ERIC Number: EJ1030991
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0729-4360
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The Capstone Experience: Student and Academic Perspectives
Thomas, Keith; Wong, Kin-chi; Li, Yi-ching
Higher Education Research and Development, v33 n3 p580-594 2014
A principal consideration in recent cross-sector educational reforms in Hong Kong is ensuring that undergraduate programmes prepare students for the future workplace, a factor that has made the capstone a central feature of the new four-year curriculum. This paper discusses a study that explored the final-year student experience based on a final-year project (FYP). Both recent graduate and final-year student feedbacks reveal some uncertainty and a lack of confidence over successful transition that graduates attribute to an overtly research focus in the current design of FYPs. Inviting comment from senior academics allows a fuller picture of the rationale behind, and administrative considerations in, conducting a capstone experience. This formative study highlights specific features in designing a capstone experience and the need for academic engagement in order to support the desired outcome of graduate employability.
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Student Experience, Student Projects, Formative Evaluation, Employment Potential, Educational Change, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Semi Structured Interviews, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys, Graduate Surveys, Curriculum Design, Participant Satisfaction, Undergraduate Study, College Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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