Cooperative Education Case Study

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2.1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 highlights the background information of Co-operative education and the significance it has to the pedagogy of higher education. The chapter provides the description of related terms used to describe the infusion of theoretical and practical education with much emphasis on Work-Based Learning. Literature relating to what other researchers had found on the challenges, benefits and critical factors to effective Work-Based Learning for construction students were reviewed. Based on previous research one can draw out some knowledge and background on the challenges faced by students, benefits endured by students and critical factors to effectively utilise Work-Based learning in universities.

2.2 BACKGROUND OF CO-OPERATIVE …show more content…

In support, Garavan and Murphy (2001: 282) cooperative education being an efficient educational system gives the students the chance to experience the relations between education and work leading to the increase in class work interest. Fester and Haupt (2008:1880) also states that construction eduction for Btech degrees in South Africa is based on the cooperative education model whereby the gap between education and training is bridged to produce a graduate that is adequately ready to add value to the industry. In contrast Fester and Haupt (2008:1879) state that graduates produced from universities of technology that adopt the cooperative education model in their curriculum are inadequate as employers have expressed their dissatisfaction with their abilities to perform in the construction sector as compared to Bachelor of Science Honours graduates. Furthermore, Olsen, Ussing and Wandahl (2010: 1) argues the matter of a mismatch between theory and practice, that the educational setup has no reflection of the competencies required by the industry for students to successfully work in the

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