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Employability and Transitions: Fostering the Future of Young Adult Graduates

  • Vanna Boffo

Starting from questions inspired by the tremendous changes taking place in the worlds of education and employment, this research focuses on the role of employability in the building of new skills in higher education contexts. This longitudinal survey conducted on a sample of 52 graduates from the Educational Science sector found certain key characteristics in the transitions to the world of work, allowing reflection on those educational activities whose impact is more favourable to develop job placement

  • Keywords:
  • employability,
  • adult education,
  • higher education,
  • competences,
  • work pedagogy,
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Vanna Boffo

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6502-2484

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Chapter Title

Employability and Transitions: Fostering the Future of Young Adult Graduates

Authors

Vanna Boffo

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/978-88-6453-672-9.19

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2018

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Book Title

Employability & Competences

Book Subtitle

Innovative Curricula for New Professions

Editors

Vanna Boffo, Monica Fedeli

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Number of Pages

510

Publication Year

2018

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© 2018 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/978-88-6453-672-9

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978-88-6453-671-2

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Studies on Adult Learning and Education

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2704-596X

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2704-5781

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