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Grosjean, Garnet

 
9783838320021: 'Doing Co-op': Students Perceptions of Learning and Work
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838320026 ISBN 13 : 9783838320021
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Where, when, and how does learning happen? These questions have interested researchers since Aristotle?s time. In one of the first comprehensive studies on the topic of learning in co-operative education programs (co-op), this book provides an insight into the perceptions and learning styles of university students in a variety of co-op programs. An educational strategy that alternates students between the classroom and the workplace, co-op began in North America in 1906, and has since spread to more than 50 countries worldwide. The implementation of advanced technologies, and increased global competition fuel debates about what skills are needed in a knowledge-intensive economy. These debates concern relevancy?whether universities produce graduates able to compete in new labour markets. The study examines students? experience of the classroom and the co-op workplace to determine benefits that might accrue from the relevancy of the co-op work experience. Results indicate that such experience affects students? career expectations and expected job outcomes, and is mediated by the perceived relevance of, and satisfaction with, their co-op work experience.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Where, when, and how does learning happen? These questions have interested researchers since Aristotle?s time. In one of the first comprehensive studies on the topic of learning in co-operative education programs (co-op), this book provides an insight into the perceptions and learning styles of university students in a variety of co-op programs. An educational strategy that alternates students between the classroom and the workplace, co-op began in North America in 1906, and has since spread to more than 50 countries worldwide. The implementation of advanced technologies, and increased global competition fuel debates about what skills are needed in a knowledge-intensive economy. These debates concern relevancy?whether universities produce graduates able to compete in new labour markets. The study examines students? experience of the classroom and the co-op workplace to determine benefits that might accrue from the relevancy of the co-op work experience. Results indicate that such experience affects students? career expectations and expected job outcomes, and is mediated by the perceived relevance of, and satisfaction with, their co-op work experience.

Biographie de l'auteur

Garnet Grosjean holds a PhD in Adult and Higher Education. He is a lecturer at the University of British Columbia in Canada, and coordinates an Intercontinental MEd program in Adult learning and Global Change. His research focuses on experiential education, adult learning strategies, impacts of globalisation, and learning in online programs.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838320026
ISBN 13 
9783838320021
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
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