Bruno Clematide & Pernille Bottrup

Workplace Learning from the perspective of insitutional learning
Over time the link betweeen the world of work and institutional courses has changed and become looser, although at the same time the courses have become more likely to be national qualifications. Learning in a course has to be immediately useful the next day in the workplace, and also contribute to national qualifications and the industry as a whole.
So as a result...
What should teachers know about workplaces, and their learners?
to focus on:
- learner's perspective on work and present job
- aim of course participation
- learner's learning styles

Because of the context of VET where the teachers are generally sourced from industry the teachers should have a base of industry specific knowledge.
Learning styles information to ensure there is a consciously mixed approach to how learning takes place.

Learning Space is made up of production field (doing work) policy field (negotiation of interests) and informal social field (norms and values in social relations).

Suggestion that teachers should discuss with learners about the learning environment in the workplace and how to ameliorate barriers etc.

There are some questions teachers could use to analyze workplaces as learning spaces in the paper.