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9781402089619: Towards Integration of Work and Learning: Strategies for Connectivity and Transformation

Synopsis

Marja-Leena Stenstrom ] and Pai ] vi Tynjal ] a ] Changing Working Life as a Challenge to Education Recentmacro-leveltrends, suchaseconomicglobalisation, thedevelopmentofthe- formationsociety, changesinmethodsofproductionandtheorganisationofwork, and the growing signi?cance of knowledge as a factor of production, have created a new context for the relationship between education and working life. In this new context, the use of work experience as an educational and learning strategy has become one ofthemostimportantdevelopmentsbothinvocationaleducationandtraining(VET) and in higher education. Although the tradition of making work an integral part of education has varied at different levels of the educational system, the challenges that systems of education currently face are very similar in many respects. These include thechallengeofequivalenceasregardsthelevelofacademicstandards, thechallenge ofdevelopingpedagogicalpracticesfordifferentformsofwork-relatedlearning, and the impact that work-related learning has on the identity of the educational orga- sation, the teacher, and the learner. The diversity of the systems through which work experience is realised, the varying levels of training of workplace trainers, and the lack of industrial experience of vocational school teachers have aroused discussion abouthowtoguaranteeandassessthequalityofthelearningtakingplaceindifferent workplaces and of the work-based learning system as a whole. (See e. g. Boud & Solomon, 2001, p. 27; Grif?ths & Guile, 2004; Guile &Grif?ths, 2001. ) The key pedagogical question regarding collaboration between education and work is how to build a ?rm connection between theory and practice or abstract thinking and practical action - and between the development of general skills and speci?cvocational skills.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book examines learning taking place on the interface between education and working life at three levels: the individual learning processes; the organisational learning processes in educational institutions and work organisations; and the education system.

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9789048180363: Towards Integration of Work and Learning: Strategies for Connectivity and Transformation

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ISBN 10 :  9048180368 ISBN 13 :  9789048180363
Editeur : Springer, 2010
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