Exploitation or opportunity? Student perceptions of internships in enhancing employability skills

Internships are now widely promoted as a valuable means of enhancing graduate employability. However, little is known about student perceptions of internships. Drawing on data from a pre-1992 university, two types of graduate are identified: engagers and disengagers. The engagers valued internship opportunities while the disengagers perceived these roles as exploitative and worthless. Few were able to distinguish paid, structured internship opportunities from unpaid, exploitative roles. We conclude that higher education institutes need to be more proactive in extolling the value of paid internships to all students and not just those most likely to engage with their services.     

Student satisfaction,teacher internships,and the case for a critical approach to international education

In recent times distinctions between the economic and political imperatives of international education and its cultural and educational aspects have become conveniently aligned. This alignment is troubling because it allows the pursuit of profit to fit neatly and without apparent controversy into the pursuit of more lofty political cultural and educational goals. Measures of student satisfaction with international education do little to challenge this comfortable affiliation. Indeed, they appear to reinforce the view that international education as currently pursued is travelling well and yielding maximum profits and benefits for all. The discussion in this article is based on the results of a pilot study that examined international student satisfaction with a teacher education internship program in Australia. Our findings showed that students were satisfied with their international education experience and that the internship/work integrated learning experience enhanced their satisfaction. Importantly however, our pre-departure study showed that students expected study abroad to make a difference to their lives even before they left home. The study led us to consider the meaning of student satisfaction and whether assessments of satisfaction might simply confirm what students already expect. If this is the case, it is not altogether clear what student satisfaction with international education means or measures.     

对高职院校学生顶岗实习管理的探究

要提高高职人才培养的质量,就必须重视学生的顶岗实习工作。根据教育部多个文件和会议精神,要求高职院校建立“工学结合、校企合作、顶岗实习”的人才培养模式。从顶岗实习的重要性出发,列举了高职院校顶岗实习管理中存在的问题,提出了加强顶岗实习管理的七大举措,供院校参考。     

高职院校学生顶岗实习管理体系构建研究

顶岗实习是高职院校人才培养过程中重要的教育教学环节,以促进学生综合职业素养提升和就业竞争能力为根本价值追求;按照顶岗实习学校主导、企业参与的定位,构建了由两个主体构成的组织管理体系、双重规范制约的质量标准体系和校企双方参与的考核评价体系组成的顶岗实习管理体系。     

德国应用技术大学机械工程类专业企业实习环节剖析

对德国应用技术大学（Fachhochschule）机械工程类专业企业实习环节（包括入学前实习、第三和第六两个实习学期）的目的、要求、内容、运作过程、评价方法及其主要特色等进行了较全面详细地考察和分析,并结合我国工程教育和高等职业技术教育实际,提出了学习借鉴德国应用技术大学企业实习成功经验的方法和途径。     

高职艺术设计专业顶岗实习网络管理模式探索

通过分析当前高职艺术设计专业学生在顶岗实习中遇到的岗位不足、岗位不对口、指导不及时、管理不到位、效果不明显等普遍问题,提出相应解决措施,即利用现代网络平台,建立学校·企业·学生“三方结合”的顶岗实习网络管理模式,将学校的专业教师、企业技术人员、顶岗实习学生三方有机结合,实现互通、互教、互管、互助、互联,有效解决学生找对口企业难、学生遇到问题找教师难、教师下企业指导学生难、顶岗一线资料获取难、顶岗实习成果创造难等问题,从而提高教育教学质量和就业质量。     

“工学结合”顶岗实习学生思想工作的探索与实践

做好工学结合顶岗实习学生的思想工作意义重大。根据我院工学结合实习学生思想工作的实践与经验,在充分调查研究的基础上详细介绍全方位、分阶段工作法的具体做法,目的是为职业院校做好工学结合实习学生的思想工作提供实践参考。     

顶岗实习：中职生从“新手”向“技能行家”的转变过程

中职生要实现从技能“新手”向“技能行家”的转变,必须从学生顶岗实习人手,学生要想从“新手”向“技能行家”转变,其知识技能需要经过社会化、外在化、组合化以及内在化的过程。学校只有在学生顶岗实习后仍发挥积极作用,与企业合作,采用有效办法促使学生实现从“新手”向“技能行家”的转变,达到学生在学校所学的专业知识与企业实践技能有效链接,才能实现中职生专业技能持续发展的成长目标。     

环境工程专业实践教学改革研究

环境工程是一门新兴综合性学科,要求该专业的毕业生有较强的实践能力。为了提高本校环境工程学生的实践能力,可从课堂教学、实验教学、实习和毕业设计四个方面对环境工程专业实践教学体系进行改革。     

基于工学结合、校企合作的高职顶岗实习教育与管理对策的探究——以广西工商职业技术学院为例

顶岗实习是工学结合、校企合作的重要形式,是高职教学的重要环节。高职院校组织在校生参与顶岗实习的过程中,要面临学生、学校、企业三方面的适应调整过程,需要针对出现的教育和管理问题制定对策。本文分析了顶岗实习三大问题,从制度和组织建设、教学计划调整、学生教育等方面给出了解决对策。