Crossing Boundaries Between School and Work During Apprenticeships

Vocations and Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-173

  Akkerman, Sanne F ^a,b   Bakker, Arthur ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Boundary crossing; Release days; School work transition; Vocational education; Work placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862487174     PISSN: 1874785X     EISSN: 18747868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12186-011-9073-6     Document Type: Article

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