Developing Connectivity between Education and Work

Future-oriented education needs to invest in the connectivity between learning and working in order to realise its full potential. This book presents guiding principles on how to build these successful connections. By taking an educational perspective and enriching it with insights from human resource development, this book explores the why, how and what of designing for connectivity.

This edited volume presents the current knowledge about educational practices and principles that help to realise connectivity between learning and working experiences. Introducing the central perspectives of workplace learning and learning environments at the boundary of school and work, this book presents key research that examines how educators and professionals from organisations and schools can come together with the purpose of realising connectivity in educational programmes. Empirical research showcasing both theoretical and practical insights from real life cases are at the heart of this book. Considering the barriers to achieving connectivity, this book also focuses on how it can be achieved, with ideas and guidance about communication, design principles and best practices.

Using carefully chosen international examples, this book is ideal reading for policy makers, practitioners and researchers looking to learn more about connecting learning and working experiences.

Eva Kyndt is Associate Professor at both the Department for Training and Education Sciences at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Centre for the New Workforce Swinburne, University of Technology Melbourne, Australia.

Simon Beausaert is Associate Professor of Workplace Learning at the Department for Educational Research and Development, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

Ilya Zitter is Professor at the research group Vocational Education at the Research Centre for Learning and Innovation at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands.