Pathways to formally assessed work placement : employers' perspectives on collaborative education in the Australian construction industry Mills, Anthony J., McLaughlin, Patricia and Davis, Peter 2011, Pathways to formally assessed work placement : employers' perspectives on collaborative education in the Australian construction industry, in PAQS 2011 : Proceedings of the Cost Management in a World Emerging from Adversity : 15th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress, Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 231-237. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mills-pathwaysto-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 148.55KB 117 Title Pathways to formally assessed work placement : employers' perspectives on collaborative education in the Australian construction industry Author(s) Mills, Anthony J. orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-1550 McLaughlin, Patricia Davis, Peter Conference name Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress (15th : 2011 : Colombo, Sri Lanka) Conference location Colombo, Sri Lanka Conference dates 23-26 Jul. 2011 Title of proceedings PAQS 2011 : Proceedings of the Cost Management in a World Emerging from Adversity : 15th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress Editor(s) Rameezdeen, R. Senaratne, S. Sandanayake, Y. G. Publication date 2011 Conference series Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress Start page 231 End page 237 Total pages 7 Publisher Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka Place of publication Colombo, Sri Lanka Keyword(s) collaborative education project-based work property and construction employment work-integrated learning Summary The QS and construction industry is uniquely impacted by project-based work environments. This creates special challenges for collaborative, work-integrated education of pre-professional students. This research is based on investigating the attitudes of employer’s towards the use of formally assessed internships. The study comprised two stages- firstly a series of pilot interviews were undertaken with employers to test a number known issues and secondly, the results from the interviews were used to refine a set of questions that were put to a large focus group of employers who were invited from across the property and construction sector in Australia. The results showed that many employer organisations expressed considerable goodwill towards collaborative education with universities. However, the challenges caused by project-based work environments restrict employers' ability to provide comprehensive learning opportunities. This research discusses some of the distinctive issues associated with work-integrated learning in the construction industry and proposes some potential opportunities for overcoming these restrictions. Notes Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au ISBN 9789550713011 Language eng Field of Research 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning Socio Economic Objective 930301 Assessment and Evaluation of Curriculum HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2011, Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka Free to Read? 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