Students’ perceptions of their learning of graduate attributes at the University of the Western Cape

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dc.contributor.advisorBitzer, E. M.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWithering, Moniqueen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Curriculum Studies.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-25T08:49:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-17T08:15:09Z
dc.date.available2019-01-25T08:49:52Z
dc.date.available2019-04-17T08:15:09Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.descriptionThesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT :Student voices are notably absent from academic discourse on graduate attributes (GAs) as such attributes are often constructed and conceptualised from the viewpoint of educational institutions, government and industry. The overarching aim of the study was to gain deeper insight into how students understand graduate attributes to be developed and learnt within the institutional context of one higher education institution, namely the University of the Western Cape (UWC). With students increasingly being challenged to assume greater responsibility for their own growth and development, it is imperative that they be brought into the discussion around graduate attributes. This study involved participants registered as UWC students and involved in the programme offerings of the Leadership and Social Responsibility (LSR) office in 2016. Within an interpretive knowledge position, an exploratory institutional case study design was utilised. Qualitative data were generated through the use of two focus group interviews, one individual interview as well as photo elicitation activities over a period of three weeks. The main study findings indicated that students hold some measure of understanding of what graduate attributes are, how they acquire these attributes and that they are important in the context of increasing students’ employability. It also emerged that the staff at the institution play a vital role in how graduate attributes are learnt and developed. There appears to be an expressed need that graduate attributes should be embedded within all facets of the institution and, importantly, students’ own self-interest has a crucial role within how graduate attributes are taken up.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Geen Afrikaanse opsomming geskikbaar nie.af_ZA
dc.format.extentvii, 145 pages : colour illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105839
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- South Africa -- Western Capeen_ZA
dc.subjectCollege graduates -- Employment -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectLeadership in studentsen_ZA
dc.subjectCollege graduates -- Characteristicsen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial responsibility in studentsen_ZA
dc.titleStudents’ perceptions of their learning of graduate attributes at the University of the Western Capeen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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