Students' experiences of workplace learning in Finnish VET
Virtanen, A., & Tynjälä, P. (2008). Students' experiences of workplace learning in Finnish VET. European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008/2(44), 199-213.
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The Finnish vocational education and training system underwent remarkable transformations at the turn of the century. One of the biggest changes was introducing compulsory and guided on-the-job
learning periods in all study programmes. In this article, students’ experiences of on-the-job learning and in particular of integrating school-based and work-based learning and guidance of
students are examined. Data were gathered by an Internet questionnaire of final-year students at
vocational institutes in the City of Helsinki (N=1282). The questionnaire was answered by 41
% of the students. In general, students were satisfied with connecting school-based and work-based
learning and guidance in vocational institutes and at workplaces. However, there were clear
differences between fields of study. On-the-job learning seemed to function best in social and healthcare.
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