1st Edition

Teaching Problem Solving in Vocational Education

By Rebecca Soden Copyright 1994
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

224 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... Read more
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