The implementation of the internship as a coursework in teaching and learning vocational education

Abstract

Internship is one of the common practices of higher education institutions in Malaysia for enhancing the learning experience and technical skills among their students. Students who follow the internship programme are found not only to be able to develop their professional attributes but also have the opportunity to acquire professional networks and career paths. Besides being a conventional approach that links students with real-world employment experience for a programme, internship can also be implemented for a specific course within a programme. The article discusses the implementation of an internship programme as a pedagogical approach in providing experiential learning for a specific course, i.e., Foundation and Concrete Work. This study involved 51 second-year students who were pursuing a degree in vocational education at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Analysis on the impact of the internship experience indicates that the internship programme is an effective pedagogical approach for experiential learning for foundation and concrete work course. © Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Publisher’s Office.

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Vocational education Internship Higher education Experiential learning teaching and learning

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Author Affiliations

Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Funding & Acknowledgements

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM

Grant: R.J130000.7731.4J245

Funding text 1: funded by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia under; Funding text 2: This research is fully funded by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia under Teaching and Learning Fund R.J130000.7731.4J245.

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The implementation of the internship as a coursework in teaching and learning vocational education

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