Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9883
Title: The Impact of Self-Perception on Vocational Learning
Contributor(s): Smith, Larry  (author); Kling, Margaret (author)
Publication Date: 2011
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1539-4_16
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9883
Abstract: Self-perception is about how we see and value ourselves. It is also about how we see and value the people and events around us, and in turn, how we believe the outside world sees and values us. As a consequence, self-perception is a major determinant of our goals and ambitions, and our beliefs regarding our capacity to achieve them. This chapter considers the findings of three studies that consider the issues and concepts relating to self-perception that impact on vocational learning. The first study, by Misko, Beddie and Smith, provides evidence that, unless people perceive themselves to be competent learners, they generally will not seek to access formal vocational programmes. The second study, by Margaret Kling, reports on a series of exploratory discussions with seven adult learners, seeking their insights into the impact of self-perception on their learning processes and outcomes. Study three, by Smith and Clayton, highlights the potentially critical role that reflection may play in developing self-perception as a learner, and in turn, in improving learning performance.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Vocational Learning: Innovative Theory and Practice, p. 243-257
Publisher: Springer
Place of Publication: Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN: 9400715382
9400715390
9789400715387
9789400715394
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130213 Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930102 Learner and Learning Processes
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156541241
Series Name: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
Series Number : 14
Editor: Editor(s): Ralph Catts, Ian Falk, Ruth Wallace
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
UNE Business School

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