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Academic Engagement through Experiential Learning: Building Transferable Skills within Undergraduate Education

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2012
Abstract/Description:
Presently, there is a national focus on the industry-benefitting skills developed through undergraduate education. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of an experiential learning course on building three ability-based transferable skills: communication, emotional intelligence, and professional qualities. These skills have been determined to be important components to the skill set of graduates intending to enter any career, including one within the hospitality industry. Results from an examination of three related instruments led to conclusions that an experiential learning course positively impacts self-perceived skill development among the three aforementioned skills as well as perception of overall performance. In addition, it was determined that experiential learning courses benefitted interns irrespective of self-reported learning style preference and that such courses may aid in narrowing the perceived gap between intern and employer perceptions of intern skill levels and thereby prepare graduates with increasing success for societal productivity.
Title: Academic Engagement through Experiential Learning: Building Transferable Skills within Undergraduate Education.
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Name(s): Lee, Shara, Author
Cintron Delgado, Rosa, Committee Chair
Laureano Fuentes, Gloria, Committee Member
Boyd, Karen, Committee Member
Okumus, Fevzi, Committee Member
Dressler, Sheri, Committee Member
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2012
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Presently, there is a national focus on the industry-benefitting skills developed through undergraduate education. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of an experiential learning course on building three ability-based transferable skills: communication, emotional intelligence, and professional qualities. These skills have been determined to be important components to the skill set of graduates intending to enter any career, including one within the hospitality industry. Results from an examination of three related instruments led to conclusions that an experiential learning course positively impacts self-perceived skill development among the three aforementioned skills as well as perception of overall performance. In addition, it was determined that experiential learning courses benefitted interns irrespective of self-reported learning style preference and that such courses may aid in narrowing the perceived gap between intern and employer perceptions of intern skill levels and thereby prepare graduates with increasing success for societal productivity.
Identifier: CFE0004568 (IID), ucf:49189 (fedora)
Note(s): 2012-12-01
Ed.D.
Education, Educational and Human Sciences
Doctoral
This record was generated from author submitted information.
Subject(s): experiential learning -- transferable skill -- hospitality -- internship -- cooperative education -- engagement -- communication -- emotional intelligence -- professional qualities -- ethics
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004568
Restrictions on Access: public 2012-12-15
Host Institution: UCF

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