Pedagogical Capital Strategies for Civil Technology Skills-Based Activities

Exercising pedagogical capital in a skills-based subject like Civil Technology requires sufficient knowledge and skills about the built environment its functions. The purpose of this study was to explore reasons behind enactment among teachers, when engaged Practical Assessment Tasks (PATs), with reference growing demands placed upon them plan, execute, assess local context-driven activities. This purposefully sampled seven offering services, Construction Woodwork disciplines Limpopo province. two data-collection methods used were semi-structured interviews observations, where thematic analysis employed. In addition, guided by framework. findings revealed that teachers their because they interested learning how execute planned or self-designed activities, order overcome skill shortages needed respond collective needs community amongst other things. further discovered continuously working towards achieving expertise. However, met challenges connecting industries procuring training tools, Hence, recommended department education should assist industries, learn new innovative PAT design projects support tools equipment maximise capital. serious challenge for successfully invoke