Personal digital video stories linking school and internships

Aalborg Universitet Personal digital video stories linking school and internships Henningsen , Birgitte; Ørngreen, Rikke; Louw, Arnt Vestergaard Publication date: 2017 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication from Aalborg University Citation for published version (APA): Henningsen , B., Ørngreen, R., & Louw, A. V. (2017). Personal digital video stories linking school and internships. Abstract from NERA congress, Copenhagen, Denmark. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and 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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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!coV working!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.