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This book opens up new theoretical perspectives and practical possibilities to analyze the learning opportunities emerging in the transitional zones between educational institutions and workplaces. International contributors draw on a range of ideas developed within constructivistic, socio-cultural and activity theory and focus in different ways on the processes of transition, transfer and boundary crossing as central to learning, especially in vocational and professional education contexts. The book begins with four chapters which locate the renewed interest in transfer and the emerging interest in boundary crossing in the context of knowledge society in terms of the following: the historical development of learning theories, the theoretical advances made in socio-cultural approaches as regards learning, transfer and boundary crossing, and sociological approaches to links between school and workplace learning. Part II contains seven chapters that present studies on learning and transf

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Boundary Crossing as a Theoretical Basis for Research on Transfer. Learning and Transfer in Vocational Education. Learning in Workplaces.

Between School and Work

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      Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
      Published 8 May 2003
      ISBN-13 9780080442969
      978-0080442969
      ISBN-10 008044296X
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      Educational psychology Industrial or vocational training Philosophy and theory of education

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book opens up new theoretical perspectives and practical possibilities to analyze the learning opportunities emerging in the transitional zones between educational institutions and workplaces. International contributors draw on a range of ideas developed within constructivistic, socio-cultural and activity theory and focus in different ways on the processes of transition, transfer and boundary crossing as central to learning, especially in vocational and professional education contexts. The book begins with four chapters which locate the renewed interest in transfer and the emerging interest in boundary crossing in the context of knowledge society in terms of the following: the historical development of learning theories, the theoretical advances made in socio-cultural approaches as regards learning, transfer and boundary crossing, and sociological approaches to links between school and workplace learning. Part II contains seven chapters that present studies on learning and transf

      Table of Contents
      Boundary Crossing as a Theoretical Basis for Research on Transfer. Learning and Transfer in Vocational Education. Learning in Workplaces.

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