Enhancing Research on the Integration of Formal Educational Programmes and Workplace Learning (FEWL) -project
The purpose of the FEWL project is scientific research on the integration of education and workplace learning. The aim is also to increase and expand the network, especially workshops for graduate students, and enable their mobility.
Table of contents
Project duration
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Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
FIER - Research areas
Higher education as a pedagogical and social phenomenon
Education, working life, and lifelong guidance
Co-operation
Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia and Paderborn University (UPB), Germany
Faculty
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Funding
European Union
Project description
The Project is coordinated by Tallinn University and funded by the European Union.
Publications
- Kärkkäinen, K.; Virolainen, M.H.; Virtanen, A.; Tynjälä, P. (2025). Work-Based learning in migrant education: The case of Finnish Vocational Education. Soc. Sci., 2025, 14, 275.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14050275 - Kärkkäinen, K., Tarnanen, M., & Ümärik, M. (forthcoming). Exploring the professional identity and agency of Finnish vocational teachers teaching adult migrants. Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, x(x).
- Nygren, H., Virolainen, M., Syynimaa, K., & Hämäläinen, R. (2025) Ammatillisesti koulutettujen alanvaihtajien käsityksiä teknologiasta työelämässä ja vapaa-ajalla. Aikuiskasvatus 45 (4), 256-268.Ammatillisesti koulutettujen alanvaihtajien käsityksiä teknologiasta työelämässä ja vapaa-ajalla
- Näkk, A-M., Timoštšuk, I., & Tynjälä, P. (forthcoming). Students perceived capacity of agentic behaviour at the end of primary school: The role of enriched learning environment. Teacher Development.
- Tynjälä, P, Virolainen, M & Virtanen, A. (forthcoming). Work-integrated learning in Higher Education. In A. Toom, K. Pyhältö, L. McAlipine & J. van Tartwijk (Eds), The Routledge international handbook of learning and instruction in university education. Routledge.
Presentations
2023
- Nygren, H. & Virolainen, M. (2023, June). Adults’ conceptions of technology. Paper. NordYrk Conference 2023, Bergen, Norway.
- Virtanen A., (2023, June). University of applied sciences teachers’ perspective into workplace learning. Paper. Pedaforum Conference 2023, Tampere, Finland.
- Moodie, G. & Virolainen, M. (2023, August). The Finnish UAS: Towards Enhancing Regional and National Collaboration. Symposium Paper. ECER 2023. Glasgow, Scotland.
- Tynjälä, P. (2023, October). Tulevaisuuden pedagogiikka (Future pedagogy). Keynote lecture. Conference on Future Work and the Development of Pedagogy, Joensuu, Finland.
2024
- Kärkkäinen, K. (2024, August). Integrating workplace learning in migrant education: A case of Finnish vocational education. EARLI SIG 14 Conference, Jyväskylä, Finland.
- Kärkkäinen, K., Tynjälä, P., Virolainen, M., Virtanen, A. & Pitkäranta, E. (2024, November). Co-creating knowledge on migrant students’ learning at work. Paper. Tampere. Finland.
2025
- Kärkkäinen, K. (2025, December). Guidance towards working life: Immigrant students' experiences and the role of experts. KEHA Webinar Integration series: Educational paths of young immigrants in vocational education. (in Finnish)
- Kärkkäinen, K. & Loogma, K. (2025, November). Supporting migrant students in their learning at the interface of vocational schools and workplaces (workplace supervisors’ and teachers’ perspective).Presentation at the EAPRIL2025 conference.
- Kärkkäinen, K. (2025, November). Poster presentation at FEWL final event: “General education reimagined: connecting learning with the world of work”. Brussels, Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU.
- Kärkkäinen, K. & Loogma, K. (2025, November). Symposium for networking ECR at FERA conference on Integrating Workplace Learning into Formal Educational Programmes, Rovaniemi, November 4-7, 2025. Networking and organisation of a symposium for ECRs.
- Kärkkäinen, K. & Loogma, K. (2025, November). Practices supporting migrant students’ learning in Finnish Vocational Education and Training: migrant students’ perspective. Presentation at the FERA conference in Rovaniemi.
- Virtanen A. & Tynjälä, P. (2025, June). Assessment of Work-related learning in Higher Education. A scoping review. Paper. Pedaforum 2025. Espoo, Finland.
- Kärkkäinen, K., Tynjälä, P., Pitkäranta, E., Virtanen, A. & Virolainen, A. (2025, June). Applying arts-based approaches in the study on migrant students’ learning in workplaces. Paper. SLIMIG 2025, Sestri Levante, Italy.
Other project-related outcomes
- Studies on Work-Integrated Learning in Higher Education
- Kärkkäinen, K. & Sahradyn, S. (2025, November 10). Letting go of control: reflexive moments in arts-based migration research. Liikkeessä yli rajojen. https://liikkeessaylirajojen.fi/letting-go-of-control-reflexive-moments-in-arts-based-migration-research/
