Crossing Boundaries between Training and Workplace Antti Kauppi, Jussi Onnismaa & Leena Rasanen Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education www.helsinki.fi/palmenia
Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education Expert services Adult education Open courses Custom-tailored training Continuing professional development Professional qualification programmes Master s programmes Research and development services Regional development projects International projects Applied research Evaluation and consultation
Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education Key figures 2008 Students: 13 512 Courses: 480 Research and development projects: 93 International projects: 19 Personnel: 191 Turnover: EUR 19 million
Challenges of University Continuing Education RATIONALISED, SLOWLY CHANGING, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING LIFE AND SOCIETY NETWORKED, DYNAMIC, COMPLEX, GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE CHALLENGES FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ORGANISING AND IMPLEMENTING TRAINING CHALLENGES FOR UCE CONNECTING EDUCATION AND COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE SETTING OBJECTIVES, ORGANISING SUBJECT MATTER, CHOOSING METHODS AND BUILDING PROGRAMMES CHALLENGES FOR PLANNING UCE FACILITATING AND GUIDING LEARNERS AND DEVELOPMENT- ORIENTED ACTING TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY-LIKE ORGANISATION CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPING UCE BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION AND A NETWORKED COMMUNITY
Work-related Learning THEORETICAL / DISCURSIVE KNOWLEDGE TACIT KNOWLEDGE NON- REPRODUCTIVE PRACTICAL CONSCIOUSNESS ROUTINISATION REFLECTIVE REFLECTIVE MONITORING OF ACTION TRANSFORMATIVE TRANSFORMATION
Work-related Learning Reflective monitoring of action Theoretical / discursive knowledge base Transformation Non-learning Protecting the identity Belief in tradition Resistance to change Reproductive learning Reflective learning Transformative learning Following the rules and procedures Reflecting the inner processes of individuals and organisations Critical reflection extending to the contexts Tacit knowledge based on experience and readymade subject matter Constructing the individuals and organisations knowledge base Creating new knowledge in relation to new practices Reproduction of existing practices Applying constructed knowledge Producing new practices through conscious and collective activities
Work-related Learning Tasks WORK PRACTICE AT WORK DEVELOPMENT OF WORK WORK TASKS TASKS DEVELOPMENT TASKS INDIVIDUAL TEAM ORGANISATIONAL NETWORKS
Methods for Work-related Learning Free discussion, development discussion Training, Studying Teamwork, participatory problem solving Organising work, job design, job enrichment, job rotation, development of tools Piloting, learning- and changelaboratories Product and service development Researching work and creating new knowledge and innovations
Closed vs. open learning environments Traditional education Open learning environments OBJECT Subject matter Everyday life MOTIVATION Internal / External Substantial OBJECTIVE Acquisition of subject matter Development of generic and substantial competences CONTENT METHODS Derived from curriculum and textbooks Applicable for mass production 'Theoretical' instruments explaining phenomena in everyday life Student-centred, inquiring, developing STUDY TASKS Closed assignments Open and complex, oriented towards application SUPPORT SYSTEM Right models and answers, teacher-centred Collaborative endeavours, student-centred EVALUATION Control-oriented grading Substantial, oriented towards learning and relating to everyday life