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Forster-Heinzer, Sarah – Vocations and Learning, 2020
The aim of this paper is to clarify the relationship between the pedagogical ethos of vocational in-company trainers as perceived by apprentices and the apprentices' identification with their vocation and their company from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. It is argued that the trainers' pedagogical ethos is a relational…
Descriptors: Trainers, Apprenticeships, Professional Identity, Identification (Psychology)
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Abele, Stephan – Vocations and Learning, 2018
This article deals with a theory-based investigation of the diagnostic problem-solving process in professional contexts. To begin with, a theory of the diagnostic problem-solving process was developed drawing on findings from different professional contexts. The theory distinguishes between four sub-processes of the diagnostic problem-solving…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mechanical Skills, Hypothesis Testing, Motor Vehicles
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Gurtner, Jean-Luc; Cattaneo, Alberto; Motta, Elisa; Mauroux, Laetitia – Vocations and Learning, 2011
In the "dual" system of vocational training, working in company represents the major part of training. At the workplace, apprentices are expected to acquire the typical skills of their profession but, at the same time, to contribute to the production of the company. For this reason apprentices are expected to carry out activities on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Training, Workplace Learning, Apprenticeships