This article advances a scheme that proposes how curriculum goals and content might be
conceptualised for vocational education. The scheme is founded in socio-historical activity …

This article draws upon research in the field of Cultural Historical Activity Theory in order to
provide a new theoretical and methodological framework for analysing work experience and …

This paper maintains that post Lave and Wenger VET has overlooked the relation between
vocational curricula and workplace practice. The paper attributes this oversight to Kant's …

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Malaysia is currently within the 21
st century environment where teachers and students are expected to be highly prepared in …

The term ‘work process knowledge’ refers to the knowledge needed for working in flexible
and innovative business environments, including those in which information and …

The paper argues that: (1) the demise of ‘occupational’ and ‘internal’ and the spread of ‘external’
labour markets in growth areas of UK economy such as the creative and cultural sector, …

Individuals actively and continually construct the knowledge required for their working lives.
Two outcomes arise from this constructive process: (i) individual change (ie learning) and (ii) …

This article argues that there is a paradox at the heart of United Kingdom and European Union
polices for learning: the knowledge economy debate rests on a traditional interpretation of …

Since the 1980s, the focus on learning environments has changed considerably in
educational research. In earlier decades, most efforts were concentrated on optimisation of the …

A theoretical framework for understanding applied learning processes is now warranted given
the frequency with which these processes are now being utilised. Drawing in part from the …