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Work-based learning
Work-based learning (WBL) refers to forms of learning that occur through participation in work and contribution, across formal, non-formal and informal contexts. In education policy, WBL is linked to national systems for the recognition and validation of learning outside formal programmes; in higher education and professional practice, it is also discussed as an emergent transdisciplinary mode of study. Most WBL programs are generally university accredited courses, aiming at a win-win situation where the learner's needs and the industry requirement for skilled and talented employees both are met. WBL programs are targeted to bridge the gap between the learning and the doing. "Work-based learning strategies provide career awareness, career exploration opportunities, career planning activities and help students attain competencies such as positive work attitudes and other employable skills. Work-based learning encompasses a diversity of formal, nonformal and informal arrangements including apprenticeships, work placement and informal learning on the job. The key driver is the need for active policies to secure learning that meets the need of the workplace.
Article summary
Work-based learning (WBL) refers to forms of learning that occur through participation in work and contribution, across formal, non-formal and informal contexts. In education policy, WBL is linked to national systems for the recognition and validation of learning outside formal programmes; in higher education and professional practice, it is also discussed as an emergent transdisciplinary mode of study. Most WBL programs are generally university accredited courses, aiming at a win-win situation where the learner's needs and the industry requirement for skilled and talented employees both are met. WBL programs are targeted to bridge the gap between the learning and the doing. "Work-based learning strategies provide career awareness, career exploration opportunities, career planning activities and help students attain competencies such as positive work attitudes and other employable skills. Work-based learning encompasses a diversity of formal, nonformal and informal arrangements including apprenticeships, work placement and informal learning on the job. The key driver is the need for active policies to secure learning that meets the need of the workplace.
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