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Series:   Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

Teaching Publishing and Editorial Practice

The Transition from University to Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2022

Jocelyn Hargrave
Jocelyn Hargrave
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The University of Melbourne

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A key challenge facing all educators working in practice-based subjects is the need to negotiate tensions between past and present and provide a training that prepares students for fast-changing conditions, while also conveying long-standing principles. This Element therefore investigates how effectively editing and publishing programmes prepare graduates for industry and how well these graduates translate this instruction to the workplace. Taking a global perspective to gauge the state of the discipline, the mixed-methods approach used for this Element comprised two online surveys for educators and graduates, three semi-structured interviews with industry practitioners (scholarly, education and trade) and ethnographic practice (author as educator and practitioner). Three key concepts also framed this Element's enquiry: being, learning and doing. The Element demonstrates how these transitioning but interdependent concepts have the potential to form a holistic practice-led pedagogy for students of editing and publishing programmes.
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editorial pedagogyeditorial practicepublishinggraduatestransition
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Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Online ISBN: 9781108866880
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 24 February 2022

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