The effects of portfolio-based advice on the development of self-directed learning skills in secondary vocational education |
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| Authors: | Wendy Kicken Saskia Brand-Gruwel Jeroen J G van Merri?nboer and Wim Slot |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies and Netherlands Laboratory for Lifelong Learning Open University of the Netherlands, P.O. Box 2960, 6401-DL Heerlen, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This experimental study was designed to investigate whether supervision meetings, in which students receive specific advice
on how to use a development portfolio to monitor their progress and plan their future learning, helps them to develop self-directed
learning skills and improve their learning in the domain. In the first year of a hairdressing program in vocational education,
supervision meetings were used to provide students with either specific advice or not. Students in the advice group (n = 21) formulated better learning needs, selected more suitable learning tasks, completed more practical assignments, and
acquired more certificates than students in the feedback-only group (n = 22). Interviews also showed that students in the advice group appreciated the supervision meeting more and perceived them
as more effective than students in the feedback-only group. Guidelines are provided for the use of development portfolios
and the organization of supervision meetings in on-demand vocational education.
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| Keywords: | Self-directed learning Advice Development portfolio On-demand education Secondary vocational education and training |
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