Between School and Work - New Perspectives on Transfer and Boundary-Crossing (Hardcover, Library)

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 seven chapters that present studies on learning and transfer in different domains of vocational and professional education. Part III presents three studies that describe and analyze learning in workplaces. The chapters of these three parts report on a range of empirical and developmental studies which have developed new 'tools for learning and transfer' in vocational education. The book ends with an epilogue consisting of a critical reflection on the earlier chapters in relation to how they approach two key transfer issues - the relationship between school knowledge and the knowledge acquired in working life, and the relationship between transfer and boundary crossing at the individual and collective levels.
The chapters of this book are basedon original research undertaken by members and invited experts of a European COST Action A 11 Working Group 2 which includes researchers from twelve different countries.

General

Imprint:	Pergamon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Advances in Learning and Instruction S.
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Terttu Tuomi-Grohn • Yrjo Engestrom
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	333
Edition:	Library
ISBN-13:	978-0-08-044296-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Books > Social sciences > Education > Careers guidance > Industrial or vocational training Promotions
LSN:	0-08-044296-X
Barcode:	9780080442969

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