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dc.contributor.authorBillett, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:40:56Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:40:56Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.date.modified2009-10-14T22:12:40Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/11141
dc.description.abstractDrawing on a series of studies into workplace learning, this paper examines the basis for organising workplace learning experiences for the development of vocational expertise. It is argued, from a constructivist perspective, that the structuring these experiences has four dimensions: (i) movement from peripheral to full participation in workplace activities; (ii) access to the product (goals) of workplace activities; (iii) proximal guidance from more expert others; and (iv) distal guidance provided by the physical as well as the social environment. Instead of an emphasis on teaching, the development of a learning curriculum is advocated which takes into account the four dimensions outlined above thereby placing a focus on learning and curriculum as a set of structured everyday activities. It is held that, through guided everyday experience in the workplace, a pathway of activities can be established through which participation can lead to thedevelopment of vocational expertise. Each of the dimensions of the 'learning curriculum' are seen as being salient and interrelated. In particular, it is argued that as forms of vocational knowledge become more complex, with the increased application of technology and more elaborate forms of work organisation come to be used, that close guidance of expert others become a necessary quality for the development of vocational knowledge. The paper concludes by advocating the development of `learning curriculum'. It is intended that such structures can become the basis for organising, developing and evaluating workplace learning experiences.
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational Vocational Education and Training Association
dc.publisher.placeTaipei
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.iveta.org/about
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameNew Prospects in Vocational Education & Training
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleNew Perspectives for Vocational Education and Training
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom1996-05-01
dc.relation.ispartofdateto1996-05-01
dc.relation.ispartoflocationTaipei, Taiwan
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330206
dc.titleStructuring Workplace Learning Experience: The Learning Curriculum
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE2 - Conferences (Non Refereed)
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© 1996 International Vocational Education & Training Association. Reproduced here in accordance with publisher policy. Please use hypertext link.
gro.date.issued1996
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gro.griffith.authorBillett, Stephen R.


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