- Title
- Is education blithely producing unemployed graduates?: A reflection based on a review of environmental skills initiatives 2016-2021
- Creator
- Rosenberg, Eureta
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/370619
- Identifier
- vital:66360
- Identifier
- xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i89a08"
- Description
- A statement from the president of the Black Business Council (BBC) that "our education system continues to produce the unemployed graduates" (NewZRoomAfrika, 2021) because "the courses they are doing are not required by industry" reflects the perennial perception that South Africa's education system is a cause of unemployment. In this paper, I explore aspects of this perception through a meta-review of environmental skills-related studies conducted over the past five years. Data used in these studies include graduation trends based on higher education, employer surveys, analyses of skills needs in the workplace compared to courses offered, and case examples of internships and teacher development. Using an ecological-systems model, I relate the findings, in a layered critical realist analysis, to the socio-cultural milieu in South Africa. I challenge the conception of relevant graduate education evident in the BBC's statement.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (23 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Education University of KwaZulu-Natal, Rosenberg, E., 2022. Is education blithely producing unemployed graduates? A reflection based on a review of environmental skills initiatives (2016-2021). Journal of Education (University of KwaZulu-Natal), (89), pp.146-168, Journal of Education University of KwaZulu-Natal volume 89 p. 146 2022 2520-9868
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- Publisher
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- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Journal of Education (University of KwaZulu-Natal) (http://www.scielo.org.za/revistas/jed/iaboutj.htm)
- Rights
- Open Access
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Rosenberg, Eureta (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Global Change Social Learning Systems Development: Transformative Learning and Green Skills Learning (ELRC)
SDG 04. Quality Education
SDG 08. Decent Work and Economic Growth
RU Department of Education
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