Empirical research on practicing engineers can inform engineering education as it provides evidence for what engineering students ought to learn. Whilst there has been a growing interest and scholarship in this area, there has not been any systematic attempt to map the empirical research on practicing engineers and develop an agenda for research…

This chapter focuses on situated learning theories, specifically a critique of Wenger's (Communities of practice. Learning, meaning and identity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998) notion of 'communities of practice'. The review of literature associated with communities of practice highlights the complexity of this framework but…

Learning in vocational schools and workplaces are the two main components of vocational education. Students have to develop professional competences by building meaningful relations between knowledge, skills and attitudes. There are, however, some major concerns about the combination of learning in these two learning environments, since vocational…