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How to teach know-how? Corrective manual demonstrations in teaching construction work

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Drawing on 20 h of video data from a vocational school construction site, this conversation analytic paper analyzes corrective demonstrations that target the skilled use of task-relevant tools in the context of learning manual work. With narrated demonstrations, the teacher shows the students how to skillfully use the tools and guides their vision to see how the material outcome should be interpreted in materially complex tasks. Orientation to the students' emerging expertise shows in how corrective demonstrations are built on participants’ existing procedural understanding that is redirected by means of corrective demonstration. A crucial element in these multimodally designed demonstrations is tool transfer that marks the beginning and the end of the demonstration sequence. • Corrective manual demonstrations promote skilled use of work-specific tools. • Corrective demonstrations build on the existing procedural understanding. • Tool transfer routinely marks the beginning and the end of the demonstration sequence. • Corrective manual demonstrations aim at refining techniques and train interpreting the material outcome.

Source: Language & Communication

DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2024.12.008

Authors: Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara, Nathalie Schümchen-Schram

Institutions: University of Helsinki, Tampere University

Language: English

Topic: Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,200