Students' Perception and Opinion on Training in Working Context at a Vocational School

Session Information

ERG SES H 09, Transitions and education

Parallel Paper Session

Time:
2012-09-18
13:15-14:45
Room:
FCEE - Aula 2.9
Chair:
Alison Neilson

Contribution

The Training in Working Context (TWC), while alternating training and part of the technical component of the professional education courses, had a conceptual change with the reformation of the educational system in 2004. No longer exclusively associated with the application of knowledge received at school, to also include new learning and new skills acquired within the context of work, that reinforce and / or consolidate the first and simultaneously function as enhancers in new acquisitions when and if the students return to school. It is therefore important to understand the meaning that students of this type of teaching give to this phase of their training, through the analysis of perceptions / opinions that attach to the TWC as part of their courses, balancing three dimensions: To evaluate the formation prior to TWC as preparation / integration of students into the same; Realizing if the TWC was a source of consolidation of prior learning and is itself an enhancer of new learning; Apprehend the effect of experience of the TWC on the learning of students when they return to school.

Method

Empirical research is based on analysis of perception/opinions of students regarding their experiences in the TWC, which seeks to understand the context of the school and the workplace are two different worlds, or to reflect an effective approach between the school and labor, ie, it is necessary to understand how these two realities are interrelated and interinfluence the particular case of students attending vocational education. Thus, starting from the question - what is the meaning that students attach to the Professional Education courses integrated into the TWC professional education, it was possible to consider three dimensions: To evaluate the formation prior to TWC as preparation / integration of students into the same; Understanding if the TWC was a source of consolidation of prior learning and is itself-enhancing new learning; grasp the effect of experience of the TWC on student learning when they return to school. This study was carried out under a quantitative methodology, with a few quality items, by drafting and passing of a mixed survey with closed and open questions. The survey answers were analyzed statistically and the open questions were analyses through the content analysis method.

Expected Outcomes

It is possible to rethink the TWC to create the necessary conditions towards more complex levels of training in alternation, which would lead to the creation of educational tools that would make the articulation between theory and practice easier, between different domains/training contexts, ie., a methodology for planning and implementation of pedagogical work. It is therefore necessary to consider and define how each context is linked in time and means to foster education through the creation of a map to keep up with the learning of students, managed and coordinated by those responsible for training both at school and company or institution, that is, there is a need to create a project of training per student. But to make this relationship between the school and the company viable, without creating obstacles and noise in the operation of both institutions, a greater effort would be required at the beginning of the process that makes it normative, and then allow a natural flow between training contexts at school and at work, thus facilitating the smooth functioning of both institutions.

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Author Information

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto
Porto

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