Characteristics of Hands-On Simulations with Added Value for Innovative Secondary and Higher Vocational Education

Autor/inn/en	Khaled, Anne; Gulikers, Judith; Biemans, Harm; van der Wel, Marjan; Mulder, Martin
Titel	Characteristics of Hands-On Simulations with Added Value for Innovative Secondary and Higher Vocational Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 66 (2014) 4, S.462-490 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2014.917696
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Competence; Educational Innovation; Curriculum Development; Learning Theories; Simulation; Experiential Learning; Professional Identity; Constructivism (Learning); Secondary Education; Higher Education; Engineering Education; Nursing Education; Nursing Students; Educational Environment; Outcomes of Education; Internship Programs; Student Role; Accuracy; Literature Reviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Kompetenz; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Sekundarbereich; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ingenieurausbildung; Pflegepädagogik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Berufspraktische Ausbildung
Abstract	The intentions with which hands-on simulations are used in vocational education are not always clear. Also, pedagogical-didactic approaches in hands-on simulations are not well conceptualised from a learning theory perspective. This makes it difficult to pinpoint the added value that hands-on simulations can have in an innovative vocational curriculum that not only aims at developing technical and procedural skills, but also at developing competencies and professional identity. This paper introduces a more explicit conceptual discussion regarding the opportunities for using hands-on simulations in innovative curricula. A systematic literature review aimed at positioning hands-on simulations in relation to other work-related contexts, based on their learning environment characteristics and outcomes, shows that certain constructivist characteristics and outcomes are underexposed in empirical research about simulations. The results of an additional in-depth analysis of literature specifically focusing on two fundamental characteristics of constructive vocational learning (i.e. authenticity and increasing students' ownership) propose ideas about how hands-on simulations can have added value to innovative curricula. This paper concludes with concrete strategies for designing and implementing hands-on simulations from the social constructive learning theory with the aim of stimulating not only technical and procedural skills, but also competencies and professional identity. (As Provided).
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