An exploration of the pedagogies employed to integrate knowledge in work-integrated learning in New Zealand higher education institutions

Abstract

Work-integrated learning or cooperative education is an educational strategy in which
\nstudents undergo conventional academic learning at a higher educational institution and
\ncombine this learning with some time spent in a workplace relevant to their program of
\nstudy and career aims (Groenewald, 2004). A key aspect of work-integrated learning is the
\nnotion that it entails the integration of knowledge and skills gained in the higher education
\ninstitution and in the workplace. This has two features - the student takes what he or she
\nhas learned on-campus into the workplace when going on a work placement, and likewise
\nwhat they learn in the workplace becomes related to, or incorporated into, the next phase of
\nacademic learning when the student returns to study after completing a work-placement.