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- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
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Didactical narratives as part of educating for vocational excellence : articulating relationships between techne and phronesis
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the ECER VETNET Conference 2015.
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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.
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- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
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Educating for vocational excellence : The auto/biographical exploration of enacted craft pedagogy
- 2015
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Ingår i: Vocations and Learning. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1874-785X .- 1874-7868. ; 8:2, s. 229-245
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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.
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- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
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Educating the reflective practitioner and vocational Bildung
- 2015
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Ingår i: Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training. - Bremen. ; , s. 229-232
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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.
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- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
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Exploring narratives of vocational Bildung : A biographical approach
- 2015
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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.
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- Tyson, Ruhi, 1978-
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Vocational Bildung and culture
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)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 we conduct research that also surfaces details on how the cultural context, as a kind of formal and informal curriculum, interacts with VET. Furthermore it expands on the character of competencies as well as didactical questions surrounding their development. The latter aspects featured most prominently in the pilot study whereas the paper will be exploring more of the former issues and how this specific case argues for the potential of vocational schools to provide Bildung affordances.
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- Tyson, Ruhi
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Vocational Bildung in action : A case study of the vocational education biography of master craftsman Wolfgang B.
- 2015
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study looks at issues of Bildung and vocational education from a biographical perspective. These issues are conceptualized in terms of Bildung in action, developed in relation to Schön’s concept reflection in action; Bildung through making as a way of thinking about processes of Bildung connected to crafts; and Bildung in vocational contexts, ie. contexts of vocational education and work. The concepts are enriched through an extensive auto/biographical case study of master craftsman Wolfgang B.’s educational biography focusing on stories of Bildung where processes and actions are described as well as the curricular structure of his training. Some of these stories and aspects of the case have then been analyzed in two articles, one dealing with questions of aesthetic Bildung in vocational education using Schiller as conceptual lens and one dealing with educating for vocational excellence using Aristotle’s concepts techne and phronesis to understand the narratives analyzed. The results are an increased and differentiated understanding of Bildung in vocational contexts, especially as related to the coexistence of skill training with education for Bildung and the unique perspectives that auto/biographical studies of retired or semi-retired craftspeople bring to the field of research connecting biography, Bildung in action and vocational education.
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