following their placement students report back to their training provider and they are assessed to see if they have met their learning objectives supervisors need to have a solid knowledge of the theoretical content of the student s course and have sufficient time and resources to offer guidance students apply concepts learnt in the study programme at the workplace linking theory to practice in the netherlands instructors from industry can only teach in the presence of a pedagogically qualified teacher fazekas and litjens in of first and second year community college students reported having to take remedial courses us department of education while extensive resources are devoted to remediation of basic skills its effectiveness is limited