Psychological Framework for Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Twenty-First Century

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Journal Article
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Title
Psychological Framework for Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Twenty-First Century
Abstract
To cope with the rapid changes in the real world of work and to prepare the workforce to enter the twenty-first century, there is a paradigm shift in the modern Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) toward competency-based training (CBT) or vocational pedagogy. However, there is the lack of literature/research in TVET education that reveals the fundamental understanding and roles of contemporary learning theories in instructional psychology for creating successful competency-based learning environments for quality TVET teaching and learning. To contribute to the solution, this paper argues that there are significant relationships between (1) knowledge and skills and their associated learning processes required of modern TVET and (2) learning outcomes and their associated learning processes of the contemporary learning theories. In accordance with this assertion, an integrated learning theories for quality TVET education is proposed. The logic is that, supported by consistent empirical evidence as discussed in this paper, the conditions and instructional methods of the learning theories could be successfully used to design powerful competency-based learning environments to promote the development of technical and vocational expertise in TVET teaching and learning for the twenty-first century.
Publication
Learning, Design, and Technology
Date
2016
Language
en
Citation
Sarfo, F. (2016). Psychological Framework for Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Twenty-First Century. Learning, Design, and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4_65-1