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Download full textMatthew M. Grondin; Michael I. Swart; Arushi R. Pandey; Kate Fu; Mitchell J. Nathan – Grantee Submission, 2023
This full paper concerns an exploratory study that investigates students' reasoning about torsion. Mechanical reasoning is critical to engineering applications and yet students still struggle to accurately predict, analyze, and model mechanical systems using formal symbolic notations (i.e., formalizations). To understand the nature of students'…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Persuasive Discourse, Thinking Skills, Speech Communication
Direct linkTummons, Jonathan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
Drawing on interim findings from an ethnography of a cycle mechanics' workshop, this article demonstrates how the work of the mechanics rests on not only specific and contextualised craft expertise but also on distributed networks of both people and things, within which highly specialist instances of expertise or competence manifest alongside more…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Process), Mechanical Skills, Cultural Influences, Physical Activities
Jonathan Tummons – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
This paper provides an account of the everyday workplace learning of cycle technicians. Derived from an ethnography of working cultures and practices at a bike shop in the North of England, this paper rests on a critical reading of Communities of Practice theory in order to explore the complex and heterogeneous learning of cycle technicians.…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional Personnel, Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Transportation
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
Priyanga, K.; Nancy, M. – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2019
Background: A job is undertaken for a particular period of an individual's life and with chances for progress. The constructive way to know about the individual's inner strength. Career ability for high school students is essential to identify their capabilities in different career choices and choose the appropriate one, which helps in reaching…
Descriptors: High School Students, Job Skills, Career Choice, Gender Differences
Priyanga, K.; Nancy, M. – Online Submission, 2019
Background: A job is undertaken for a particular period of an individual's life and with chances for progress. The constructive way to know about the individual's inner strength. Career ability for high school students is essential to identify their capabilities in different career choices and choose the appropriate one, which helps in reaching…
Descriptors: High School Students, Job Skills, Career Choice, Gender Differences
Colclasure, Blake C. – Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 2020
Community colleges have a strong history of providing vocational education and occupational training to meet changing workforce demands of local industries. In the Midwest, agricultural industries have expressed an expanding need for middle-skilled workers with postsecondary, pre-baccalaureate credentials. The 21st century agricultural landscape…
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Job Skills, Minimum Competencies, College Graduates
Autio, Ossi; Soobik, Mart – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2017
The main idea of this research was to find out if there is a relationship between students' undertakings within Craft and Technology education and their ability to understand technological concepts. Study participants' technological knowledge and reasoning was measured with a questionnaire regarding mechanical systems connected with simple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Thinking Skills
Ozcan, Mustafa; Vuranok, Turan Tolga; Ball, Claudia – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: This study explores the applicability and transferability of tools developed for the realization of comparability and transparency of qualifications across Europe. It relates to the implementation of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) and the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) in the automotive…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Vocational Education, Case Studies, Electronics
