From: Guiding workplace learning in vocational education and training: a literature review
Study | Sample | Country | Data | Method |
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1. Chan (2014) | 90 apprentices | New Zealand | Interviews | Qualitative |
2. Collin and Valleala (2005) | 18 design and development engineers, 15 youth workers | Finland | Observations Interviews | Qualitative |
3. Corney and du Plessis (2010) | 106 male apprentices | Australia | Questionnaire with scales: Mentoring Relationship Scale (Scandura and Ragins 1993), 3 subscales: Psychosocial support Career development Role modelling | Quantitative |
4. Evanciew and Rojewski (1999) | Three apprentices, 3 mentors | United States of America | Observations Field notes Interviews Document analysis | Qualitative |
5. Filliettaz (2011) | Cohort of about 40 apprentices | Switzerland | Observations Audio-video recordings | Qualitative |
6. Fuller and Unwin (2004) | 29 apprentices, 29 workers | UK | Interviews Learning logs Surveys Observation | Mixed methods |
7. Gurtner et al. (2011) | 19 apprentices | Switzerland | Audio-recordings on mobile devices | Mixed methods |
8. Koskela and Palukka (2011) | Stage 1: 9 trainees, 6 trainers Stage 2: 2 trainees, 4 trainers | Finland | Observations Video recordings | Qualitative |
9. Nielsen (2008) | Four apprentices, 2 journeymen, 1 master, 12 apprentices (from 3 group interviews) | Denmark | Observations Interviews | Qualitative |
10. Onnismaa (2008) | 27 students | Finland | Interviews | Qualitative |
11. Reegård (2015) | 11 apprentices, 7 managers | Norway | Interviews Observations | Qualitative |
12. Savoie-Zajc and Dolbec (2003) | 175 students, teachers, stakeholders | Canada | Three questionnaires: Expectations Learning Overall appraisal Interviews | Mixed methods |
13. Smith (2000) | 389 apprentices, 8 apprentices | Australia | Questionnaire Canfield Learning Styles Inventory, CSLI (Canfield 1980), 16 subscales Interviews | Mixed methods |
14. Tanggaard (2005) | 10 male apprentices | Denmark | Interviews Observations | Qualitative |
15. Wegener (2014) | More than a 100 students, teachers and supervisors | Denmark | Field observations Interviews | Qualitative |
16. Winters et al. (2009) | 24 students, 15 teachers, 18 mentors | Netherlands | Conversation | Qualitative |
17. Virtanen and Tynjälä (2008) | 531 vocational students | Finland | Questionnaire (Tynjälä and Virtanen 2005; Virtanen and Tynjälä 2006) | Quantitative |
18. Virtanen et al. (2014) | 1603 vocational students | Finland | Questionnaire | Quantitative |