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ERIC Number: EJ636493
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-6820
The Relative Contributions of Institutional and Workplace Learning Environments: An Analysis of Apprenticeship Training.
Harris, Roger; Willis, Peter; Simons, Michele; Collins, Emily
Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v53 n2 p263-78 2001
Interviews and focus groups with 32 apprentices, 21 employers, and 6 teachers in Australia's construction industry showed that on-the-job learning was perceived as more real and focused on "how"; off-the-job learning was less pressured, broader, more theoretical, and concerns with "why." The different contributions each made to apprentices' development supports the need for both. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Construction Industry, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Off the Job Training, On the Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Workplace Learning