"A practice-based approach to understanding learning on placement: iden" by Bonnie Amelia Dean and Christopher Sykes
Abstract One of the key challenges in work-integrated learning (WIL) courses is how to account for learning that takes place away from campus, where the work space, daily routines and emergent actions within an organisation shape the possibilities for student learning. What do students do on placement to open the possibilities of working and learning in temporary sites of work? Using a practice-based approach, this paper outlines an ethnographic study of learning on placement. The paper draws on Gherardi’s ([2019]. How to Conduct a Practice-Based Study: Problems and Methods. 2nd ed. Cheltnh...