ABSTRACT

One in four Australian undergraduate students participates in learning abroad during their study. Since 2012, faculty-led mobility programmes have overtaken exchange programs to become the most popular outbound mobility type in Australia. However, little has been known about how faculty-led short-term mobility programmes affect students’ employability and what might be the benefits of Australian science students’ participation in this type of mobility in the Indo-Pacific. This article analyses how a faculty-led programme in science to Japan affects its participants’ employability, from the perspectives of students participating in a New Colombo Plan mobility program funded by the Australian government. The study found that it was changes in the students’ guided learning circumstance as they navigated the transient space in off-track locations in Japan that enabled them to learn new disciplinary knowledge, acquire transferable skills, accumulate real-life Indo-Pacific experiences and develop empathy and cultural understandings. Despite the development of these qualities, the study found challenges facing students to link knowledge-skill-attribute development to employability. The article discussed implications for developing a more systemic and coordinated approach across the curriculum, career support unit and global mobility office to integrate learning abroad experiences into pedagogy and career counselling service to enhance student employability.

摘要

四分之一的澳大利亚本科生在学习期间参加海外学习。自 2012 年以来，教师主导的流动计划已超过交换计划，成为澳大利亚最受欢迎的出境流动类型。然而，关于教师主导的短期流动计划如何影响学生的就业能力以及澳大利亚理科学生在印度-太平洋地区参与这种流动可能带来的好处，人们知之甚少。本文从参加由澳大利亚政府资助的新科伦坡计划流动计划的学生的角度，分析了以教师为主导的日本科学计划如何影响其参与者的就业能力。研究发现，正是学生在日本偏远地区的瞬态空间中导航时引导学习环境的变化，使他们能够学习新的学科知识，获得可转移的技能，积累现实生活中的印太经验并发展同理心和文化理解。尽管发展了这些品质，但该研究发现学生在将知识-技能-属性发展与就业能力联系起来方面面临挑战。本文讨论了在课程、职业支持部门和全球流动办公室制定更系统和协调的方法的意义，以将海外学习经验整合到教学法和职业咨询服务中，以提高学生的就业能力。积累现实生活中的印太经验，培养同理心和文化理解。尽管发展了这些品质，但该研究发现学生在将知识-技能-属性发展与就业能力联系起来方面面临挑战。本文讨论了在课程、职业支持部门和全球流动办公室制定更系统和协调的方法的意义，以将海外学习经验整合到教学法和职业咨询服务中，以提高学生的就业能力。积累现实生活中的印太经验，培养同理心和文化理解。尽管发展了这些品质，但该研究发现学生在将知识-技能-属性发展与就业能力联系起来方面面临挑战。本文讨论了在课程、职业支持部门和全球流动办公室制定更系统和协调的方法的意义，以将海外学习经验整合到教学法和职业咨询服务中，以提高学生的就业能力。