Understanding work experience: a discourse analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorPhelan, Anne
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, W. John
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-16T17:33:21Z
dc.date.available2005-08-16T17:33:21Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 167-174en
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this research is to examine the discursive construction of Work Experience Education. Work Experience Education is an increasingly popular approach to vocational education in Alberta, Canada. It provides high school students opportunities to develop vocational skills, explore careers and in some cases gain hours towards trades certification, by working off-campus for employers in the business community while still gaining high school course credits for their efforts. Often viewed as a common sense approach, helping students develop employability skills through working with employers, Work Experience Education has largely evaded critical research. Through the use of Critical Discourse Analysis, both as a theoretical framework and as a method of inquiry, this study traces the growth of Work Experience Education and then examines the talk and policy involved its promotion and administration. Particular attention is given to the discourses or patterns of meaning that have come to dominate communication about Work Experience Education. This thesis highlights discursive tensions between managerial and marketing discourses in Work Experience Education and educational discourses about its plausibility as a form of learning, the accountability of participating schools and employers and the rights of student workers. In this thesis I examine the discourses of work and learning at play in Work Experience Education. I also raise questions regarding the impact of Work Experience Education on how educators understand the purpose of education more broadly.
dc.format.extentviii, 183 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationWilliamson, W. J. (2004). Understanding work experience: a discourse analysis (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11516en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/11516
dc.identifier.isbn0612976750en
dc.identifier.lccAC1 .T484 2004 W555en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/42129
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleUnderstanding work experience: a discourse analysis
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1546 520492063
ucalgary.thesis.additionalcopy370 EDC 2004 WILen
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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