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Download full textKristina Mikkonen; Johanna Pirttisalo; Sari Pramila-Savukoski; Kati Immonen; Miro Koskenranta; Anna-Maria Tuomikoski; Merja Männistö; Tuulikki Sjögren; Meeri Koivula; Minna Koskimäki; Heli-Maria Kuivila – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2024
The study's purpose was to describe the competence in well-being at work of social and health care educators and the factors influencing it. Cross-sectional study. Data were collected using a questionnaire from social and health care educators (n=243) working at ten randomly selected educational organizations. K-means clustering was used to…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Well Being, Administrator Role, Work Environment
Direct linkItkonen, Tuija; Talib, Mirja-Tytti; Dervin, Fred – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
This article examines teachers' perspectives on interculturality and diversity within the context of upper secondary vocational education and training (VET) in Finland. Increasing diversity in VET education challenges teachers' sense of interculturality and their readiness to interact with and treat the "other" fairly. Compared to other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Lappalainen, Sirpa – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2014
In the current economic order, the basic duty of citizens is to find placements in the internationalising labour market. Internationalism has been a common educational objective throughout Europe. Previously associated as a feature of middle-class subjectivities and academic education, it is implemented in the agenda of vocational education as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Services, Health Occupations
Virolainen, Maarit Hannele; Stenstrom, Marja-Leena; Kantola, Mauri – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
This article examines internships as part of the apprenticeship model of learning adopted in higher education. We focus on employers' views on internships, which have hitherto received only limited attention. Our study explores employers' experiences in organizing internships, and their collaboration with one University of Applied Sciences,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Employer Attitudes, Work Experience
Mahlamaki-Kultanen, Seija; Hulkari, Kirsti – 2003
The pedagogical functions of simple World Wide Web-based discussions during work-based learning periods in vocational education were examined in a study of a secondary-level work-based practical nursing program in Finland. The students (age range, 16 to 43 years) participated in 17 Web discussion groups during their 120-week practical nursing…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Developed Nations, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries
Nijhof, Wim J., Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays, which is arranged in four sections, concerns flexibility in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems of Europe. The first section, "Introduction," includes the following chapter: "Shaping Conditions for a Flexible VET" (Nieuwenhuis et al.). The second section, "Institutional and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Gonon, Philipp, Ed.; Haefeli, Kurt, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Ludwig, Iris, Ed. – 2001
In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice
