The foundation degree is an intermediate-level qualification designed to widen participation in higher education while providing work-related skills and knowledge. It has a vocational focus and a pedagogic approach that integrates academic and work-based learning. Research into opportunities and the process of learning within foundation degrees is…

The four classes of learning experience found in an instructional system are defined as 1) orienting experiences, which provide a set of referents essential to meaningful study, and which may take the form of direct observation of children or teachers in classrooms, observation of filmed models, etc., and which may be used at any level; 2)…

One competency to be demonstrated by future teachers in the OCE ComField program is defined in terms of their ability to bring about a wide range of cognitive responses on the part of pupils, indicating that the pupil is using a variety of mental operations, which include divergent thinking memory, evaluative thinking, and identifying common…