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TITLE	Between School and Work
ISBN	0-08-044296-X
URL	Hyperlink
AUTHORS	Tuomi-Grohn, T.;Engestrom, Y.
EDITION
VOLUME
PAGES	370
IMPRINT	Pergamon
BINDING	HC
DESCRIPTION	Hardbound. This book opens up new theoretical perspectives and practical possibilities to analyze the learning opportunities emerging in the transitional zones between educational institutions and workplaces. International contributors draw on a range of ideas developed within constructivistic, socio-cultural and activity theory and focus in different ways on the processes of transition, transfer and boundary crossing as central to learning, especially in vocational and professional education contexts. The book begins with four chapters which locate the renewed interest in transfer and the emerging interest in boundary crossing in the context of knowledge society in terms of the following (a) the historical development of learning theories, (b) the theoretical advances made in socio-cultural approaches as regards learning, transfer and boundary crossing, and (c) sociological approaches to links between school and workplace learning. Part II contains s
PUBDATE	01-Aug-03
USD	88
Euro	88
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TOC	Contributors. From transfer to boundary crossing between school and work as a tool for developing vocational education: an introduction (T. Tuomi-Gröhn et al.). Boundary Crossing as a Theoretical Basis for Research on Transfer. Conceptualizing transfer: from standard notions to developmental perspectives (T. Tuomi-Gröhn, Y. Engeström). Consequential transitions: a developmental view of knowledge propagation through social organizations (K. Beach). Transfer and transition in vocational education: some theoretical considerations (D. Guile, M. Young). Learning and Transfer in Vocational Education. Exploration of an industrial enterprise as a method of boundary crossing in vocational education (B. Fuerstenau). Developing competence during practice periods: the learner's perspective (J. van der Sanden, C. Teurlings). Curriculum-embedded mastery learning as a tool for fostering transfer (F. Achtenhagen). Boundary crossing in the context of intercultural learning (S. Weber). "Speaking from experience" boundary crossing within a pre-vocational education programme in Ireland (G. Granville, M. Reilly). Developmental transfer as a goal of internship in practical nursing (T. Tuomi-Gröhn). Promoting developmental transfer in vocational teacher education (P. Lambert). Learning in Workplaces. Learning in working life, from theory to practice (P. Angervall, P-O. Thång). A model for analyzing knowledge content and processes of learning a trade within alternance vocational training (A. Sannino et al.). Workplace learning across activity systems: a case study of sales engineers (S.R. Ludvigsen et al.). Epilogue: from transfer to boundary crossing (R. Säljö).
SUBJECT	Education (General)
BOOK SERIES	Advances in Learning and Instruction
SUPER AREA	Social and Behavioral Sciences

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