Towards Integration of Work and Learning: Strategies for Connectivity and Transformation 2009 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Jacket Description/Back: This book examines learning taking place on the interface between education and working life at three levels: the individual learning processes; the organisational learning processes in educational institutions and work organisations; and the education system. Theoretical concepts uniting these different fields of learning are connectivity and transformation. Here, connectivity refers to processes that contribute to close relationships and connection between different elements of learning situations, contexts of learning and systems to promote learning. Transformation refers to the changes and developmental processes to be achieved through connecting different elements of learning. The book provides a comprehensive review of the integration of work and learning, which is a central issue in current discussion on the development of vocational and professional expertise. The contributors represent a broad range of experience and the articles are based on recent, extensive empirical studies. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements PART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: NEW PARADIGMS OF WORK AND LEARNING 1 Introduction Marja-Leena Stenstrom & Paivi Tynjala 2 Connectivity and Transformation in Work-Related Learning Theoretical Foundations Paivi Tynjala 3 Being, Doing, Making A Paradigm for the Connective Curriculum Matti Vesa Volanen PART II: INTEGRATING WORK AND LEARNING IN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES 4 Connecting Work and Learning in Industrial Design and Development Kaija Collin 5 Work Integration in Social Enterprises: Employment for the Sake of Learning Fernando Marhuenda 6 Educating Novices at the Workplace: Transformation of Conceptions and Skills of Students on a Metal Industry Course Mari Murtonen, Sari Sahlstrom & Paivi Tynjala PART III: FROM INDIVIDUAL LEARNING TO ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 7 Transformation of Individual Learning into Organisational and Networked Learning in Vocational Education Paivi Tynjala & Pentti Nikkanen 8 Evaluation Approaches for Workplace Learning Partnerships in VET: Investigating the Learning Dimension Ludger Deitmer & Lars Heinemann 9 Developing Entrepreneurship in small Enterprises The Succession Process Supported by Apprenticeship Training as a Context for Learning Kari Itkonen PART IV: TRANSFORMATIONS IN WORK AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS 10 How Workers Cope with Changes in Working Life: Adaptation Strategies Krista Loogma 11 Connections between School- and Work-Based Learning in the Netherlands Jeroen Onstenk 12 Work Experience Constructed by Polytechnics, Students, and Working Life: Spaces for Connectivity and Transformation MaaritVirolainen 13 Connecting Work and Learning through Demonstrations of Vocational Skills Experiences from the Finnish VET Marja-Leena Stenstrom Contributors"Publisher Marketing: This book examines learning taking place on the interface between education and working life at three levels: the individual learning processes; the organisational learning processes in educational institutions and work organisations; and the education system. Theoretical concepts uniting these different fields of learning are connectivity and transformation. Here, connectivity refers to processes that contribute to close relationships and connection between different elements of learning situations, contexts of learning and systems to promote learning. Transformation refers to the changes and developmental processes to be achieved through connecting different elements of learning.