The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: a visit to a chemical company
The aim of this case study is to highlight the importance of chemistry studies through seeing their real-life application and the professions in which chemists could be employed. At the same time, the students were introduced to local businesses so that they were also aware of the employment opportunities in their home region. There is […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: high school entrepreneurship camp
The aim of this case study is to enable high school students to come up with a customer-driven business idea that promotes sustainable development, and to get them to assess its feasibility and describe the business model. The students will understand the importance of image to a business and be able to plan marketing strategies. […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: work placement in upper secondary school
The aim of this case study is to promote cooperation between upper secondary schools, business and higher education institutions through a three-day work placement scheme for second-year students. The model was piloted in an upper secondary school in autumn 2021; the specific aim of the model was to bring together upper secondary school students, local […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: project week
The aim of this case study is to provide students with opportunities to develop work-life and entrepreneurial skills and to promote their employment in local businesses. The activities will be implemented in such a way that local businesses will also benefit as much as possible. Case study description. The theme of the project week can […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: high school students to businesses – direct and systematic contact
The aim of this case study is to bring high school students and local entrepreneurs together, and thus make it easier for high school students to ask for a summer job, internship or job in a local company later on. Nivala-Haapajärvi Region NIHAK and Nivalan Teollisuuskylä Oy developed the ‘Summer jobs for high school students […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: high school vocational library
The aim of this case study is for students to understand the different paths that teachers have taken to get to the job they currently have. At the same time, the students were able to see that teachers are also ordinary people and to get a glimpse of them outside the teaching role. Case study […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: business idea competition – how to start your own business
The aim of this case study is to help students understand entrepreneurship and the conditions for setting up a business, with consideration of different factors. Description of the case study. The entrepreneurs will give an introductory presentation and selected entrepreneurs will tell their own entrepreneurial stories. This will be followed by an introduction to the […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: looking to the future – an evolving and innovative approach to postgraduate studies and working life
The aim of this case study is to encourage students to adopt an evolving and innovative approach to further studies. The aim was also to create a network of entrepreneurs in the area, which would allow the development of cooperation between these entrepreneurs and the upper secondary school, either through students going to the workplace […]
The business life joint-action model for secondary schools: higher education studies and working-life skills for upper secondary school students
The aim of this case study is to design a model that enabled high school students to learn how to work during high school and to target higher education courses for high school students according to the LOPS2021 process. Case study description. University cooperation was discussed with the University of Oulu, OAMK and Centria AMK. […]
