Learning in school and at the workplace: Perspectives of recent graduates, teachers, and workplace trainers in the dual system of certified trades in Iceland

• Published in: Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
• Main Author: Eiríksdóttir, Elsa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2017
• Subjects: vocational education and training; dual education system; apprenticeship; work-based learning; upper secondary education; starfsmenntun; löggiltar iðngreinar; framhaldsskólar; vinnustaðanám; vinnustaðaþjálfun; tvískipt kerfi starfsmenntunar; Fuller; Unwin; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/tuuom/article/view/2686; https://doi.org/10.24270/tuuom.2017.26.3

In Iceland the vocational education and training (VET) system is generally organized as a dual system, where some of the training takes place at school and some at the workplace. Research has shown that learning at these different sites provides a complementary experience, in terms of, for example,...