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Introduction
Carnevale, A.
P., & Smith, N.
(2013).
Workplace
basics: the
skills
employees
need and
employers
want
Routledge.
doi:10.1080/13
678868.2013.8
21267
Primary Research
Question: What are the
effects on WORK STUDY
students employability
skills in an alternative
education setting who
participate in (ORGANIZING)
a service learning project?
Key Article
Components
Sub-Question #2:
What is the students
opinions of the
PERSONAL EFFECTS of
the service learning
project?
Jones, R.
(2014).
Bridging
the Gap:
Engaging
in
Scholarshi
p with
Accounta
ncy
Employer
s to
Enhance
Understa
nding of
Skills
Developm
ent and
Employab
ility.
Accountin
g
Education
Hill, A.,
Popovic,
C.,
Lawton,
R., Eland,
J.,
Morton,
N.,
Curzon,
R., Tomas,
C. (2010).
Using
critical
incidents
to create
learning
pathways
between
the real
world and
places of
learning:
Findings
from a 2
year
funded
project
Levkoe, C. Z.,
Brail, S., &
Daniere,
A. (2014).
Engaged
pedagogy
and
transform
ative
learning
in
graduate
education
:A
servicelearning
case study
Canadian
Society
for the
Study of
Higher
single semester.
Methods: Methods used
for data collection were
questions there were
open-ended interview
with questioning more
specific toward end of
interview. An anonymous
web survey, which
included 12 open-ended
questions similar to the
semi-structured interview
questions, was set up for
those students not
wanting to be
interviewed.
Findings: Qualified
findings in the area of
employability skills were
discussed in the following
areas: communication,
teamwork, planning and
organizing, problem
solving, initiative and
enterprise, and selfmanagement.
Topic: Service learning can
impact students by
transforming how
students move from ideas
to action. Students are
given opportunities for
service and learning in
developing higher-order
reasoning and critical
thinking.
Participants: Twenty two
students in the Service
Learning eight month
course at the University of
Toronto in the Planning
for Change: Community
Development in Practice
in the Department of
Geography and Program
in Planning.
Methods: Data was
collected from four
Deeley, S.
(2013).
Summative coassessment: A
deep learning
approach to
enhancing
employability
skills and
attributes.
Active
Learning in
Higher
demonstration of
presentation skills.
Findings: Co-assessment
allowed students to justify
their position and opened
up discussion on the
students grade. Students
reported positive selfassessments but with
difficulty of appearing
over confident. Students
acknowledged more
confidence and selfawareness.
Carter, E. W.,
Trainor, A. A.,
Ditchman, N.,
Swedeen, B., &
Owens, L.
(2011).
Communitybased summer
work
experiences of
adolescents
with highincidence
disabilities.
Journal of
Special
Education,
45(2), 89-103.
doi:10.1177/00
224669093532
04
Clevenger, C.
M., &
Ozbek, M.
E. (2013).
Teaching
sustainabi
lity
through
servicelearning
in
constructi
on
education
Participants: University
students worked with local
alternative high school
students in their building
trades shop class to construct
two full-scale dog houses for
Rocky Mountain Great Dane
Rescue Mission.
Method: Reflections and
informal interviews, pre-post
surveys and concept maps.
Findings: Service learning
project met its goal to engage
the alternative high school
students in finishing a
construction project as well
as, empower construction
university student to be
leaders and mentors by
engaging in a small
construction project.
Gibson, M.,
Hauf, P., Long,
B.S., &
Sampson, G.
(2011).
Reflective
practice in
service
learning:
Possibilities
and
limitations.
Education
Training, 53(4),
284-296.
Hill, S. (2011).
Transfor
ming
learning:
Engaging
students
with the
business
communi
ty.
Internati
onal
Perspecti
ves on
Higher
Educatio
n
Research
, 6, 271277.
Jackson, D.
(2013).
Student
perceptio
ns of the
importanc
e of
employabi
lity skill
provision
in
business
ReinsmithJones, K.,
Kibbe, S.,
Crayton,
T., &
Campbell,
E. (2015).
Use of
second
life in
social
work
education
: Virtual
world
experienc
es and
their
effect on
students.
Journal of
Social
Work
Education
, 51, 90108.
doi:10.10
80/10437
797.2015.
program at West
Australian university.
Methods: Students selfassessed and reflected on
perceived importance of
skills defined on an online
survey. Students also
rated their work
experience on a 7 point
scale, with 1 being
unimportant and 7 being
extremely, based on three
measures.
Findings: The
findings indicate
that business
undergraduates
place significant
value on
employability
development in
degree programs.
Topic: The study
evaluated students
perspective of the
educational value of
learning experiences using
Second Life (A 3Dvirtual
learning computer
simulation tool) while
enrolled in an
Undergraduate
Introduction to Social
Welfare and Social Work
class.
Participants: There were
two Undergraduate
Introduction to Social
Welfare and Social Work
classes with a total of 70
students.
Methods: Mixed
methodology was used
which was a student
opinion survey regarding
the usability to teach
Tymon, A.
(2013).
The
student
perspectiv
e on
employab
ility.
Studies in
Higher
Education
, 38(6),
841-856.
doi:10.10
80/03075
079.2011.
604408
Tobias, S.
(2013).
Perspectiv
e
transform
ation
through
servicelearning:
Student
reflections
. Aurco
Journal,
19, 120131.