Where There's a WIL, There's a Way: Upwardly Mobile Young Men Pursuing Non-Formal WIL Opportunities to Enhance Employability

Autor/inn/en	Stahl, Garth; Wang, Jianing
Titel	Where There's a WIL, There's a Way: Upwardly Mobile Young Men Pursuing Non-Formal WIL Opportunities to Enhance Employability
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 36 (2023) 5, S.366-380 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stahl, Garth) ORCID (Wang, Jianing)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2023.2226074
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Males; Employment Potential; Career Readiness; Work Experience Programs; First Generation College Students; Learning Motivation; Nonformal Education; Aspiration; Social Mobility; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Streben; Soziale Mobilität; Australien
Abstract	Historically, males from low socio-economic backgrounds have been a difficult demographic for educators to reach and engage. Despite efforts to widen participation in Australia, males who would be considered 'first-in-family', remain severely underrepresented in higher education. For those who do attend, they often encounter significant barriers and are at a higher risk of attrition. Experiences with employment can be a determiner of their success at university both in terms of informing or reaffirming their prospects for future employment. While recent policies in Australia have sought to integrate working-integrated learning (WIL) into university studies, these are not available to all students thus opportunities to develop skills and attributes through WIL remains a fragmented picture. As a result, we are witnessing many young people who are concerned about their future employability seeking out non-formal WIL opportunities to bolster their CVs. This paper explores the motivations of first-in-family males to pursue non-formal WIL opportunities and the effects these endeavours had upon their aspirations. (As Provided).
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