| 11. |
|
|
| 12. |
|
|
| 13. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Didactical narratives as part of educating for vocational excellence : articulating relationships between techne and phronesis
- 2015
-
Ingår i: Proceedings of the ECER VETNET Conference 2015.
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The focus of this paper is on education for vocational excellence (the combination of virtue and good judgment or phronesis/practical wisdom) through an examination of an episode from the auto/biographical study of master craftsman Wolfgang B. Vocational excellence is an issue sometimes discussed with regard to teacher training for schools and universities, often from an Aristotelian perspective, but less often when it comes to teaching and teacher training in the various models of craft apprenticeship education that exist. Even though there is no lack of arguments made for the excellence one is able to develop in learning a craft there are fewer takes on how such educational aims have been enacted. This is problematic because teaching vocational knowledge, including excellence, thereby becomes a practice that is less articulated than it could to be and more systematic reflection is inhibited.I will be considering these problems through the educational biography of a master bookbinder, gilder and engraver, Mr. Wolfgang B., and a story he tells of his own deliberations in teaching bookbinding. The narrative presented is a clear example of how teaching skill is often entwined with teaching vocational excellence. The conclusion is that by collecting a wide number of narratives in apprentice-master settings it would be possible to map and analyze a field of practical knowledge of relevance both for practitioners and for scholars.
|
|
| 14. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Educating for vocational excellence : The auto/biographical exploration of enacted craft pedagogy
- 2015
-
Ingår i: Vocations and Learning. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1874-785X .- 1874-7868. ; 8:2, s. 229-245
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The focus of this article is on education for vocational excellence (the combination of virtue and good judgment or phronesis/practical wisdom) through the examination of episodes from the auto/biographical study of master craftsman Wolfgang B. Vocational excellence is an issue sometimes discussed with regard to teacher training for schools and universities, often from an Aristotelian perspective, but less often when it comes to teaching and teacher training in the various models of crafts apprenticeship education that exist. Even though there is no lack of arguments made for the excellence one is able to develop in learning a craft there are fewer takes on how such educational aims have been enacted. This is problematic because teaching vocational knowledge, including excellence, thereby becomes a more tacit practice than it needs to be and more systematic reflection is inhibited.I will be considering these problems through the educational biography of a master bookbinder, gilder and engraver, Mr. Wolfgang B., and two stories he tells, one of his education in Paris and one of his own deliberations in teaching bookbinding.In doing this I am arguing for a systematic narrative approach to researching and teaching how to teach vocational excellence and by extension more generally with regard to teaching. This not only does justice to the particularity of practical wisdom but also calls attention to the imaginative character of being able to deliberate wisely.
|
|
| 15. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Educating for Vocational Excellence
- 2018
-
Ingår i: Handbook of Vocational Education and Training. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319497891 ; , s. 1-16
-
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter reviews current research into educating for vocational excellence. It distinguishes between two conceptualizations of excellence, the world skills and the neo-Aristotelian, and pursues research connected to the latter. The neo-Aristotelian approach to excellence characterizes it as a combination of practical wisdom and virtues, sometimes with further additions. The review identifies three major trends in this research: one focusing on establishing conceptual frameworks for cultivating vocational excellence, one focusing on the development of virtues in practice, and the final one developing out of a narrative approach to practical wisdom and excellence. It identifies possibilities for more systematic combinations of these different approaches. The lack of more systematic research in the field is also discussed, especially regarding comparative and evaluative inquiries, the exception being, perhaps, the field of narrative medicine. The conclusion is that the research field is comparatively young, most work being post 2000, but that there has been significant growth since then. The review lays a foundation for both future inquiry and practice development to proceed with greater self-awareness and understanding of the potentials inherent in the excellence aspect of vocational education and training.
|
|
| 16. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Educating the reflective practitioner and vocational Bildung
- 2015
-
Ingår i: Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training. - Bremen. ; , s. 229-232
-
Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In his work Educating the reflective practitioner, Schön (1987) discusses some of the challenges in teaching design-like occupations. His work there mostly engages with what might be termed the craft-like aspects of these occupations, ie. the combination of skills, knowledge and perception required to “get it” as he terms it. He makes clear that what he is not explicitly engaging with is the study of how a reflective practitioner also comes to develop: “wisdom in response to ethical dilemmas.” This important area of vocational education as it relates to, and ties in with, education for reflective practice is the focus of this paper. It will be discussed in relation to a case study of the vocational education biography of master craftsman Wolfgang B. taking some examples from his narrative to clarify the close relationship between Schön’s concept of reflective practice and one that will be developed here of vocational Bildung.
|
|
| 17. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Eurocentrism in Steiner/Waldorf education – a literature review and postcolonial critique
- 2023
-
Ingår i: RoSE. - 1891-6511. ; 14:1, s. 39-62
-
Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Steiner/Waldorf education has seen an increasing discussion regarding Eurocentrism, especially with regards to the so-called theory of cultural epochs that can be found in anthroposophy. This paper is an attempt to present a complete review of current research and the various perspectives represented in it. The framework is, roughly, postcolonial theory and its critique of Eurocentrism masking itself as universalizations as well as essentialisms. The review is structured into four categories: research on postcolonial frameworks and globalization; research on subject-didactics from a decolonial perspective, especially history and language; research on integrating Steiner education with indigenous education and intercultural education; and critical studies regarding the concept of the human being in Steiner education. It concludes with a discussion of the commonalities and differences between the various perspectives represented as well as some thoughts on themes left large unexplored.
|
|
| 18. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Exploring narratives of vocational Bildung : A biographical approach
- 2015
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper presents a pilot study where a series of biographical conversations with craftmaster Wolfgang B. focus on Bildung-experiences in the context of his vocational education. The aim of such conversations is to develop a deeper understanding of Bildung in and through vocational education and training (VET) with a particular focus on didactical descriptions.In the paper it will be argued that by looking at Bildung as part of VET through empirical studies of VET biographies significantly enriches our understanding of Bildung in vocational contexts. Furthermore, explorative biographical studies hold the potential to surface different kinds of Bildung-narratives as well as different themes. The former aspects featured most prominently in the pilot study whereas the paper will be exploring more of the latter issues and how such an explorative study can lay the foundation for more extensive narrative research in connection with Bildung and professional development.
|
|
| 19. |
- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
(författare)
-
Lehrkunstdidaktik and its potential for vocational didactics
- 2023
-
Ingår i: Vocational Education and Training Transformations for Digital, Sustainable and Socially Fair Future. - Kaunas : Independently Published. - 9798390503386 ; , s. 458-462
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper focuses on the German didactical theory Lehrkunstdidaktik (The-art-of-teaching) and its potential to enrich vocational didactics. A brief outline is given of the central conceptual scheme of The-art-of-teaching: its exemplary-genetic-dramatic approach to pedagogical cases. Following this two cases from vocational didactics are presented and discussed from the perspective of The-art-of-teaching. In conclusion it is argued that The-art-of-teaching is a didactical theory well suited to enrich vocational didactics and, in turn, to demonstrate the general educational value of some pedagogical cases taken from the vocational field.
|
|
| 20. |
|
|
