Open AccessTeaching Research Skills to Vocational Learners: Teaching Chefs to Research
Author(s) -
Willa Zhen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scholarship and practice of undergraduate research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2476-101X
DOI - 10.18833/spur/4/2/6
Subject(s) - experiential learning , capstone , vocational education , capstone course , psychology , specialty , pedagogy , medical education , mathematics education , medicine , curriculum , computer science , algorithm , psychiatry
This article focuses on teaching and mentoring course-based undergraduate research in a vocationally focused higher education setting. At the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), students are immersed in hands-on experiential classes. Their education begins with basic culinary techniques, and they gradually progress toward more specialized cooking skills such as the techniques of specific world regions or the production of specialty products such as chocolates and wedding cakes. The author discusses pedagogical techniques used to teach these learners, who are not the usual participants in independent research projects during a senior capstone. This article examines how to blend and utilize hands-on, experiential activities as part of teaching data gathering and the research process.