FACULTYSURVEY - PTFEE
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ToomanyemployersuseWIL simply to reduce their salary costs
Thecosts tostudentsoutweigh thebenefitsofWIL
Studentswhoparticipatearemoreemployable thanother students.
Particularlyvaluable for students considered“at-risk”
Participating increases students' ability to reflect on learning
Onlyuseful for studentswhogodirectly to the labourmarket after graduation
Lets studentsexplorecareer interests andclarify career goals
Lets students apply theoryandskills learned in theclassroom
Lackof evidenceabout the impact onstudent learning
Increases students’ self-confidence
Increases students’ engagement in their academic studies
Improves students’ understandingof academic coursecontent
Helps studentsdevelopcontacts andnetworks for futureemployment
Helps studentsbetter understandwork realities andexpectations
Enhances theexperience for students.
Engages students in thinking criticallyabout theworkplaceand thenatureofwork.
Employers, not students, are themainbeneficiaries
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Theprimarybenefitsperceivedby respondents for students toparticipating inWILwashelping themunderstand thenatureof
work, developcontacts, andapply theoryandskills in theworkplace. Respondentsoverall believedWILwas apositiveexperience
for students (Figure16).
Figure16:
