Towards Integration of Work and Learning

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

4. From Individual Learning to Organisational Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Transformation Of Individual Learning Into Organisational And Networked Learning In Vocational Education

      • Päivi Tynjälä, Pentti Nikkanen

      Pages 117-135

   3. Evaluation Approaches for Workplace Learning Partnerships in VET: Investigating the Learning Dimension

      • Ludger Deitmer, Lars Heinemann

      Pages 137-151

   4. Developing Entrepreneurship In Small Enterprises – The Succession Process Supported By Apprenticeship Training As A Context For Learning

      • Kari Itkonen

      Pages 153-170

5. Transformations in Work and Education Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. How Workers Cope With Changes In Working Life: Adaptation Strategies

      • Krista Loogma

      Pages 173-185

   3. Connections Of School- And Work-Based Learning In The Netherlands

      • Jeroen Onstenk

      Pages 187-199

   4. Work Experience Constructed by Polytechnics, Students, and Working Life: Spaces for Connectivity and Transformation

      • Maarit Virolainen

      Pages 201-220

   5. Connecting Work and Learning Through Demonstrations of Vocational Skills – Experiences from the Finnish VET

      • Marja-Leena Stenström

      Pages 221-238

6. Back Matter

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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.

• Entrepreneurship
• Strategie
• life-long learning
• organization
• work-based learning
• working life
• workplace learning

• Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

  Marja-Leena Stenström, Päivi Tynjälä

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