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The Design of Work-Related Teaching & Learning Methods: Case Studies and Methodological Recommendations

  • Daniela Frison

What kind of Work-Related activities/programmes do Italian teachers propose to their students? What are common elements considered in the designing of Work-Related activities by those proposing them? A multiple case study research programme was chosen as a method to explore the current Italian situation regarding Work-Related teaching and learning methods in Higher Education (Coll et al. 2008; Dirkx 2011) and to define some possible methodological recommendations to encourage the design of Work-Related Learning activities/programmes

  • Keywords:
  • work-related learning,
  • higher education,
  • case study,
  • university-business dialogue,
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Daniela Frison

University of Padua, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6019-2660

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Chapter Title

The Design of Work-Related Teaching & Learning Methods: Case Studies and Methodological Recommendations

Authors

Daniela Frison

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English

DOI

10.36253/978-88-6453-672-9.10

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2018

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Book Title

Employability & Competences

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Innovative Curricula for New Professions

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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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Studies on Adult Learning and Education

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