Henningsen , Birgitte

Louw, Arnt Vestergaard

Ørngreen, Rikke

    Aalborg UniversitetPersonal digital video stories linking school and internshipsHenningsen, Birgitte; Ørngreen, Rikke; Louw, Arnt VestergaardPublication date:2017Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication from Aalborg UniversityCitation for published version (APA):Henningsen , B., Ørngreen, R., & Louw, A. V. (2017). Personal digital video stories linking school andinternships. Abstract from NERA congress, Copenhagen, Denmark.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            ? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            ? 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You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at vbn@aub.aau.dk providing details, and we will remove access tothe work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from vbn.aau.dk on: April 30, 2017Learning and education – material conditions and consequences23 - 25 March 2017Copenhagen · DenmarkNERA 2017 Abstractswww.nera2017.org  [223]%PERSONAL%DIGITAL%VIDEO%STORIES%LINKING%SCHOOL%AND%INTERNSHIPS%!Birgitte!Henningsen1!,!Arnt!Vestergaard!!Louw1!,!Rikke!Ørngreen1!%%1Dep.$of$Learning$and$Philosophy,$Aalborg$University,$Copenhagen$S.V.,$Denmark!!Research%topic/Aim:%How!can!personal!stories!in!the!form!of!videos!(incl.!images,!animations!and!sound)!play!a!role!as!an!engaging!reflection!tool!between!school!and!companyVbased!internships!among!young!marginalized!people!in!vocational!educational!training!(VET)?!Theoretical%frameworks:!!This!is!a!research!proposal!that!draws!on!transfer!theory!and!previous!findings!which!suggests!students’!meaningVmaking!processes,!in!the!interplay!between!school!and!internships,!are!difficult!but!vital!to!establish!(Aarkrog!2011;!Nielsen!2009).!Furthermore,!the!research!views!motivation!for!learning!as!a!socio!cultural!phenomenon,!which!among!others!puts!the!learning!context!rather!than!an!individual!in!focus!for!understanding,!how!young!VET!students!make!sense!of!their!education!(McLeod!&!Yates!2006,!Louw!2013;!Pless!et!al.!2015).!Finally,!the!research!draws!on!theories!of!Digital!Storytelling!(Lambert,2013)!as!a!way!of!empowering!marginalized!groups!through!individual!and!collaborative!userVdriven!media!and!personal!reflection!practices.!Methodology/research%design:%This!research!project!is!inspired!by!DesignVBased!Research!(DBR),!including!applying!an!iterative,!contextual!and!userVdriven!process,!rather!than!more!traditional!hypothesisVdriven!methods!(Amiel!&!Reeves!2008).!The!DBR!project!is!designed!to!investigate!how!Personal!Digital!Video!stories!(PDVs)!supports!the!students’!social!relations,!learning,!reflection!and!their!professional!development!during!their!VET.!The!suggested!research!design!is!to!involve!two!different!schools,!involving!3V4!different!VET!programs!and!focus!on!the!critical!transitions!between!school!and!companyVbased!internships.!The!plan!is!to!follow!two!subsequent!classes!at!each!school,!in!a!total!of!2!½!years.!Thus!in!total,!the!DBR!projects!involves!6!VET!programs,!approximately!12!VET!teachers!and!150!VET!students.!The!research!data!will!consist!of!participatory!observations!from!coVworking!with!teachers!and!students!on!the!PDVs,!from!observing!the!processes!surrounding!the!PDVs!inVuse,!as!well!as!data!from!interviews!and!surveys!with!participants.!Expected%conclusions/Findings:!Previous!research!indicates!that!video!productions!(in!many!formats!and!modalities)!potentially!scaffolds!reflection!and!supports!professional!thinking!and!“professional!proudness”!(Ørngren!2009;!Louw!2015).!The!process!of!making!a!movie!and!sharing!it!with!peers!holds!the!potential!of!mediating!engagement,!learning,!immersion!and!retention!of!the!subjects!depicted!in!the!movie!(Ørngreen,!Louw!&!Henningsen!2016).!The!intention!of!the!suggested!research!agenda!is!to!further!deploy!this!focus!to!youths,!who!are!schoolVweary!(which!can!be!youths!with!talent!and/or!youths!who!are!writing!and!reading!challenged!etc).!The!objective!is!therefore!to!support!a!professional!clarification!and!increase!the!professional!pride!and!willingness!to!carry!on,!and!relate!handsVon!practice!and!theory.!Relevance%for%Nordic%Educational%Research:!Digitalizing!educations!is!a!fast!growing!tendency!across!the!educational!systems!and!nations.!The!educations!of!the!Nordic!countries!are!traditionally!well!equipped!with!digital!hardware.!However,!the!learning!outcome!of!the!digital!hardware!is!more!doubtful.!This!study!aims!to!shed!light!on!the!possibility!for!harvesting!the!benefits!of!multimodal!digital!tools!specifically!in!relation!to!digital!storytelling!in!VET,!thus!setting!inspirational!handsVon!examples!on!ways!to!digitalize!VET!programmes.

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