Developing Vocational Practice in the Jewellery Sector through the Incubation of a New "Project-Object"

Autor/inn/en	Guile, David; Okumoto, Kaori
Titel	Developing Vocational Practice in the Jewellery Sector through the Incubation of a New "Project-Object"
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Research, 47 (2008) 4, S.252-260 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0883-0355
DOI	10.1016/j.ijer.2008.07.004
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Global Approach; Models; Epistemology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Globales Denken; Analogiemodell; Erkenntnistheorie
Abstract	This paper analyses a work placement scheme established to create the conditions to: (i) incubate new designs in the jewellery sector in Birmingham; (ii) support a jewellery company compete more effectively in the global market; (iii) assist a newly qualified graduate jeweller to enter the jewellery sector. It introduces a new theoretical framework based on concepts from: Cultural-Historical Activity Theory--"project-object"; Workplace Learning--"vocational practice"; Philosophy of Mind--"space of reasons"; to analyse individual and organisational contributions to workplace learning in this scheme. It identifies the strategies and tactics used by: (i) the organisations involved with the scheme to facilitate the incubation of the new designs, and (ii) an aspiring jewellery designer to create a new product range. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of this conceptual framework for debates in workplace learning about: (i) the "front-loaded" versus "practice-based" conceptions of vocational education and (ii) the role of epistemic objects and practices in the development of vocational practice. (As Provided).
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