How to teach vocational education: A theory of vocational pedagogy
A
City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development publication
launch
Date: Thursday 6th December 2012, 10.30 am – 12 noon
(Registration from 10 am)
Venue: One Birdcage Walk,
Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ
Admission: Free
Speakers: Gordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for
Further Education, Skills and Regional Growth
(
confirmed)
Professors Bill Lucas and Guy Claxton, Centre for Real-World
Learning, University of Winchester
Sally Dicketts, Principal and Chief Executive, Oxford and Cherwell
Valley College
Chair: Charlynne Pullen, Senior Researcher, City
& Guilds Centre for Skills Development
Vocational education is currently high on the political agenda,
with the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning, the
Lingfield Review into the Professionalisation of Teaching in the
learning and Skills Sector, and the Richards Review into
Apprenticeships. There has been much debate about systems and
structures, but before we can address these critical questions, the
City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development argues that we need
to re-establish the purpose of and theory behind vocational
education and training.
The City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development’s latest
research report,
How to teach
vocational education: A theory of vocational
pedagogy, takes a fresh look at the outcomes of
vocational education, and the implications for teaching practice.
Drawing on an extensive literature review, we explore what teaching
and learning methods are effective, the contexts of vocational
education – people, places and cultures – and the complex demands
these bring with them. The report makes the case for a vocational
pedagogy, the science, art and craft of teaching, and offers a
practical theory.
At this event, Professors
Bill Lucas and
Guy Claxton, Centre for Real-World Learning will share the
findings and answer some of the key questions at the heart of the
report including:
- What makes vocational education
distinctive?
- Why do we need a theory of
vocational pedagogy?
- What should it look like and how
can we put it into practice?
- Which teaching and learning
methods work in vocational education?
- How do we know when and how to
use them?
If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP to reqaiyah.khwaja@skillsdevelopment.org
by Monday 3 December 2012. Places will be offered
on a first-come-first served basis. Twitter hashtag for this event
is #vocped.