Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 9 May 2012 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 May 2012 |
| Event | ProPel International Conference: Professionl Practice, Education and Learning - University of Stirling, UK, Stirling, United Kingdom Duration: 9 May 2012 → 11 May 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | ProPel International Conference |
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| Location | University of Stirling, UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Stirling |
| Period | 09/05/2012 → 11/05/2012 |
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Being Professional : Students Struggling in School and Traineeship. / Jensen, Anne Winther.
2012. Paper presented at ProPel International Conference, Stirling, United Kingdom.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research
TY - CONF
T1 - Being Professional
T2 - Students Struggling in School and Traineeship
AU - Jensen, Anne Winther
PY - 2012/5/9
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N2 - The paper discusses students' process of acquiring a feeling of being professionals within a vocational education programme for elderly care in Denmark. The focus is on what seems to be a paradox within the programme: the future care helper being constructed within the overall term ‘the professional care helper’ in the school setting but the job being closely related to daily life's routine tasks; the paper points to difficulties for students in identifying the exact content of the term ‘professional’. Furthermore students seem to be uncertain about their ‘professionalism’ in relation to other health professionals, when they are in the work place setting. The analysis indicates that the care work programme still struggles to make a clear distinction between the former non-paid female domestic work and the current work carried out by the care workers. The analysis mobilises the concept ‘storyline’, c.f. Bronwyn Davies and the empirical material consists of observations and interviews in the theoretical periods and in the traineeships.
AB - The paper discusses students' process of acquiring a feeling of being professionals within a vocational education programme for elderly care in Denmark. The focus is on what seems to be a paradox within the programme: the future care helper being constructed within the overall term ‘the professional care helper’ in the school setting but the job being closely related to daily life's routine tasks; the paper points to difficulties for students in identifying the exact content of the term ‘professional’. Furthermore students seem to be uncertain about their ‘professionalism’ in relation to other health professionals, when they are in the work place setting. The analysis indicates that the care work programme still struggles to make a clear distinction between the former non-paid female domestic work and the current work carried out by the care workers. The analysis mobilises the concept ‘storyline’, c.f. Bronwyn Davies and the empirical material consists of observations and interviews in the theoretical periods and in the traineeships.
KW - Elderly Care
KW - Vocational Training
KW - Professional identity
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