Marcodoppido, Fabio
Work-study training program in a Master’s of Sociology: Educational responsibility, challenges, and strategies deployed in the students’ professionalization
- 2022.
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Based on a study carried out through semi-structured interviews, this article studies three issues that the work-study framework poses for the academic advisors of six sociology courses: attractivity in order to sustain the Master’s; writing a research paper based on an internship or apprenticeship; a dual academic and extra-academic professionalization. Coming back to the strategies that these professors deploy to best ensure their educational responsibility and meet these issues, the article shows a tension between the marketization of work-study programs and a training approach that goes beyond the employability of students.