simplistic to say that universities are encouraged, if not pressured, to produce employable graduates. The higher education sector therefore needs to recognize and understand the context of employability for their graduates to ensure that their students can live up to the expectations from governments and employers.

The Value of Education for Students that are Preparing for the Teaching Profession

The contribution focuses on the interpretation and reflection of two levels of the process preparing young people for the job market. We point out the schizophrenia to which the educational system has been exposed. On the one hand, educational institutions are under social pressure to prepare individuals to be flexible within the job market, and on the other hand such institutions legitimately defend themselves against actions which reject educated union members. The status of an educated person is no longer bound to social status; and this is also the result of continuously increasing commercial pressure on educational institutions. The pressures lead to perfunctorily acquired information without deeper understanding of the educational content. The objective of this article is to discover and cast light on the attitudes to education assumed by students preparing for the teaching profession.

Preparing School Graduates for the Labour Market

2020

Despite their determination to work and build their careers, school graduates are not sufficiently prepared to look for work and the opportunities to search a job. In most cases they are well prepared in theory and language and are literate in modern technologies. Their biggest handicap is the lack of practical skills and work experience. At the same time, graduates have to face the challenges of accelerated globalization and digitization. It is necessary to find answers to questions about what professional knowledge, practical skills, attitudes and values will be shaped by today's graduates and how education systems can develop the required knowledge and skills. The ambition of our contribution is to identify the main disparities that must be overcome in order to achieve the goal of the country's economic development strategy, in which the education system must inevitably correspond to the labour market requirements.

Learning (not) to become a teacher: A qualitative analysis of the job entrance issue

Teaching and Teacher Education, 2012

Reporting on 12 case studies of student teachers, this paper examines how experiences during teacher education affect graduates' decision on job entrance. Interpretative data-analysis reveals that powerful sources of the shift in motivation to enter teaching concern interactions in which the person of the teacher is at stake. These mainly involve student teachers' need to develop a socially recognized sense of professional competence as well as their dealing with social and cultural working conditions in schools. These crucial determinants act as "double-edged swords", being at the same time important sources for recognition as for self-doubts and loss of job motivation.

Qualities, personal characteristics, and responsibilities of qualified teachers in the 21st century

Cambodian Education Forum, 2021

Education is critical for all elements of a person's life. Educational actors mainly involve teachers, students, school principals, and administration staff. Nevertheless, teachers are considered the most essential actors. Without teachers, the process of learning and teaching will surely come to a halt. It is not difficult to be a teacher, but it is far more difficult to become a competent one because there are numerous duties for a qualified teacher to perform. This article argues that qualified teachers in the 21st century should have various value-added qualities and responsibilities. The article discusses the essential requirements for qualified teachers in the 21st century and offers recommendations for teachers to equip themselves with knowledge, skills, and qualities required to keep pace with the fast-changing world.

Parents’ Responses to Teacher Qualifications

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020

Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

Pedagogy for employability

2012

This guide constitutes a revised and updated version of the Pedagogy for employability publication first published in 2006. This original publication was produced under the auspices of the Higher Education Academy and the Enhancing Student Employability Co-ordination Team (ESECT), and formed part of the Learning and Employability Series, a set of publications offering guidance and information to staff in higher education institutions involved in the enhancement of student employability.