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Supporting Informal Learning in Higher Education Internships

  • Claudio Melacarne

This paper addresses several critical issues relating to the organization of internships at universities, dealing above all with ‘curricular’ internships, i.e., those apprenticeship experiences included as mandatory in university courses. Starting from the idea of ‘informal learning’, the paper shows the strong connection between new workplace needs and the potentiality of pedagogical and reflective approaches in designing internship experiences

  • Keywords:
  • higher education,
  • reflective practices,
  • informal learning,
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Claudio Melacarne

University of Siena, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4919-1576

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Chapter Title

Supporting Informal Learning in Higher Education Internships

Authors

Claudio Melacarne

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/978-88-6453-672-9.12

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2018

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Book Title

Employability & Competences

Book Subtitle

Innovative Curricula for New Professions

Editors

Vanna Boffo, Monica Fedeli

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510

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2018

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/978-88-6453-672-9

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Studies on Adult Learning and Education

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