NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIRED OUTCOMES
NEW APPROACHES TO TEACHING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
CHARLYNNE PULLEN
CITY & GUILDS CENTRE FOR
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
The City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development is an independent, not for
profit research and development body for vocational education and training.
It works to influence and improve skills policy and practice worldwide
through an evidence based approach. It is part of the City & Guilds Group.
www.skillsdevelopment.org
@skillsdev
#vocped
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NEW APPROACHES TO
TEACHING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- How to teach vocational education: A theory of vocational pedagogy
- Types
- Outcomes
- Context
-
Theory
- Teachers and new technologies
- Proximity to the teacher – from face-to-face to virtual
- Making decisions about new technologies
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VOCATIONAL PEDAGOGY
- Theoretical work
- Establish ‘what vocational education is for’
- Effective teaching and learning methods
- Theory of vocational pedagogy
- Commissioned Professor Bill Lucas, Dr Ellen Spencer and Professor Guy
Claxton from the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of
Winchester
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METHODOLOGY
- In-depth international literature review
- Appreciative inquiry – vocational teachers and education managers
- Expert interviews
• Sally Dicketts, Principal, Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
• Lorna Fitzjohn, Inspector, Ofsted
• Lord Kenneth Baker, former Education Minister
• Andy Smyth, Training Manager at Logistics and Travel company
• Professor Alison Wolf, author of the Wolf Report – written for UK
government in 2010
• Professor Richard Pring, Director of Nuffield Review – commissioned by
UK government 2003-2009
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TYPES OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
- Physical materials
- People
- Symbols
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OUTCOMES OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
- Routine expertise
- Resourcefulness
- Functional literacies
- Craftsmanship
- Business-like attitudes
- Wider skills for growth
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EFFECTIVE TEACHING
You copy, you watch, you copy, and then the
point comes where you’re an expert. Then you
don’t understand why the novices are having
such trouble, because ‘it’s obvious, isn’t it?’.
Professor Alison Wolf
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METHODS OF TEACHING
AND LEARNING
- Learning by watching
- Learning by imitating
- Learning by practising (‘trial and error’)
- Learning through feedback
- Learning through conversation
- Learning by teaching and helping
- Learning by real-world problem-solving
- Learning through enquiry
- Learning by thinking critically and producing knowledge
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METHODS OF TEACHING
AND LEARNING 2
- Learning by listening, transcribing and remembering
- Learning by drafting and sketching
- Learning by reflecting
- Learning on the fly
- Learning by being coached
- Learning by competing
- Learning through virtual environments
- Learning through simulation and role play
- Learning through games
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CONTEXT OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
- Students
- Age
- Prior learning/experience
- Teachers
- Different subject specialisms
- Level of teacher training
- Settings
- Workplace
- School/College/University
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THEORY OF VOCATIONAL
PEDAGOGY
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- Proximity to the teacher
- Education as a social process
- Who decides and why?
- Cost
- Appropriateness
- Genuine need
- Employability
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VIRTUAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
Virtual learning environments
- Assessment as simulated work e.g. photo and video for hair and beauty
- Typing assignments
- Emailing tutors
- Forum discussions
- Producing video/audio
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FLIPPED CLASSROOM
- Online lecture/video
- Worked example in class
- Teacher as facilitator
- Teacher as coach
- Individual support/attention for learners
- Specialist knowledge required by teacher
- Learner feedback from lecture
- Variety?
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EXERCISE - OUTCOMES
- Routine expertise
- Resourcefulness
- Functional literacies
- Craftsmanship
- Business-like attitudes
- Wider skills for growth
Are these the right outcomes? How could new technologies best be used to
achieve these outcomes?
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THANK YOU!
ANY QUESTIONS?
CONTACT
organising committee contacts
Charlynne Pullen
Research Manager
City & Guilds Centre for Skills
Development
Charlynne.pullen@skillsdevelopment
.org
@skillsdev
www.skillsdevelopment.org
WorldSkills International
Michelle Bussey,
mailto:[email protected]
Federal Institute
for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
Michael Härtel, mailto:[email protected]
Jan Ebben, mailto:[email protected]
WorldSkills Leipzig 2013
Kjell Eberhardt,
mailto:[email protected]
Susanne Bunzel,
mailto:[email protected]