Preparation for Working Life: Utilizing Workplace Experiences to Support Initial Occupational Preparation

• In Event: Roundtable Session 4

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Educational policy is increasingly being directed towards how young people can be prepared for working life and, in particular, specific occupations. There is a strong need to consider what kinds of educational arrangements can provide appropriate experiences for students, meet their expectations about preparation for working life, and specific occupations, and address the requirements of employers, unions and employer bodies and professional associations. Against this background workplace experiences seems to be crucial. Consequently, it is necessary to consider a range of models and approaches to initial occupational preparation that includes workplace experiences. Presented here are a range of such models advanced by researchers from different countries and institutional and cultural contexts for occupational preparation that draw upon research projects.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Workplace Learning

Chair

• Christian Harteis, Paderborn University

Papers

• Collective Guidance in the Apprenticeship Education in Finnish Small and Medium-Sized Companies - Petri J. Nokelainen, Tampere University of Technology; Laura Pylväs, University of Tampere; Heta Rintala, University of Tampere; Susanna Mikkonen, University of Tampere

• Integrating Workplace Experiences in Formal Educational Programs - David Gijbels, University of Antwerp; Vincent Donche, University of Antwerp; Piet Van den Bossche, Maastricht University

• Two Distinct Conceptions of Apprenticeship - Stephen Richard Billett, Griffith University

• Models of Education-Work Transitions - David Guile, Institute of Education - London

• The Role of Emotions in Learning From Errors in the Workplace - Andreas Rausch, University of Bamberg; Christian Harteis, Paderborn University; Juergen Seifried, University of Mannheim