NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIRED OUTCOMES NEW APPROACHES TO

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIRED OUTCOMES NEW APPROACHES TO TEACHING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CHARLYNNE PULLEN

CITY & GUILDS CENTRE FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT The City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development is an independent, not for profit research and development body for vocational education and training. It works to influence and improve skills policy and practice worldwide through an evidence based approach. It is part of the City & Guilds Group. www. skillsdevelopment. org @skillsdev #vocped 3

NEW APPROACHES TO TEACHING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - How to teach vocational education: A theory of vocational pedagogy - Types - Outcomes - Context - Theory - Teachers and new technologies - Proximity to the teacher – from face-to-face to virtual - Making decisions about new technologies 4

VOCATIONAL PEDAGOGY - Theoretical work - Establish ‘what vocational education is for’ - Effective teaching and learning methods - Theory of vocational pedagogy - Commissioned Professor Bill Lucas, Dr Ellen Spencer and Professor Guy Claxton from the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester 5

METHODOLOGY - In-depth international literature review - Appreciative inquiry – vocational teachers and education managers - Expert interviews • Sally Dicketts, Principal, Oxford and Cherwell Valley College • Lorna Fitzjohn, Inspector, Ofsted • Lord Kenneth Baker, former Education Minister • Andy Smyth, Training Manager at Logistics and Travel company • Professor Alison Wolf, author of the Wolf Report – written for UK government in 2010 • Professor Richard Pring, Director of Nuffield Review – commissioned by UK government 2003 -2009 6

TYPES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - Physical materials - People - Symbols 7

OUTCOMES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - Routine expertise - Resourcefulness - Functional literacies - Craftsmanship - Business-like attitudes - Wider skills for growth 8

EFFECTIVE TEACHING You copy, you watch, you copy, and then the point comes where you’re an expert. Then you don’t understand why the novices are having such trouble, because ‘it’s obvious, isn’t it? ’. Professor Alison Wolf 9

METHODS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING - Learning by watching - Learning by imitating - Learning by practising (‘trial and error’) - Learning through feedback - Learning through conversation - Learning by teaching and helping - Learning by real-world problem-solving - Learning through enquiry - Learning by thinking critically and producing knowledge 10

METHODS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING 2 - Learning by listening, transcribing and remembering - Learning by drafting and sketching - Learning by reflecting - Learning on the fly - Learning by being coached - Learning by competing - Learning through virtual environments - Learning through simulation and role play - Learning through games 11

CONTEXT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - Students - Age - Prior learning/experience - Teachers - Different subject specialisms - Level of teacher training - Settings - Workplace - School/College/University 12

THEORY OF VOCATIONAL PEDAGOGY 13

NEW TECHNOLOGIES - Proximity to the teacher - Education as a social process - Who decides and why? - Cost - Appropriateness - Genuine need - Employability 14

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Virtual learning environments - Assessment as simulated work e. g. photo and video for hair and beauty - Typing assignments - Emailing tutors - Forum discussions - Producing video/audio 15

FLIPPED CLASSROOM - Online lecture/video - Worked example in class - Teacher as facilitator - Teacher as coach - Individual support/attention for learners - Specialist knowledge required by teacher - Learner feedback from lecture - Variety? 16

EXERCISE - OUTCOMES - Routine expertise - Resourcefulness - Functional literacies - Craftsmanship - Business-like attitudes - Wider skills for growth Are these the right outcomes? How could new technologies best be used to achieve these outcomes? 17

THANK YOU! ANY QUESTIONS?

CONTACT organising committee contacts Charlynne Pullen Research Manager World. Skills International City & Guilds Centre for Skills Michelle Bussey, Development mailto: michelle. bussey@worldskills. org Charlynne. pullen@skillsdevelopment. org @skillsdev Federal Institute www. skillsdevelopment. org for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Michael Härtel, mailto: Haertel@bibb. de Jan Ebben, mailto: Ebben@bibb. de World. Skills Leipzig 2013 Kjell Eberhardt, mailto: Eberhardt@worldskillsleipzig 2013. com Susanne Bunzel, mailto: Bunzel@worldskillsleipzig 2013. com