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Towards Integration of Work and Learning

Strategies for Connectivity and Transformation

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Editors:
  1. Marja-Leena Stenström

    1. Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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  2. Päivi Tynjälä

    1. Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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  • Offers valuable conceptual tools for understanding the relationship between learning and working
  • Contains new and diverse perspectives into vocational and professional learning
  • Presents fresh views and useful theoretical and practical ideas for the development of VET, higher education, continuing education and workplace learning

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Theoretical Perspectives: New Paradigms of Work and Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Marja-Leena Stenström, Päivi Tynjälä
      Pages 3-10

    3. Connectivity and Transformation in Work-Related Learning – Theoretical Foundations

      • Päivi Tynjälä
      Pages 11-37

    4. Being, Doing, Making – A Paradigm for the Connective Curriculum

      • Matti Vesa Volanen
      Pages 39-59

  3. Integrating Work and Learning in Individual Experiences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Connecting Work and Learning in Industrial Design and Development

      • Kaija Collin
      Pages 63-75

    3. Work Integration in Social Enterprises: Employment for the Sake of Learning

      • Fernando Marhuenda
      Pages 77-91

    4. Educating Novices At The Workplace: Transformation Of Conceptions And Skills Of Students On A Metal Industry Course

      • Mari Murtonen, Sari Sahlström, Päivi Tynjälä
      Pages 93-113

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 239-251
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Marja-Leena Stenström, Päivi Tynjälä

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Towards Integration of Work and Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Strategies for Connectivity and Transformation

  • Editors: Marja-Leena Stenström, Päivi Tynjälä

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8962-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8961-9Published: 21 October 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8036-3Published: 10 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8962-6Published: 08 October 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 252

  • Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Cognitive Psychology

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