Work-based learning in higher education : thematic analyis of strategic documents and syllabuses

Batarelo Kokić, Ivana (author), Buzov, Ivanka (author), Mandarić Vukušić, Anita (author)

Article presents and discusses the introduction of work-based learning (WBL) in higher education in Croatia through analysis of national, university and faculty-level policy documents. A work-based orientation while developing study programmes occurred in the context of the education system’s inefficiency when it comes to employment opportunities. The presented research attempts to understand how universities implement public and educational policy guidelines on work-based learning regarding study programmes and learning outcomes. To that end, we analysed strategic documents from a large university in the southern part of Croatia that served as an exemplar of the current state of work-based higher education in Croatia. We conducted reflexive thematic analysis of key strategic documents and syllabi to develop knowledge with respect to the implementation of WBL.

• Language: English
• Keywords: work-based learning, educational policy, educational strategies, higher education, thematic analysis
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 24.12.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 873-888
• Numbering: Letn. 61, št. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167842
• UDC: 378
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.61.4.873
• COBISS.SI-ID: 226152707
• Publication date in RUL: 14.03.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Učenje na delovnem mestu v visokošolskem izobraževanju

Abstract

Članek predstavlja in obravnava uvajanje učenja na delovnem mestu (WBL) v visokošolsko izobraževanje na Hrvaškem skozi analizo nacionalnih, univerzitetnih in fakultetnih strateških dokumentov. Razvoj študijskih programov z vključevanjem elementov učenja ob delu je povezan s prepoznavanjem neučinkovitosti izobraževalnega sistema z vidika zaposlitvenih možnosti. Ta raziskava poskuša pokazati, kako univerze izvajajo smernice javne in izobraževalne politike o učenju na delovnem mestu v smislu študijskih programov in učnih rezultatov. Da bi dobili odgovor na to vprašanje, smo analizirali strateške dokumente velike univerze v južnem delu Hrvaške, ki je služila kot primer trenutnega stanja visokošolskega izobraževanja na Hrvaškem, ki temelji na delu. Za razvijanje znanja o izvajanju WBL smo uporabili refleksivno tematsko analizo ključnih strateških dokumentov in učnih načrtov.

• Keywords: učenje na delovnem mestu, izobraževalna politika, izobraževalne strategije, visoko šolstvo, tematska analiza