Teaching Problem Solving in Vocational Education

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 that thinking skills are most effectively developed along with vocational competences, and offers practical strategies on which training sessions can be based. 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;