Workplace learning experiences of trainees engaged in Singapore's Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) training

The inevitability and value of learning through engaging in the activity of work is now well accepted. Being in a real work environment enables learners to not only develop situation-specific knowledge and skills, but also experience the culture, politics, workflows, and time pressures that are part of the productive process. In the vocational education and training sector, efforts have been made to incorporate some form of workplace learning component into the qualification itself. Based on current research, the purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it provides an overview of the extent a ... Show more

Authors: Lin, Magdalene; Bound, Helen

Published: Melbourne, Victoria, AVETRA, 2011

Resource type: Conference paper

Physical description: 10 p.

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