Overview
- Discusses adult learning in the context of social interaction
- Discusses both learning as acquisition of vocational knowledge and the application of that knowledge
- Unique insights into aspects of TVET for Indigenous (First Nation) Peoples
- Links current TVET theory with empirical findings
- Addresses policy implications for Europe, North America and Australasia
Part of the book series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (TVET, volume 13)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Aspects of Vocational Learning
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Vocational Learning
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Vocational Learning Practice
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About this book
Effective knowing and learning for vocational purposes must take account of the wide range of variables that impact on knowledge formation and that promote learning. In light of those many variables, the formal sector of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) must constantly ask itself what it could and should do to better provide vocational learning for those people likely to pursue learning via the informal sector. This book addresses that question.
Vocational Learning: Innovative Theory and Practice discusses four theoretical aspects of vocational learning that support understanding of vocational learning processes and practices: the situations of vocational learning; the power and roles of social networks and identity in vocational learning; knowing and knowledge management processes; and the implications for pedagogic practices in both informal and formal TVET systems. The book provides an overview of a series of international examples of innovative approaches to vocational educational theory and practice, and it draws on empirical research to analyze the effects of those approaches. It includes unique insights into aspects of TVET for Indigenous peoples. With a discussion of policy implications for Europe, North America and Australia, this book is an instrumental tool to understand the underlying factors that generate effective educational and workforce outcomes through effective formal and informal learning.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vocational Learning
Book Subtitle: Innovative Theory and Practice
Editors: Ralph Catts, Ian Falk, Ruth Wallace
Series Title: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1539-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1538-7Published: 12 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3808-9Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1539-4Published: 12 August 2011
Series ISSN: 1871-3041
Series E-ISSN: 2213-221X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 280
Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education