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Strategies Used in Learning for Employment: What Students Say About Their Lecturers
Eureka Mokibelo
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2023.01.003
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
This paper examines the strategies used by lecturers to prepare students for employment at the University of Botswana in Botswana from the students’ perspective. There have been criticisms in the past from the job market that the institution does not adequately prepare students for employment. When students complete their education they still need service training to fit in the world of work. The study explored the problem using the qualitative approach and utilized open ended questionnaires and focus group discussions to get students’ views on strategies used by their lecturers to train and expose them to the world of work. The results of the study indicated that students appreciated lecturers’ efforts to teach students, lecturers used various teaching pedagogies to empower students to fit in the world of work such as lecturing, motivational speakers, attachments, and internships amongst other things. The study concluded that the institution needs to review its programmes to dedicate more time to practical work than theory to expose learners to the world of work.
strategies, mechanisms, lecturers, employment, students
Eureka Mokibelo. (2023). Strategies Used in Learning for Employment: What Students Say About Their Lecturers. US-China Education Review A, Jan.-Feb. 2023, Vol. 13, No. 1, 19-30.
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