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Transformative Approaches to Career-Ready Education / edited by Ivan Gratchev, Krishnasamy T. Selvan, Hugo G. Espinosa.
Springer Nature - Springer Education (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gratchev, Ivan.
- Series:
- Education Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher.
- Technical education.
- Science--Study and teaching.
- Science.
- Higher Education.
- Engineering and Technology Education.
- Science Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Higher Education.
- Engineering and Technology Education.
- Science Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- Universities worldwide play a pivotal role in shaping the future workforce by equipping students with the skills, knowledge, and attitude required to thrive in an ever-evolving job market. Transformative Approaches to Career-Ready Education addresses the critical challenge of aligning higher education with modern industry and national expectations. This book brings together diverse perspectives from leading educators, researchers, and industry practitioners, offering practical strategies to enhance teaching and learning. Inspired by the Webinars in Engineering Education initiative, a collaboration between Griffith University, Australia, and SSN College of Engineering, India, this book explores innovative pedagogies, immersive learning environments, higher education goals, and assessment practices that foster critical thinking, problem-solving, and adaptability among students. Organized into four thematic sections, the chapters delve into foundational skills for career success, practical approaches to career readiness, industry insights on graduate employability, and transformative innovations for higher education. Featuring case studies, evidence-based practices, and future-oriented discussions, this book showcases how universities can empower students to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving world. Ideal for educators, policymakers, and industry leaders, this book inspires a reimagining of higher education to produce career-ready graduates who are not only prepared to enter the workforce but to excel and grow throughout their professional journeys.
- Contents:
- The writing circle making professional skills accessible to students
- English and engineering students a love hate relationship
- Intentional design of pre laboratory modules for first year chemistry courses
- Engineering problem solving
- Immersive stem education
- Preparing doctoral program graduates for effective academic teaching and disseminating best teaching practices via the scholarship of teaching and learning sotl
- Mission portfolio putting the transfer into transferable skills
- Authentic learning and students employability are the work integrating learning courses really working
- Industry evaluation of students skills and competencies
- Future ready leadership insights from industry
- The role of universities in solving collective action dilemmas
- University education for the future
- Reimagining higher education beyond vocational training.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 981-9670-18-7
- OCLC:
- 1525618643
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