Episode 24 – Sally and Chad - #1

Apprenticeship without reflection is simply a regurgitation

Competency-Based Outcomes / Situated Learning / Constructionism…

00:00 – 17:45

Constructionism/Constructivism

a.     What are the tenets of both?

b.     How can we begin applying these K-12 theories to PSE (post-secondary ed) especially with Vocational Trades Ed?

c.     How might a constructivist view the apprenticeship model?

d.     How can Trades Faculty build a successful course through a constructivism perspective?

Vygotsky – Learning Theory

Behaviourism Theory – 

Kiran Egan – 

Social Constructionism - 

18:00 – 34:04

Experiential Learning as Discovery Learning

Apprenticeship and Experiential Learning

What does this person for the next 2,5,10 years?

Using the Innovative Lens

Providing Context for the Learner and Breaking the Rules

How do we build our course based on these lenses?

Think Know Do Understand (Head-Heart-Hands) 

Learn by Doing – 4H Club of Canada

John Dewey – Learning Through Doing

Allan McKinnon - Apprenticeship without reflection is simply regurgitation

34:23 – 56:00

Backwards Design – start with the outcomes and work towards the end

Authentic Assessments – assessments that reflect actual learning – not regurgitated learning

Deconstructing the approach, because our apprentices do not live in a linear world.

How do we teach Trades instructors to enact this model?

Develop a Thinking Pedagogy – not a Dump and Run Pedagogy

Value of Trades Education as Education

COVID induced conversation re: pedagogy in the trades

Description of Authentic Assessment – from a Culinary perspective

Not Just a Disruption but a Whole New Construction

The need for teamwork and a collective approach to the rebuild

Interdisciplinary Approach to Trades (Radical Revolution for Trades Education)

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