Experience analyzing qualitative interviews and coding transcriptions using NVivo is a plus but not required (we can work with the apprentice to develop these skills).
But the ritual purpose is well-served, and it is an extension of the ultimate justification of MFA programs: this too is a space for apprentices to develop themselves without criticism of their essential identities in the company of peers, that is, removed from the tribulations of the marketplace.
First of all, workplaces provide support for learners by providing them opportunities to participate in a wide range of tasks, which helps apprentices to develop broad expertise.
He claims that symmetrical instruction helps apprentices to develop critical attitudes towards the work, in contrast to situations of asymmetrical instruction, where apprentices might imitate more experienced workers without questioning how they do things.
Having a designed apprenticeship program at the workplace that has mapped the range of tasks and skills to be covered will increase opportunities for apprentices to develop broad expertise when learning is not haphazard and productivity driven (Chan 2014; Fuller and Unwin 2004).
"What managers feed back to me is that because they have to develop a young apprentice, they then want to develop the rest of their workforce.
The US beverage firm worked with CDI in Brazil to develop an employability program that trains young people to become apprentices with local retailers.
The instructors and apprentices helped to develop these recommendations.
To assess the Swiss apprentices' opportunities to develop 'commercial competence' in the three main computer-based tasks of (1) sales, (2) purchases, and (3) production, we analyzed the curricula from the Swiss common commercial vocational schools and the branch-specific companies.
Tanggaard (2005) claims that apprentices often develop a significant relationship with a person other than their designated trainer as an instructor, provided that person is readily available for guidance.
