Book chapter 2024

The Secret of Flourishing: A Life Internship - Vocational High School Students Touch Lives

Innovative Educational Frameworks for Future Skills and Competencies
Journal · pp. 237-271
Abstract

Education is a process that endures in the lives of human beings from cradle to grave. However, conventional educational methods do not provide enough real- life experiences. Therefore, the significance of the educational approach of the famous American pedagogue John Dewey is increasing. A vocational school is a type of school that provides practical education rather than theory. In this context, the purpose of this chapter is to raise social awareness among students by allowing them to participate in social life. Students employed this project under the umbrella of improving their feelings of moral and cultural values. The study is qualitative, longitudinal, and comparatively validates students’ attitudes towards their vocational education. Data analysis was collected through observation, student interviews, and the researcher’s diary. The findings of the study indicated that students applied what they found out about their profession by rehearsing their future professional lives outside the classroom walls in an attempt to shed some light on their learning process. © 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Teaching Engineering education Apprentices Students Vocational education Student attitudes Vocational schools High school students Life experiences Educational approach Cultural value Human being Social awareness Social life
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Ministry of National Education, Kayseri, Turkey
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