Guiding Workplace Learning in Vocational Education and Training: A Literature Review

• In Event: 41.083 - Roundtable Session 15
  In Roundtable Session: 41.083-21 - Drivers and Barriers to Get the Most Out of Workplace Learning in Educational Settings

Abstract

This review focuses on studies of guidance in the context of workplace learning within the education system. Results show strong evidence for the collective nature of workplace guidance, with the entire work community providing learners with guidance and assistance. Guidance provided to VET students at workplaces seems to relate strongly to the activities of members of communities of practice. Guidance provided by members of communities of practice opens up opportunities for learners to participate in collective practices by gradually assuming more responsibility and more demanding tasks as their skills develop. The learner’s self-regulative skills affect how guidance is afforded to him/her in the work community during training.

Authors

• Heta Rintala, Tampere University of Technology

• Laura Pylväs, University of Tampere

• Petri J. Nokelainen, Tampere University of Technology