Experiências de trabalho no sistema educativo da Finlândia

Finland has the most systematic and structured approach to work experience (which they call TET) that we have seen. Employers are supportive of the work experience that all pupils in Grades 7, 8 and 9 (ages 13-16) undertake and are positive about hosting pupils as well as accommodating young people as part of the vocational education placement system.

The arrangements at Vaajakoski Comprehensive School, Jyväskylä, are typical.

 – Grade 7: Three days of ‘working life experiences’, often in a parent’s workplace, or in a business selected from a local database. Additionally, one day on ‘school as a working place’, where pupils meet the people who work in the school.

– Grade 8: Five days of work experience. Pupils arrange this themselves and are given lessons on how to go about securing a work placement. Pupils who don’t have family networks can ask their school for support.

– Grade 9: Nine days of work experience at age 15/16. The national curriculum regulations require that schools must have a plan for contact with employers. Most schools organise employer contacts for themselves, but there is also a national website which provides a directory of local employer opportunities.

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