Introducation to and managements of work practise period vacancies in the
Internet
University of Jyväskylä, Jaana Kettunen

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An introduction-to-working-life period is part of the Finnish comprehensive school curriculum. The aim is that the pupil must be able to gain personal experience with working life and vocations in genuine work
enviroments and school is not that most of the times. An introduction-to-working-life period is central part of cooperation between the local labour market and business community and comprehensive school.
The period offers basic information about working life and different vocational fields for students.

The central aim of the project is to create a web-based connection between working life and comprehensive schools providing information about places for an introduction-to-working-life period. "TET-tori" enviroment goad is
to serve students, parents, study counsellors and companies by offering information about initial vocational study programmes in upper secondary education.

The first research task is to find out practices that would make it possible to integrate the use of information tecnology as a natural aspect of study counselling. The second research task is to find out whether the
introduction-to-working-life period experiences have any effect when students plan their further education. The third research task, which builds upon the first two is to creat and maintain a web-base enviroment the TET-tori.

More information: http://peda.net/tet