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Publication Date: 2021
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Communication to Strengthen Connectivity for Integration across Learning Sites: Teachers' Purposes and Approaches
Choy, Sarojni; Sappa, Viviana
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, v22 n2 p135-148 2021
The study investigated teachers' purposes and approaches to communication for connectivity and integration of learning, informed by two research questions which examined teachers' approaches to connecting with those responsible for students' learning and integration when they are in the workplace; and what outcomes teachers expected to achieve through such communication. An online survey was completed by 95 vocational education and training (VET) teachers from Queensland, Australia, and the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The findings show that teachers are well-connected and achieve multiple purposes when communicating with industry supervisors. Their main purposes of communication are to coordinate and cooperate to improve arrangements for students' learning, and to a lesser extent, to co-construct curricula. Communication to co-design learning activities and scenarios would further enhance the connectivity and integration. This research contributes to a gap in literature on teachers' purposes for communicating for connectivity and integration of learning
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Industry, School Business Relationship, Student Placement, Supervisors, Computer Mediated Communication, Coordination
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Switzerland
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