The New Green Demand in Education
Young people want to know and work. Discussions and decisions is a language that is too slow for many of them. When young people choose their education, they will probably…
Balance Point, Lucubrate Magazine Issue 62, 2019
Evidence suggests that several elements of the climate system could be tipped into a different state by global warming, causing irreversible economic damages (read more...) Balance Point Lucubrate Magazine Issue…
University or Technical Vocational Education and Training
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions play an important role in equipping young people to enter the world of work and in improving their employability throughout their careers. Tvet…
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…
Learning Through Conversation in Vocational Education
Conversation in the workplace sometimes referred to as ‘watercooler talk’, is an essential aspect of learning (1). Ann Baker and colleagues have shown precisely how an executive team goes about…