Developing Work-integrated Learning Curricula for the Creative Industries: embedding stakeholder perspectives

Collis, Christy (2010) Developing Work-integrated Learning Curricula for the Creative Industries: embedding stakeholder perspectives. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (4-1). pp. 3-19.

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Abstract

It is now widely recognised that the creative industries constitute an important and growing global economic sector (Cunningham, 2007). Career development programs for the creative industries sector are an international priority (Guile, 2007) which faces several key challenges. These challenges relate to the unique nature of the creative industries. In the creative industries it is thus of critical importance that tertiary work-integrated learning programs focus on more than just training students to become employees: they must also focus on developing the experience and employability of students who will undertake nonconventional career paths. One challenge for work-integrated learning programs in the creative industries is that there is little professional tradition of internships; many employers are not experienced in workintegrated learning participation, and many academics are not familiar with work-integrated learning. This paper reports on the results of an evaluative research program undertaken one year after the launch of the Queensland University of Technology’s (Brisbane, Australia) Creative Industries Transitions to New Professional Environments work-integrated learning program, focusing particularly on key themes and issues identified in interviews with the program’s industry partners and academic staff.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE) was published by the University of Gloucestershire between 2005 and 2011. LATHE was edited by Phil Gravestock and Michele Hills. Publication has ceased, the final issue was issue No.5
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Divisions:	Professional Services > Academic Development Unit
Research Priority Areas:	Society and Learning
Depositing User:	Anne Pengelly
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2016 13:33
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2021 06:32
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/3879

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