Portfolio use in vocational education Helping students to direct their learning

Wendy Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 11 Chapter 2 Scaffolding advice on task selection: A safe path toward self-directed learning in on-demand education 17 Chapter 3 Design and evaluation of a development portfolio: How to improve students' self-directed learning skills 39 Chapter 4 The effects of portfolio-based advice on the development of self-directed learning skills in secondary vocational education 65 Chapter 5 The effects of p/reflection prompts on the development of self-directed learning skills in secondary vocational education 85 Chapter 6 General discussion 107 Summary 117 Nederlandse Samenvatting 121 11 CHAPTER 1 General Introduction Denise and Kelsey are two first-year hairdressing students. This month they will learn to cut the hair of a hairdressing dummy in a one-length haircut. " Use your comb to section the hair, put away the comb, open your scissors and cut the hair, put the scissors safely away and take the comb … " , Denise stares at the monitor displaying the instruction DVD. " Hey Kelsey, do you get any of this? This is far too difficult for me. I cannot even manage to position the comb and scissors in one hand while sectioning the hair, let alone to change the position of the comb and scissors when I need to cut the hair … ! ". Kelsey looks up from her nicely cut hairdressing dummy. " What do you mean? It's a piece of cake! " .