Employability & Competences

Table of contents Introduction: The Project from Beginning to End and Beyond Part I. Results of Research through the 5 PathwaysChapter I. The Development of Calling during College: a 3-Year InvestigationThe Role of Mentors on the Development of Calling in Students: a 3-Year InvestigationThe Pursuit of Happiness: a Reflection on the Calling ConstructChapter II. Engaging Students in Higher Education and Faculty DevelopmentThe Student Voice in Higher Education and the Implications of Promoting Faculty DevelopmentThe Design of Work-Related Teaching & Learning Methods: Case Studies and Methodological RecommendationsChapter III. The Internship Experience as a Learning Moment in Higher EducationSupporting Informal Learning in Higher Education InternshipsHigher Education and Work-Related Learning from Professionalism to ProfessionalityChapter IV. Guidance as a Pedagogical ToolGuiding at University. The Protagonists’ Point of ViewSelf-Telling to Orientate OneselfGuidance Specificity in Educational Research. Criticisms and Area of Intervention in Higher EducationChapter V. Employability and TransitionsEmployability and Transitions: Fostering the Future of Young Adult GraduatesNon-linear Paths in Transitions through the Labour Market Part II. The Perspectives of the Pedagogical CommunityChapter I. DidacticsThe Voice of Teachers Involved in School-Work Alternance ProgrammesPromoting 21st century skills in Higher Education through collaboration and activitiesA Student Voice Approach in Work-Related Learning. From Lesson-Learned in Secondary School to Suggestions for Higher EducationProfessionalization of Teachers and Problematization ProcessesINTEREURISLAND: from Field Research to a Possible Model for Internationalizing University Social Responsibility ExperiencesChapter II. TraineeshipThe Role Model within Professional Training. The Complexity and Flexibility of Education ProfessionsThe ‘Second Level’ Education Professional: a Traineeship Programme Fostering a Proactive Approach to EmployabilityProfessional Development Tutoring: Comparing Italian and International ModelsInsights from the Fields: the Role of Reflection in ‘Learning How to Learn’Educators in Training and Writing: Perception, Experiences, ProblemsChapter III. Guidance and CallingInterpretations. Market, Work, TrainingFostering Personal Knowledge and Competences in Higher Education Guidance ProcessesNursing Students’ Future Employment Preferences and the Real Demands of Patients using the Health Services. A Qualitative Study on a Group of Final-Year Students at the University of PaduaGuidance Models and Practices Adopted Internationally to Promote the Exploration of Skills Relating to the Employability of Students with Disabilities. A First Meta-AnalysisTelling Transversal Competences… to be Professionally PromotedThe Group as an Education Resource in Guidance ProcessesCareer Calling: Lights and ShadowsChapter IV. Employability and TransitionsBoosting Entrepreneurship Capability in Work TransitionsTransfer of Non-Academic Skills in Academic Context: towards a Sustainable EmployabilityEmployability-Oriented Curriculum: Strategies and Tools to Train Young Graduates. The PRIN EMP&Co. ProjectDoctorates and Employability: New Perspectives for Doctoral EducationEmployability and Competence. But for which Europe?The Role of Higher Education in a Changing World: Why Employability MattersThe Value Proposition of Organizations for Young Graduates and their EmployabilityEmployability and Transitions towards Work: MSc Degree Programme in Educational Planning and Human Resource Development, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Brescia Innovation and Knowledge Transfer of the Research. Final Remarks List of Authors