Looking through the Eyes of Students in Vocational Education, from the Present into the Future

Ingeborg Plackle; Karen  Könings; Wolfgang Jacquet; Katrien Struyven; Arnobius Libotton; Jeroen Van Merriënboer; Nadine Engels

Looking through the Eyes of Students in Vocational Education, from the Present into the Future

Ingeborg Plackle, Karen Könings, Wolfgang Jacquet, Katrien Struyven, Arnobius Libotton, Jeroen Van Merriënboer, Nadine Engels

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Abstract

This study investigates characteristics of powerful learning environments (PLE) from the perspective of students in vocational secondary education, focusing on a newly developed multidisciplinary and integrated course. We investigated whether the experienced learning environment meets the requirements of a PLE and to what degree it meets the preferences from students. Additionally, we examined the relation between student satisfaction and their engagement. The survey data of 544 students showed that students are asking for more challenging pathways that provide opportunities to explore authentic problems with each other's support, taking individual differences into account. Vocational students, who did experience such a PLE, indicated to be more satisfied and engaged. These findings highlight the need to redesign curricula more in line with design principles of PLE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	American Educational Research Associaton
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2015
Event	American Educational Research Associaton Annual Meeting - , United States Duration: 16 Apr 2015 → 20 Jun 2015

Conference

Conference	American Educational Research Associaton Annual Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
Period	16/04/15 → 20/06/15

Keywords

secondary vocational education
characteristics powerful learning environments
Project General Subjects

IRP6_a: Voicing youth at social risk.
Dumortier, E., Christiaens, J., Dumortier, E., Engels, N., Theeboom, M., Christiaens, J., Nuytiens, A., Loots, G. & Van Buggenhout, M.
1/07/16 → 30/06/23
Project: Fundamental

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Looking through the Eyes of Students in Vocational Education, from the Present into the Future. / Plackle, Ingeborg; Könings, Karen; Jacquet, Wolfgang; Struyven, Katrien; Libotton, Arnobius; Van Merriënboer, Jeroen; Engels, Nadine.

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)

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