Listen "Derrin Kent: Skills Bootcamps using portfolios"
Episode Synopsis
Derrin Kent is Founder and Managing Director of The Development Manager (TDM) in the UK. He has been incorporating portfolios into apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps since the late 2000s, giving learners better opportunities to secure and then succeed in their jobs.In this episode, we talk specifically about the Skills Bootcamps and how the portfolio works in them.Connect with Derrin on LinkedInResourcesTDM's Skills BootcampsUK's Department of Education information on Skills BootcampsRichard W. Hand , Glenys G. Bradbury , Derrin M. Kent, and Margaret A. Kent (2010). Mahara 1.2 E-Portfolios: Beginner's guideRichard Hand, Thomas W. Bell, and Derrin M. Kent (2012). Mahara ePortfolios: Beginner's guideDavid Kolb's reflective learning cycleLev Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD)Jerome Bruner's scaffolding of learningPedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogySmartEvidence presentation and new feature videoPeter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learningSubscribe to the monthly newsletter about Mahara and portfolios.Production informationProduction: Catalyst ITHost: Kristina HoeppnerArtwork: Evonne CheungMusic: The Mahara tune by Josh Woodward
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