Valmis työelämään – Osaaminen sanoiksi ammattikorkeakoulutuksessa
Keywords:
vocational higher education pedagogy, communication skills, professional growthAbstract
The importance and the quantity of communication at workplaces have experienced a dramatic increase. Interaction relations and linguistic requirements of the work life are multi-dimensional. In the organizations communication is used for creating and reconstructing of knowledge and shared identity. This article will examine the importance of communication skills for one’s professional growth in the context of a University of Applied Sciences and in a workplace context in the fields of visual design. The aim was to examine the significance of a learning environment in the development of communication skills. The focus was to discover what kind of communication challenges people face at workplaces and how these challenges are taken into account in the higher education. It also discusses how the communication competence appears to be generic and on the other hand subject specific competence. The article will report and discuss findings through four themes which are all related to the professional growth.
