Conference paper
Putting the cart before the horse? Driving student engagement through first year career identity development in a large multidisciplinary creative industries cohort
FYHE 2012 Conference Proceedings, pp.1-5
Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference: New Horizons, 15th (Brisbane, Australia, 26-Jun-2012–29-Jun-2012)
Queensland University of Technology
2012
Abstract
It is now widely accepted that first year students benefit from pedagogies which mediate and support their transitions to university, and assist them to develop an adaptive student identity. We present an initiative which takes an alternative and additional approach to this way of viewing the first year experience. Based on research into creative industries career trajectories, this initiative focuses on the establishment of nascent career identity and professional self-concept amongst 600 first semester Bachelor of Creative Industries (BCI) students at QUT. The BCI is offered as a three year undergraduate program involving self-selection of majors, minors and electives, and also as a four year double degree with Business and Law faculties. Students engage in a scaffolded process of initial career visioning and reflective course planning, based on their own industry and careers research, guided by industry-active academic and careers staff, and drawing upon the experiences of final year students.
Details
- Title
- Putting the cart before the horse? Driving student engagement through first year career identity development in a large multidisciplinary creative industries cohort
- Authors
- Ruth S Bridgstock (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAdrian Thomas (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKenneth Lyons (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyLauren Carr (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyOksana Zelenko (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Contributors
- Rachel Mortimer (Editor)
- Publication details
- FYHE 2012 Conference Proceedings, pp.1-5
- Conference details
- Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference: New Horizons, 15th (Brisbane, Australia, 26-Jun-2012–29-Jun-2012)
- Publisher
- Queensland University of Technology
- Date published
- 2012
- ISBN
- 9781921897399
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 The Author. The author accepted version is reproduced here with permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451113302621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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