A national study of the provision of career development learning and work-integrated learning in Australian higher education

Abstract

This paper is an exploration of the relationship between career development learning and work-integrated learning. First, it highlights research conducted by the National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services on behalf of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. The research project explored the contribution of career development learning to work-integrated learning in Australian universities. Second, it highlights the conceptual linkages between career development learning and work-integrated learning which are expressed in notions of the career self-management competencies of self-awareness, opportunity awareness, decision learning, and transition learning.