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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
Download full textColclasure, 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
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
Seminole Community Coll., Sanford, FL. – 1989
This instructor's manual covers 20 competency-based instructional units designed to prepare entry-level outboard marine technicians. The first section explains how to use the materials and lists the units and the modules that constitute each. The second section lists the competencies taught in the course. The third section suggests instructional…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Marine Technicians, Mechanical Equipment, Mechanical Skills
Schenck, John P. – 1995
John Runkle, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), viewed the Moscow Imperial Technical School exhibit at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 and saw the Russian method of manual training as the answer to the dilemma of combining theory and practice in engineering instruction. On August 17, 1876, shops in which…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational History, Industrial Arts, International Educational Exchange
Lee, Jasper S.; Brown, Raymond – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1975
Operation PFI (Protecting Farmer's Investments), a Statewide program in Mississippi to stimulate agricultural mechanics instruction, has proven very effective. Ke- factors to its acceptance were thorough planning, teacher involvement, and a multi-faceted approach. (EA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Mechanical Skills, Mechanics (Process)
McCann, Edward W. – 1978
This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the Tractor Mechanic Competency Based Education (CBE) Curriculum (CE 022 480). The following information is included: a discussion of the uses of the Tractor Mechanic CBE curriculum; definitions of related terms; the table of contents for the Tractor Mechanic CBE curriculum; a list of competencies by…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Competency Based Education, Job Skills
Eustace, C. C. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations, Educational Programs
Isik, Nurettin; Onat, Ayhan – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2004
In this study of "Occupational Survey of Refrigeration Technicians" in which the "Task Inventory Questionnaires" have been developed, we aim at determining the vocational psychomotor competencies (skills) of refrigeration technicians for effectively carrying out the occupational duties in labor-life. In the first phase of the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Psychomotor Skills, Competence, Employees
GENTRY, GENE A. – 1966
OBJECTIVES WERE TO DETERMINE--(1) THE MECHANICAL COMPETENCIES AND UNDERSTANDINGS NEEDED BY EMPLOYEES IN TWO OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS, AND (2) THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMPETENCIES NEEDED BY THESE EMPLOYEES AND SUCCESSFUL FARMERS. DAVID TUGEND'S SURVEY INSTRUMENT WAS THE BASIS FOR AN INSTRUMENT USED TO INTERVIEW RANDOM SAMPLES OF 25…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Educational Needs, Farmers
Clemson Univ., SC. Vocational Education Media Center. – 1978
Learning activity packages are presented for instruction in tractor mechanics. The packages deal with the duties involved in maintaining the fuel system. The following fourteen learning activity packages are included: servicing fuel and air filters, servicing fuel tanks and lines, adjusting a carburetor, servicing a carburetor, servicing the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Equipment Maintenance, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedSzaniawski, Ignacy – International Review of Education, 1978
Because technological explosion has led to an intellectualization of vocational education, the author develops criteria for integrating the necessary concepts of advanced science and mathematics into general technical coursework. Examples are presented from current reforms in technical training programs in the USSR. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Curriculum Design, Integrated Curriculum, Mechanical Skills
Tidwell, Joseph – 1974
Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of six terminal objectives for an intermediate diesel mechanics course (two semesters, 3 hours daily) designed for high school students who upon completion would be ready for an on-the-job training experience in diesel service and repair. Through…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diesel Engines
