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Vocational knowledge in motion: rethinking vocational knowledge through vocational teachers’ professional development
- Source :
- Journal of Vocational Education & Training. 68:143-160
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- The paper presents empirical data to consider some of the current debates concerning the nature of vocational knowledge taught in Further Education colleges to students following craft, vocational and occupational courses. The concept of ‘knowledge in motion’ and workplace learning theories are employed as a conceptual framework to examine the continuing professional development (CPD) activities of vocational teachers. This is used to shed light on the ways in which teachers use CPD as a means of accessing and transporting vocational knowledge from occupations to classrooms. Empirical data were gathered through questionnaire, in-depth interviews and participant observation. The findings are presented around five themes: (1) the range of CPD engaged with by vocational teachers; (2) the limitations of propositional, explicit knowledge; (3) engaging with and capturing tacit knowledge; (4) managing the temporality of vocational knowledge; and (5) networking within and to the occupation. Findings suggests that vocational knowledge is distributed and networked and this conceptualisation makes visible some of the ways teachers are able, through CPD activity, to transport vocational knowledge from occupations to classrooms.
- Subjects :
- Further education
LB2300
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
05 social sciences
Professional development
050301 education
Education
Craft
Adult education
Vocational education
Professional learning community
0502 economics and business
Pedagogy
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Learning theory
Faculty development
Psychology
0503 education
050203 business & management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17475090 and 13636820
- Volume :
- 68
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Vocational Education & Training
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a7be0d3731a609176c2dbf9a4a1874ea