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Constructing Vocational Knowledge: situations and other social sources

Billett, Stephen·1998·Journal of Education and Work
DOI 10.1080/1363908980110303
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This article examines how social sources influence individuals’ thinking, acting and construction of knowledge. Reconciling both cognitive and sociocultural constructivist perspectives, it proposes that the particular situations in which individuals engage in vocational activities should be included in frameworks which seek to explain the social genesis of knowledge and its construction by individuals. Engagement in these activities is held to lead to the transformation of individuals’ knowledge through an active and reciprocal process of knowledge construction and reinforcement. This engagement furnishes access to knowledge which is shaped by social sources comprising situational factors and sociocultural and historical levels of development. Learning is viewed as the outcome of participation in activities within particular situations. Individuals’ existing knowledge interacts with that sourced in history, culture and community during engagement in goal‐directed activity. Therefore, views about relationships among social sources, thinking and learning need extending to incorporate more fully the roles that particular social circumstances play in the construction of individuals’ knowledge. Consequently, the Vygotskian levels of development need to be augmented by the inclusion of the unique complexes of situational factors of communities of practice where individuals engage in goal‐directed activities. However, despite this it is claimed that cognition is not situated, rather…

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Authors
Billett, S.
Affiliations
Griffith University (AU)
Corresponding author
Billett, Stephen
ORCID
Billett, Stephen
Venue
Journal of Education and Work
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1998-10
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
255-273
ISSN
  • 1363-9080 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9435
DOI
10.1080/1363908980110303
OpenAlex
W1972913043
Cited by
72
References
5
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
4.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Education and Work (publishedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Vocational Education and Training
Keywords
vocational knowledge, knowledge construction, sociocultural constructivism, cognitive constructivism, communities of practice, situated cognition, goal-directed activity, vocational education curriculum

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