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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 613-629 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Technology, Pedagogy & Education |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 27 Jan 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Keywords
- professional knowledge
- personal professional theories
- vocational education
- concept maps
- assessment
- learning technology
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A computer-supported method to reveal and assess Personal Professional Theories in vocational education. / van den Bogaart, Antoine C.M.; Bilderbeek, Richel J.C.; Schaap, Harmen; Hummel, Hans; Kirschner, Paul A.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A computer-supported method to reveal and assess Personal Professional Theories in vocational education
AU - van den Bogaart, Antoine C.M.
AU - Bilderbeek, Richel J.C.
AU - Schaap, Harmen
AU - Hummel, Hans
AU - Kirschner, Paul A.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article introduces a dedicated, computer supported method to construct and formatively assess concept maps of Personal Professional Theories: internalized bodies of knowledge (i.e. mental models) that professionals use as reference to interpret and acquire knowledge and to direct their behaviour and which vocational students are expected to develop. However, the development of essentially mental models is difficult to monitor and assess. Traditional elicitation and assessment methods such as semi-structured interviews and concept mapping, are either too labour intensive to be applied in education or do not reveal the quality of the student’s mental models. The article presents a new method which has been shown to be valid, reliable and easy usable in education, and which reveals the quality in a way comparable to and in many cases better than the traditional methods.
AB - This article introduces a dedicated, computer supported method to construct and formatively assess concept maps of Personal Professional Theories: internalized bodies of knowledge (i.e. mental models) that professionals use as reference to interpret and acquire knowledge and to direct their behaviour and which vocational students are expected to develop. However, the development of essentially mental models is difficult to monitor and assess. Traditional elicitation and assessment methods such as semi-structured interviews and concept mapping, are either too labour intensive to be applied in education or do not reveal the quality of the student’s mental models. The article presents a new method which has been shown to be valid, reliable and easy usable in education, and which reveals the quality in a way comparable to and in many cases better than the traditional methods.
KW - professional knowledge
KW - personal professional theories
KW - vocational education
KW - concept maps
KW - assessment
KW - learning technology
U2 - 10.1080/1475939X.2015.1129986
DO - 10.1080/1475939X.2015.1129986
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 613
EP - 629
JO - Technology, Pedagogy & Education
JF - Technology, Pedagogy & Education
IS - 5
ER -