Industry school partnerships: Boundary crossing to enable school to work transitions
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Industry-school partnerships (ISPs) are increasingly being recognised as a new way of providing vocational education opportunities. However, there is limited research investigating their impact on school to work transitions. This paper reports on a government-led ISP, the Gateway to Industry Schools Program, established in Queensland, Australia. Central to this initiative is the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA), a lead organisation for 28 schools and 17 multi-national sponsor companies. This research adopted a qualitative case study methodology and draws upon boundary crossing theory as means to understand a Minerals and Energy ISP. We distinguish four types of boundary crossing mechanisms, which align with principles for effectiveness in ISPs. The main findings were that boundary crossing mechanisms assist ISPs to develop industry-based contextualised curriculum and to prepare school students for employment. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/63685/5/63685.pdf DOI:10.1080/13639080.2014.934789 Flynn, Matthew C., Pillay, Hitendra K., & Watters, James J. (2016) Industry school partnerships: Boundary crossing to enable school to work transitions. Journal of Education and Work, 29(3), pp. 309-331. http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LP100200052 |
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Copyright 2014 Taylor & Francis The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Journal of Education and Work, 23 July 2014, http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13639080.2014.934789 |
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School of Cultural & Professional Learning; Faculty of Education |
Palavras-Chave | #130106 Secondary Education #130108 Technical Further and Workplace Education #boundary crossing #partnership #school to work transition #education #industry |
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Journal Article |