The European Year of Skills 2023
The European Year of Skills 2023 aims to help to develop skills more effective and inclusive investment in training and to upskill to harness the full potential of the European workforce.
Learning by Listening, Transcribing and Remembering in Vocational Education.
The idea that learners can learn by listening, transcribing, and remembering, is more akin to the traditional model of teaching – as it is commonly perceived – where the teacher…
Learning by Critical Thinking in Vocational Education.
Critical thinking is the application of appropriate skills and strategies in order to obtain the desired outcome. It involves monitoring thinking processes, checking whether progress is being made towards the…
Learning Through Enquiry in Vocational Education.
Learning through enquiry is a good pedagogical approach. For example, the ‘enquiry’ approach is often used to describe a philosophical approach to developing learners’ thinking, for example in schools where…
Learning by Real-World Problem-Solving in Vocational Education.
Learning by attempting to solve real-world problems can be a highly effective means of developing expertise. Learn PBL from Medical Education ‘Problem-based learning’ (PBL) is an enquiry-based approach to problem-solving…
Learning by Teaching and Helping in Vocational Education
Learners themselves can learn by teaching and helping one another. Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1) developed the concept of ‘communities of practice’. This refers to groups of people undertaking…