Boundary spanners: a study about teacher-tutors’ orientations of School-Work Alternation programs

Nowadays, school and work need to cooperate as open systems to face the challenges of knowledge and work’ changes and quick transformations. The introduction of the School-Work Alternation system as a compulsory strategy, by the law 107/2015, aiming at supporting this process is not enough for the i...

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Main Author: Concetta Tino
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Published: Firenze University Press 2018-07-01
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/formare/article/view/3749
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description Nowadays, school and work need to cooperate as open systems to face the challenges of knowledge and work’ changes and quick transformations. The introduction of the School-Work Alternation system as a compulsory strategy, by the law 107/2015, aiming at supporting this process is not enough for the implementation of the needed changes. It requires a strong partnership between the two systems that need to be constantly supported and innovated by the collaboration of teacher-tutors involved. In this perspective, their role was investigated as boundary spanners (Wreets & Sandmann, 2010) between the school and work systems, through a quantitative approach. Findings showed the most important predictors of teacher-tutors’ boundary spanners orientations as well as some practical implications.   Boundary spanners: uno studio sugli orientamenti dei docenti-tutor dell’Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro Oggi scuola e lavoro necessitano di cooperare come sistemi aperti per fronteggiare i cambiamenti e le repentine trasformazioni della conoscenza e del lavoro. L’introduzione dell’obbligatorietà dell’Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro, con la L. n. 107/2015, come strategia obbligatoria a supporto di tale processo non è sufficiente per l’implementazione dei cambiamenti necessari. Questi richiedono una solida partnership tra i due sistemi, che necessita di esser costantemente supportata e rinnovata con la collaborazione dei docenti-tutor coinvolti. In questa prospettiva, il loro ruolo è stato investigato come funzione di boundary spanners (Wreets & Sandmann, 2010) tra i sistemi scuola-lavoro, mediante un approccio quantitativo. I risultati ottenuti hanno dimostrato quali sono i più importanti predittori degli orientamenti di boundary spanners dei docenti-tutor e quali le implicazioni pratiche.
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spelling doaj.art-db9670240d9641d79d5794604e9077272022-12-22T02:47:58ZengFirenze University PressFormare1825-73212018-07-0118210.13128/formare-2314119247Boundary spanners: a study about teacher-tutors’ orientations of School-Work Alternation programsConcetta Tino0Università degli Studi di PadovaNowadays, school and work need to cooperate as open systems to face the challenges of knowledge and work’ changes and quick transformations. The introduction of the School-Work Alternation system as a compulsory strategy, by the law 107/2015, aiming at supporting this process is not enough for the implementation of the needed changes. It requires a strong partnership between the two systems that need to be constantly supported and innovated by the collaboration of teacher-tutors involved. In this perspective, their role was investigated as boundary spanners (Wreets & Sandmann, 2010) between the school and work systems, through a quantitative approach. Findings showed the most important predictors of teacher-tutors’ boundary spanners orientations as well as some practical implications.   Boundary spanners: uno studio sugli orientamenti dei docenti-tutor dell’Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro Oggi scuola e lavoro necessitano di cooperare come sistemi aperti per fronteggiare i cambiamenti e le repentine trasformazioni della conoscenza e del lavoro. L’introduzione dell’obbligatorietà dell’Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro, con la L. n. 107/2015, come strategia obbligatoria a supporto di tale processo non è sufficiente per l’implementazione dei cambiamenti necessari. Questi richiedono una solida partnership tra i due sistemi, che necessita di esser costantemente supportata e rinnovata con la collaborazione dei docenti-tutor coinvolti. In questa prospettiva, il loro ruolo è stato investigato come funzione di boundary spanners (Wreets & Sandmann, 2010) tra i sistemi scuola-lavoro, mediante un approccio quantitativo. I risultati ottenuti hanno dimostrato quali sono i più importanti predittori degli orientamenti di boundary spanners dei docenti-tutor e quali le implicazioni pratiche.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/formare/article/view/3749boundary spannerpartnershipSchool-Work Alternationtask orientationnetworking orientation
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title Boundary spanners: a study about teacher-tutors’ orientations of School-Work Alternation programs
title_full Boundary spanners: a study about teacher-tutors’ orientations of School-Work Alternation programs
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title_short Boundary spanners: a study about teacher-tutors’ orientations of School-Work Alternation programs
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