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Project plan

This project involves a collective case study of WIL programs across three educational sectors: science & engineering; sport studies; and business & management. The research tem consist of research leaders for each sector who work with and mentor researcher-practitioners.  Each sector cohort will interview teaching faculty, students and employers and examine supporting documentation (e.g., course/paper outlines, student reports of their work placement experience etc.).
The project involves three phases. In phase 1 the tem leader, senior researchers and researcher-practitioners meet face-to-face to develop and interview protocol and to develop the fine details of the methodology (after gaining ethical approval).
The second and third phases will consist of the interviews with teaching faculty, students and employers for each sector.
The final phase will involve analysis and interpretation of collective cases and presentation of the findings.

 
Partnerships involved

University of Waikato (host); subcontracted to AUT University; Massey University and Unitech

Expected outcomes

The research findings will contribute to our understanding of how we might enhance graduate competencies for three sectors, and will serve to identify any gaps in pedagogy for WIL programs.  It also will provide insights into how WIL programs promote for competency development for the diverse range of students that from the intake of most New Zealand TEI nowadays.

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