Dialogic Knowledge Construction as the Crucial Issue in Network-Based Learning in Vocational Education.

Overview & Synopsis

The VETO-project is part of the National Strategy's goals for providing learning opportunities through the use of networks in vocational education in Finland. The National Board of Education, University of Tampere and Hame Polytechnic, Vocational Teacher Education College, and several vocational pilot institutes located at different regions in Finland are involved with the VETO-project. The main goal of the VETO-project is to create the dynamic dialogic model for network-based learning to benefit the needs of vocational education and learning on the job. This paper considers two research questions: (1) What are the elements of the dynamic dialogic model for network-based learning in vocational education? (2) What kind of competence do teachers and students in teachers education have in inquiring as a part of dialogic knowledge construction? The paper describes important results and implications of the project. (Contains 31 references.) (AEF)