Standing and Attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training in Finland: Focus on Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	Rintala, Heta; Nokelainen, Petri
Titel	Standing and Attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training in Finland: Focus on Learning Environments
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 72 (2020) 2, S.250-269 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rintala, Heta) ORCID (Nokelainen, Petri)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2020.1744696
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Educational Environment; Foreign Countries; Expectation; Educational Attitudes; Education Work Relationship; Vocational Education Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Employer Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Apprenticeships; Secondary Education; Alignment (Education); Workplace Learning; Vocational Schools; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ausland; Expectancy; Erwartung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Ausbilder; Lehrerverhalten; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Schülerverhalten; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Sekundarbereich; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Finnland
Abstract	This article discusses the standing and attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET) in Finland. We argue that learning environments, along with the expectations for and attitudes towards them, are related to the attractiveness of VET. The empirical part of the article describes a comprehensive view of learning environments based on our several interview data sets and previous findings. Four sets of existing interview data (N = 96) are combined to depict school--work connection from the viewpoints of VET providers and teachers (n = 23) and workplace actors, including employer representatives and learners' workplace trainers and co-workers (n = 30), as well as from the perspective of VET learners (students and apprentices; n = 43). The article discusses the design rationale behind learning environments and the challenges these environments face in Finland. The article concludes that learning environment design is focused on alignment between school and work. However, based on the interview data, there are attitudes and practices that hinder the connectivity between education and work, and the responsibility to align various experiences is largely left to the learner. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01