| CODE | TET5014 | ||||||
| TITLE | Pedagogical Methods for Vocational Technology Education | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit presents the rationale and elements of a vocational pedagogy for technological education. It tackles those elements that are general to a vocational pedagogy and also those elements and methods that are specific to knowledge domains within national vocational technological curricula covered at the secondary level of schooling. Study-Unit Aims: - To present a pedagogy for vocational technology education; - To present methods for competence building and assessment within a vocational context for technology education. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss a rationale for technological vocational education and its related pedagogies; - Identify the general elements constituting a vocational pedagogy; - Identify domain specific elements constituting a vocational pedagogy. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply a vocational pedagogy for knowledge within technological vocational subject domains with focus on the national context; - Plan the development of competencies within technological vocational education; - Plan the assessment of competencies within technological vocational education. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Lucas, B., Spencer, E., & Claxton, G. (2012). How to Teach Vocational Education: A theory of vocational pedagogy. City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carmel Navarro |
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