Modelling the Invisible: The Pedagogy of Craft Apprenticeship.

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Title: Modelling the Invisible: The Pedagogy of Craft Apprenticeship.
Language: English
Authors: Gamble, Jeanne
Source: Studies in Continuing Education. Nov 2001 23(2):185-200.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2001
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cabinetmaking, Cognitive Structures, Craft Workers, Job Skills, Modeling (Psychology), Observation, Visualization
ISSN: 0158-037X
Abstract: Data from observations of cabinetmaking apprentices and masters were used to examine the structure of craft knowledge. Tacit transmission of knowledge and nonverbal modeling are the essence of apprenticeship, which is at odds with the current construction of skill learning as acquisition rather than transmission. (SK)
Entry Date: 2002
Accession Number: EJ638669
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Data from observations of cabinetmaking apprentices and masters were used to examine the structure of craft knowledge. Tacit transmission of knowledge and nonverbal modeling are the essence of apprenticeship, which is at odds with the current construction of skill learning as acquisition rather than transmission. (SK)
ISSN:0158-037X