Abstract
Personal development Planning (PDP) has become a central feature for students in higher education and is linked to employability. This has come about as the result of an awareness that in a globalized education and workplace market, students need to be more competitive in developing and marketing their academic and other skills. However, this inner-directed process has spawned a discourse of voluntarism that dissolves engagement with political issues such as the gender implications of programmes of study and associated careers. This paper argues that a gender-neutral focus on the ‘person’ can potentially lead to the maintenance of inequalities for career pathways for men and women. This conceptualization is compared with that of work-life balance which, in effect, is taken as applying more to women than men, but which is formulated within gender-neutral discourse.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of IAC 2020 in Vienna |
| Editors | Helena Kratochvílová, Radek Kratochvíl |
| Place of Publication | Prague |
| Publisher | Czech Institute of Academic Education |
| Pages | 7-14 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788088203179 |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Jul 2020 |
| Event | International Academic Conference on Teaching, Learning and E-learning - virtual, Vienna, Austria Duration: 24 Jul 2020 → 25 Jul 2020 http://www.conferences-scientific.cz/inpage/conference-vienna-iactlel-2020 |
Conference
| Conference | International Academic Conference on Teaching, Learning and E-learning |
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| Abbreviated title | IAC-TLEl in Vienna 2020 |
| Country/Territory | Austria |
| City | Vienna |
| Period | 24/07/20 → 25/07/20 |
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Keywords
- Personal development planning
- Gender
- Higher education