assessing learners' preparedness for work-integrated learning (wil) at walter sisulu university, south africa
Clicks: 203
ID: 224086
2015
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This
article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score —
reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
Reader Engagement
Steady Performance
30.0
/100
203 views
29 readers
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
SteadyRanked #27 of 33 articles by views in Journal of psycholinguistic research
Most read
Least read
Bar heights use a square-root scale.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
5
SUSD
one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
The purpose of the article was to assess the effectiveness of the work-preparedness program (WPP)
in higher education, using the case of Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa. Higher
education institutions in South Africa and abroad are under increasing pressure to balance the theory
base learning for degree programmes with the practical skills desired by the industry. One of the
strategies used to achieve this is making work-integrated learning (WIL) a compulsory component of
their academic programmes. Work-integrated learning integrates the theory students learn in the
classroom with practical experience. Students registered for the National Diploma in Hospitality
Management at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) have to undergo two (2) compulsory six-month
periods of experiential learning during which they are placed in hotels throughout South Africa.
Before students leave the university to join the industry for WIL purposes, they have to go through the
WPP also known as “orientation programme”. The purpose of the WPP is educating students about
the workplace expectations on them and what they in return can expect from the workplace. This
research collected data using self-completion questionnaires about the views of both the hospitality
management students (who went through the WPP and who have completed their first WIL
programme) and academic WIL coordinators about the extent to which the students are prepared for
the WIL programme. The majority of respondents perceived their level of preparedness as a result of
attending the WPP as relatively high across all areas. The academic WIL coordinators concur with
students in terms of students’ preparedness for WIL. It is hoped that the findings of this evaluation
will contribute in improving the WPP for hospitality management.
| Reference Key |
dwesini2015africanassessing
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | ;Nombeko Felicity Dwesini |
| Journal | Journal of psycholinguistic research |
| Year | 2015 |
| DOI |
DOI not found
|
| URL | |
| Keywords |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.