Characteristics of workplace learning among Finnish vocational students

Vocations and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-175

  Virtanen, Anne ^a   Tynjälä, Päivi ^a   Collin, Kaija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Vocational education and training (VET); Vocational students; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449122605     PISSN: 1874785X     EISSN: 18747868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12186-009-9022-9     Document Type: Article

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