What makes a good student placement: recognising the importance of people

Anna Rowe; Theresa Winchester-Seeto

What makes a good student placement: recognising the importance of people

Anna Rowe, Theresa Winchester-Seeto

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Abstract

Student placements have a long history in higher education. Despite the documented benefits of placements and work-integrated learning more broadly, there is very little scholarship addressing multiple stakeholders' perspectives on placement quality. Thirty-seven stakeholders (university staff, students and host supervisors) were asked to describe the top three things that, in their view, made a good student placement. Responses were thematically analysed using a grounded theory approach. Student skills and attributes, host attributes and supervision, relationships and communication, and matching and alignment (relating to expectations and stakeholder needs) were key areas identified. Results clearly show that people factors, particularly hosts and students, are perceived to be the most important in making a good placement. Practical and research implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Our university, our future
Subtitle of host publication	selected research from Learning and Teaching Week 2013
Editors	Theresa Winchester-Seeto, Elizabeth Shoostovian, Vanessa Fredericks
Place of Publication	North Ryde, NSW
Publisher	Macquarie University
Pages	32-37
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781741384024
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Our University, Our Future : Celebrating Learning and Teaching 2013 - North Ryde, NSW Duration: 16 Sept 2013 → 20 Sept 2013

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Conference	Our University, Our Future : Celebrating Learning and Teaching 2013
City	North Ryde, NSW
Period	16/09/13 → 20/09/13

Keywords

higher education
student placements
qualitative research
stakeholder perceptions
work-integrated learning

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Rowe, A & Winchester-Seeto, T 2014, What makes a good student placement: recognising the importance of people. in T Winchester-Seeto, E Shoostovian & V Fredericks (eds), Our university, our future: selected research from Learning and Teaching Week 2013. Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, pp. 32-37, Our University, Our Future : Celebrating Learning and Teaching 2013, North Ryde, NSW, 16/09/13.

What makes a good student placement: recognising the importance of people. / Rowe, Anna; Winchester-Seeto, Theresa.
Our university, our future: selected research from Learning and Teaching Week 2013. ed. / Theresa Winchester-Seeto; Elizabeth Shoostovian; Vanessa Fredericks. North Ryde, NSW: Macquarie University, 2014. p. 32-37.

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