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Khaled, Anne; Gulikers, Judith; Biemans, Harm; van der Wel, Marjan; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
The intentions with which hands-on simulations are used in vocational education are not always clear. Also, pedagogical-didactic approaches in hands-on simulations are not well conceptualised from a learning theory perspective. This makes it difficult to pinpoint the added value that hands-on simulations can have in an innovative vocational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Competence, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Development
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Fuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, 1998
The distinction between formal and informal education is unhelpful. A reconceptualized concept of apprenticeship should reconcile the polarization between learner-centered and transmission approaches to instruction. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
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Guile, David; Young, Michael – Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, 1998
Drawing on recent work extending Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development and activity theory, the article proposes that apprenticeship be reconceptualized as a more inclusive social theory of learning. Suggests the need for new criteria for reflexive learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Learning Theories, Social Theories