Ripples and Breaks: Reflecting on Learning Ecologies in Career and Technical Education (2016) (original) (raw)

Ripples and Breaks: Reflecting on Learning Ecologies in Career and Technical Education (2016)

AbstractIn this paper, the author reflects on a year-long ethnography to point out contextual factors situated in career and technical education (CTE) and specifically how a CTE teacher and a university researcher shaped learning opportunities to support students’ interests in the arts, technology, and multimedia communications. The discussion arched by a metaphor of ripples and breaks suggests the value of seeing dynamic forms of mobility and learning ecologies within classrooms and other educational settings.