1st Edition

Teaching Problem Solving in Vocational Education

By Rebecca Soden Copyright 1994
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    The development of thinking skills which will improve learning and problem-solving performance at work is an important aim for vocational education and training. The best of workers - manual, technical, administrative, professional, scientific or managerial - have gained skills in problem solving. This book provides guidelines on how best to teach those problem-solving skills. Rebecca Soden argues that thinking skills are most effectively developed along with vocational competences, and offers practical strategies on which training sessions can be based.

    Chapter 1 Thinking matters at work; Chapter 2 Learning to solve problems and learning as problem solving; Chapter 3 Information matters in learning and problem solving; Chapter 4 Learning to learn for problem solving; Chapter 5 Teaching mental procedures for problem solving; Chapter 6 Writing instructional plans – conventional and dual-focus; Chapter 7 Transfer and assessment; Chapter 8 Problem solving in kitchens; Chapter 9 Problem solving in sequential logic, transposition of formulae, applied chemistry and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; Chapter 10 A problem-solving approach in basic principles of accounting;

    Biography

    Soden, Rebecca