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- Berglund, Ingrid, 1954-, et al.
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Assessment of vocational knowing : experiences from the Swedish pilot project with upper secondary apprenticeship 2008-2011
- 2012
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Ingår i: Bulletin of Institute of Vocational and Technical Education. - 1348-4893. ; :9, s. 24-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2008, a pilot project with apprenticeship as an alternative pathway of upper secondary vocational education (USVE) started in Sweden. This paper is based on a follow-up study 2009-2011, funded by the Swedish National Agency for Education (SNAE) focusing on pedagogical aspects of apprenticeship. We interpreted ‘pedagogical aspects’ as concerning teachers’ curriculum work, i.e. the organisation and design of apprenticeship in relation to following aspects: division of labour between school and work; the content; the roles of teacher and supervisor; and follow-up and assessment of students’ development regarding vocational knowing in relation to the Swedish national curriculum for each of the programmes. In this article, we present results related to assessment in upper secondary VET apprenticeship. The issue for this article is to illuminate conditions for assessment in USVE-apprenticeship, the foci of assessment and the tools used for assessment.According to regulations of apprenticeship, trilateral assessment sessions (teacher-supervisor-apprentice) are to be held regularly for follow-up and, at the end of a course, marking students knowing. As a representative for the education authority, the teacher is responsible for marking, but the supervisor is to provide the teacher with the information needed for follow-up and marking. The assumption is that during these sessions, there will be a dialogue between supervisor, apprentice, and teacher that will contribute to both follow-up and marking.The results presented in this paper build on interviews with teachers, apprentices and supervisors, as well as some audio-recorded trilateral sessions for assessment. Our preliminary results show that these trilateral sessions are one of the critical situations in USVE-apprenticeship. A main result is that assessment was either focused on social and behavioural aspects or on vocational knowing. Which one that dominated was related to firstly, the qualifications of the teacher; secondly, to the division of labour on the workplace; and thirdly, to the local history of USVE-apprenticeship. These results and the consequences of them will be further developed in our article.
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- Berglund, Ingrid, 1954-
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Byggarbetsplatsen som skola - eller skolan som byggarbetsplats? : En studie av byggnadsarbetares yrkesutbildning
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The issue of this dissertation is the relationship between Vocational Education and Training (VET) in general and VET for building and construction in particular, as well as implications of the fact that Swedish VET is carried out both in school and in working life. Vocational construction education includes a three year Construction Programme at upper secondary school followed by two to three years of on-the-job training in the construction industry. In this case study of an upper secondary Construction Programme, the school based daily instruction as well as work based training, is explored and documented. These constitute a base for descriptions and analysis of education as a whole from the perspective of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). The aim of the analysis is to identify the main motives for vocational construction education. The case study results are further based on descriptions and CHAT-analyses of the historical development of construction work as well as of Swedish VET in general and of vocational construction area in particular. The case study illustrates that two activities form vocational construction education; the dominating activity being construction production, and school-activity. The terms of construction industry seem to greatly determine the realisation of the school based construction production activity. E.g. teamwork is emphasised in both activities. The school activity is marked by the implementation of infusion of core subjects by vocational subjects, aimed at preparing the students for continued professional development in the trade. The conclusion drawn here is that the new Swedish apprenticeship seems to contribute to a narrow professional knowledge base, whereas the use of infused core subjects seems to contribute to a broader professional knowledge base.
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- Berglund, Ingrid, 1954-, et al.
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Challenges for Swedish VET-teachers in upper secondary apprenticeship.
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- After several decades with little or no interest in apprenticeship as an alternative to upper secondary vocational education (Lundahl 1998), the first attempts to re-introduce apprenticeship were made during the 1990’s. Characteristic for these was that they were embedded in school-based VET, offering an extended period of work-based learning for potential drop-outs or as individualized programmes. The political motive relates to studies showing that youth with incomplete upper secondary education were significantly more often unemployed than was the case for those who had completed a programme (Olofsson 2008). However, an informal apprenticeship has existed for several decades, especially in vocational areas related to construction and electricity. In these cases, apprenticeship is regarded as a necessary complement to the 3-year school-based VET-programmes. The respective training boards have established these requirements. In order to become what is labelled as “fully qualified” (in terms of fully paid), apprenticeship adds another three years to upper secondary education (Berglund 2009).Apprenticeship in connection to and as an alternative track for upper secondary vocational programmes was implemented in Sweden as a 3-year probation in 2008. The schools are responsible for the designing and organisation of upper secondary apprenticeship but there are two central conditions: firstly that minimum half of the programme must be realized in a workplace, and secondly that the same objectives apply for the programmes, are they given in the form of school based VET or as apprenticeship. This paper is based on a study of pedagogical aspects of apprenticeship during the second and third year of the probation (Berglund & Lindberg 2012). Here we focus on VET-teachers’ work within the apprenticeship form of upper secondary vocational education. The main issue of our paper is to illuminate the consequences and challenges for VET-teachers’ work within upper secondary apprenticeship.
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- Berglund, Ingrid, 1954-, et al.
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Försöksverksamhet med gymnasial lärlingsutbildning: utmaningar för yrkeslärarna
- 2011
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Försöksverksamheten med en gymnasial lärlingsutbildning startade i Sverige 2008. Gymnasieskolorna ansvarar för lärlingsutbildningens utformning men hälften av utbildningen skall genomföras i arbetslivet. Lärlingsutbildningarna har samma uppdrag (mål) som de nationella programmen. På uppdrag av Skolverket genomfördes en uppföljningsstudie med särskilt fokus på pedagogiskt didaktiska aspekter av lärlingsutbildningen under våren 2010. Studien baserades på intervjuer och informella samtal med elever, lärare och handledare, på olika typer av dokument samt på foton från skolor och arbetsplatser. Tre program (bygg-, handels- och omvårdnadsprogrammen) på tre geografisk spridda orter ingår i studien. Syftet för vårt paper är att beskriva vilka arbetsuppgifter framför allt yrkeslärarna har inom gymnasial lärlingsutbildning och vilka nya kompetenskrav som därmed ställs på dem. Vilka utmaningar har yrkeslärarna att hantera i den gymnasiala lärlingsutbildningen? Vilka krav ställer dessa i sin tur på yrkeslärarutbildningen? De arbetsuppgifter vi sammantaget funnit för yrkeslärarna i den gymnasiala lärlings-utbildningen är följande: att planera utbildningen, utforma uppgifter och uppföljningsunderlag, att rekrytera arbetsplatser som kan engageras i lärlingsutbildningen, att genomföra handledarutbildning och informera handledare på arbetsplatsen, att ordna med alternativa uppgifter och projekt för elever som inte får en lärlingsplats eller befinner sig i skarven mellan två lärlingsplatser, att följa upp elevens yrkesbildningsgång i förhållande till programmets och kursplanernas mål och till arbetsinnehållet på olika arbetsplatser, att fatta beslut om byte av arbetsplats. Vi har också funnit att dessa arbetsuppgifter kan variera mellan programmen och att variationen kan ses i ljuset av programmens olika traditioner. Vidare skapar regionala skillnader i näringslivsstrukturen mellan de tre orterna och skillnader mellan skolornas resurser delvis skilda förutsättningar för genomförandet av lärlings-utbildningen. Till dessa uppgifter krävs en i många stycken annan kompetens än den som krävts tidigare. Det gäller inte minst ett ökande skriftspråkligt kunnande, som några lärare menar att de inte har kompetens för – eller att det är arbetsuppgifter de inte trivs med. Lärlingslärarens arbetsuppgifter skiljer sig från den tidigare yrkeslärarens och ställer nya krav på yrkeslärarutbildningen.
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