Developing Connectivity Between Education and Work: Principles and Practices

ISBN-13: 9780367549312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 240 str.

Eva Kyndt; Simon Beausaert; Ilya Zitter

Opis

Future-oriented education needs to invest in the connectivity between learning and working in order to realise its full potential. This book presents guiding principles on how to build these successful connections. This book explores the why, how and what of designing for connectivity.

Spis treści

Preface Section 1: Setting the stage 1.1 Connectivity between education and work: Theoretical Models and Insights 1.2 Rethinking the Connective Typology of Work Experience: the challenge of learning through internship 1.3 Integrating workplace learning in formal educational programmes Section 2: Designing across boundaries 2.1 Teacher externships: designing a boundary crossing professional development initiative in higher education 2.2 Learning at the Interface of Higher Education and Work: Experiences of Students, Teachers and Workplace partners 2.3 Boundary crossing in vocational education and research: the case of Regional Learning Section 3: Boundary objects for connectivity 3.1 Teachers’ use of digital boundary objects to connect school and workplace-based learning in dual vocational education 3.2 Digital tools as boundary objects to support connectivity in dual vocational education: Towards a definition of design principles Section 4: Guidance for connectivity 4.1 Fostering students’ reflection and employability competences through a mentoring programme in higher education 4.2 Collaborative Communication between Teachers and Company Supervisors for Integrative Teaching: An Exploratory Study in Australia, Germany and Switzerland. 4.3 Pedagogic strategies at the boundary of school and work Conclusion: On principles for connectivity