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The strap-line doesn't seem to be answered properly by the essay. The postulation that education isn't about teaching skills, its about teaching employability
by KaiserPro 3y ago
The strap-line doesn't seem to be answered properly by the essay.
The postulation that education isn't about teaching skills, its about teaching employability seems to be rooted in the idea that certification is the only real product of education is wrong.
You hire someone with excellent grades in maths for a maths heavy job.
You hire someone with previous machinist's experience, because you want to hire someone who can operate a lathe/CNC/mill/other.
You don't hire them because they have a certificate.
The author seems to think that skills are similar to certificates of authenticity. What they seem to forget is that certificates of education indicates ability where as guarantees of authenticity indicate value.
- extra88 3y agoMost employers don't look at grades. Assessing skills is time-consuming and often difficult; a degree, especially from a selective school, is a signal that the student satisfied the school's assessments for entry and continuous assessments to remain enrolled to completion. Previous employment at a known, desirable employer (e.g. FAANGs) serves the same kind of purpose. It is presumed that having the degree correlates to having certain skills. Often the skills they have and also the skills desired never appeared on any syllabus; they're meta-skills useful to thriving in the university, academically and non-academically, that will also be useful in the workplace.