Vocational subjects are distinct from
academic subjects in a number of ways,
each of which raises its own concerns
for the organisation, teaching, and
assessment of such subjects. According
to Michael Young, vocational subjects
also vary among themselves in terms of:
1 The balance between subject content
knowledge and workplace procedural
knowledge. This impacts upon where
most of the teaching is done. Some
vocations are more conducive than
others to learning on the job.
2 The degree to which the subject is
established and has an agreed body
of content or workplace procedural
knowledge, or professional body.
Some vocations are more recently
established than others and have
fewer sources of expertise.
3 The extent to which a competence
or outcomes approach is appropriate
for assessing both vocational skills
and knowledge.
4 The relative value assigned to generic
pedagogic skills that are common
across different vocational areas,
and the ease with which those can
be translated into a curriculum.
5 The balance between general
pedagogy and specific vocational
pedagogy in training programmes
where continuing general education
continues to be important.
Vocational subjects are distinct from
academic subjects in a number of ways,
each of which raises its own concerns
for the organisation, teaching, and
assessment of such subjects. According
to Michael Young, vocational subjects
also vary among themselves in terms of:
1 The balance between subject content
knowledge and workplace procedural
knowledge. This impacts upon where
most of the teaching is done. Some
vocations are more conducive than
others to learning on the job.
2 The degree to which the subject is
established and has an agreed body
of content or workplace procedural
knowledge, or professional body.
Some vocations are more recently
established than others and have
fewer sources of expertise.
3 The extent to which a competence
or outcomes approach is appropriate
for assessing both vocational skills
and knowledge.
4 The relative value assigned to generic
pedagogic skills that are common
across different vocational areas,
and the ease with which those can
be translated into a curriculum.
5 The balance between general
pedagogy and specific vocational
pedagogy in training programmes
where continuing general education
continues to be important.
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