Expanding the Boundaries of Learning: The Role of Vocational Orientation

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Author(s): Rosa Iaquinta (History teacher, Italy)and Maria Antonietta Impedovo (Expert in Educational Psychology, Italy)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 9
Source title: Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Paolo M. Pumilia-Gnarini (Independent Researcher, Italy), Elena Favaron (La Scuola che Funziona, Italy), Elena Pacetti (University of Bologna, Italy), Jonathan Bishop (Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, UK)and Luigi Guerra (University of Bologna, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch024

Keywords: Applied E-Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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The purpose of this chapter is to reflect on the socio-cultural dimension useful when schools plan measures for coping with the requirements of a complex society. In particular, an examination of a project on vocational orientation is proposed for the liaison of school with work. This project can contribute to the discussion about the need to bridge the gap between the business community and the world of education; to a reflection on the development of students’ identity and about the importance of a socio-cultural dimension for a complex assessment of learning. This perspective is illustrated here in the description of a project of career counseling for the liaison of school with work in a school situated in a context of economic and social hardship, in the south of Italy.

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