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dc.contributor.authorArinaitwe, Dinavence
dc.contributor.authorMifsud, Louise
dc.contributor.authorKato, Habib
dc.contributor.authorSannerud, Arne Ronny
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-17T09:54:10Z
dc.date.available2022-03-17T09:54:10Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-09
dc.identifier.citationArinaitwe, D., Mifsud, L., Kato, H., & Sannerud, A. R. (2022). Learning through collaboration between vocational teacher training institutions and workplaces: Barriers and contradictions. Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 12(1), 25–50. https://doi.org/10.3384/njvet.2242-458X.2212125en_US
dc.identifier.issn2242-458X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3384/njvet.2242-458X.2212125
dc.identifier.urihttps://kyuspace.kyu.ac.ug/handle/20.500.12504/888
dc.description26p.( 25-50p)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn vocational education and training, the acquisition of relevant skills by learners is vital for their employability. It has been argued that institution–workplace collaboration facilitates this acquisition of relevant skills through availing authentic real-life learning situations. This study used the cultural–historical activity theory to identify and characterise challenges to learning through collaboration between a masters of vocational pedagogy (MVP) programme, vocational teacher training institutions and workplaces in Uganda. Data were obtained using in-depth individual interviews with purposively sampled actors in collaborative activities. The findings revealed that challenges manifesting as discursive contradictions occurred in different phases of implementing collaborative activities. In the planning and implementation phase, contradictions were linked to short time frames for collaborative activities, unsynchronised activity plans and contradictory working cultures. In the supervision of learning, contradictions arose from a lack of a common understanding of the objectives and work methods of the collaborative activities. A lack of feedback to actors, an absence of a collaboration focal person, and a lack of government policy limited participation in collaborative activities. These challenges were observed to lessen the focus on the MVP students’ learning, which ultimately affected the quality of work produced and interfered with the implementation of collaborative activities.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNordic Journal of Vocational Education and Trainingen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Vol.12
dc.relation.ispartofseries;No.1
dc.subjectInstitution-workplace collaboration.en_US
dc.subjectContradictions,en_US
dc.subjectCollaborative activities.en_US
dc.subjectAction research.en_US
dc.titleLearning through collaboration between vocational teacher training institutions and workplaces: Barriers and contradictionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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