Learning through practice: beyond informal and towards a framework for learning through practice
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Billett, Stephen
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2013
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The learning of occupations through work is a central, and perhaps the most salient, element of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Across human history, learning through practice (for example, of the skills needed for work ) has been the single most important process for developing occupational competence and it has served both societal and personal needs well. In Europe, for over a millennium prior to industrialization, the learning of occupations typically occurred in the family, or in small businesses which served and met the needs of their communities. Even earlier, similar processes were enacted in ...
View more >The learning of occupations through work is a central, and perhaps the most salient, element of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Across human history, learning through practice (for example, of the skills needed for work ) has been the single most important process for developing occupational competence and it has served both societal and personal needs well. In Europe, for over a millennium prior to industrialization, the learning of occupations typically occurred in the family, or in small businesses which served and met the needs of their communities. Even earlier, similar processes were enacted in Mesopotamia, Hellenic Greece and Imperial China, with the latter offering the most enduring example of the salience of learning through practice across five millennia. However, since industrialization and the formation of modern nation-states, and with the introduction of mass schooling, vocational and higher education systems, the standing and outcomes of practice-based learning experiences have been denigrated.
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View more >The learning of occupations through work is a central, and perhaps the most salient, element of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Across human history, learning through practice (for example, of the skills needed for work ) has been the single most important process for developing occupational competence and it has served both societal and personal needs well. In Europe, for over a millennium prior to industrialization, the learning of occupations typically occurred in the family, or in small businesses which served and met the needs of their communities. Even earlier, similar processes were enacted in Mesopotamia, Hellenic Greece and Imperial China, with the latter offering the most enduring example of the salience of learning through practice across five millennia. However, since industrialization and the formation of modern nation-states, and with the introduction of mass schooling, vocational and higher education systems, the standing and outcomes of practice-based learning experiences have been denigrated.
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Book Title
Revisiting global trends in TVET: Reflections on theory and practice
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Technical, Further and Workplace Education