This report documents an investigation to understand the way in which practice-based learning functioned using three different fields: general practice medicine, carpentry, and civil engineering technician work.
It aimed to discover how learners integrate theory and practice, and the effectiveness of workplace experiences for learning, through interviews and observations with learner-practitioners and their formal on-job learning supporters.
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Full report | Knowing Practice: Vocational thresholds for GPs, carpenters, and engineering technicians (PDF, 1.9Mb)
Summary Report | Knowing Practice: Vocational thresholds for GPs, carpenters, and engineering technicians (PDF, 700Kb)
Background:
A two-year New Zealand Council for Educational Research project, completed in 2015, to understand the way in which practice-based learning operates across three different occupational fields General Practice (GP) medicine, building and engineering.
Report prepared by Karen Vaughan, Linda Bonne and Jan Eyre.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)