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Technical Education Through Action Learning: Bedrock of Sustainable Development

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Quality Education

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Career and technical education; Occupational education; Technical and vocational education and training (TVET); Technical education; Vocational and technical education; Vocational education; Vocational education and training (VET)

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Technical education is the process of skills transfer that is founded on teaching specific skills directed toward a specific type of work, for example, electrical house wiring, carpentry, electronic repair, automobile maintenance, cleaning services, baking, décor, building, etc.

Action learning (AL) is a highly structured, facilitated process, which unlocks the expertise and knowledge of a person, group, or organization to explore and then determine actions to solve problems and move forward to success (Mapotse 2018, xxi).

Sustainable development (SD) is defined as a meticulous process of general development in order to meet the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, desires,...

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  1. Department of Science and Technology Education, School of Teacher Education, College of Education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Tomé A. Mapotse

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  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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Mapotse, T.A. (2020). Technical Education Through Action Learning: Bedrock of Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95870-5_48

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