Developing Connectivity between Education and Work

Eva Kyndt is Associate Professor at both the Department for Training and Education Sciences at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Centre for the New Workforce Swinburne, University of Technology Melbourne, Australia. Simon Beausaert is Associate Professor of Workplace Learning at the Department for Educational Research and Development, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.Ilya Zitter is Professor at the research group Vocational Education at the Research Centre for Learning and Innovation at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands.

• Preface Section 1: Setting the stage 1.1 Connectivity between education and work: Theoretical Models and Insights 1.2 Rethinking the Connective Typology of Work Experience: the challenge of learning through internship 1.3 Integrating workplace learning in formal educational programmes Section 2: Designing across boundaries 2.1 Teacher externships: designing a boundary crossing professional development initiative in higher education 2.2 Learning at the Interface of Higher Education and Work: Experiences of Students, Teachers and Workplace partners 2.3 Boundary crossing in vocational education and research: the case of Regional Learning Section 3: Boundary objects for connectivity 3.1 Teachers’ use of digital boundary objects to connect school and workplace-based learning in dual vocational education 3.2 Digital tools as boundary objects to support connectivity in dual vocational education: Towards a definition of design principles Section 4: Guidance for connectivity 4.1 Fostering students’ reflection and employability competences through a mentoring programme in higher education 4.2 Collaborative Communication between Teachers and Company Supervisors for Integrative Teaching: An Exploratory Study in Australia, Germany and Switzerland. 4.3 Pedagogic strategies at the boundary of school and work Conclusion: On principles for connectivity