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Virtanen, Anne; Tynjälä, Päivi; Collin, Kaija – Vocations and Learning, 2009
In Finnish VET, students' work experience is explicitly defined as workplace learning, instead of the practice of already learnt skills. Therefore, vocational students' learning periods in the workplace are goal-oriented, guided and assessed. This paper examines the characteristics of students' workplace learning and compares them with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Workplace Learning, Comparative Analysis
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Collin, Kaija; Paloniemi, Susanna; Virtanen, Anne; Eteläpelto, Anneli – Vocations and Learning, 2008
This paper analyses and discusses different constraints on workplace learning, vocational development and formation of identity. We ask how the learning and development of vocational identities are related to the various learning constraints and restrictions present in the socio-cultural contexts of the workplace. The study utilizes 20 interviews…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Questionnaires, Online Surveys, Vocational Education