Guile, D; Okumoto, K; (2008) Developing vocational practice in the jewellery sector through the incubation of a new "project-object". International Journal of Educational Research , 47 (4) pp. 252-260. 10.1016/j.ijer.2008.07.004.

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This paper analyses a work placement scheme established to create the conditions to: (i) incubate new designs in the jewellery sector in Birmingham; (ii) support a jewellery company compete more effectively in the global market; (iii) assist a newly qualified graduate jeweller to enter the jewellery sector. It introduces a new theoretical framework based on concepts from: Cultural-Historical Activity Theory-'project-object'; Workplace Learning-'vocational practice'; Philosophy of Mind-'space of reasons'; to analyse individual and organisational contributions to workplace learning in this scheme. It identifies the strategies and tactics used by: (i) the organisations involved with the scheme to facilitate the incubation of the new designs, and (ii) an aspiring jewellery designer to create a new product range. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of this conceptual framework for debates in workplace learning about: (i) the 'front-loaded' versus 'practice-based' conceptions of vocational education and (ii) the role of epistemic objects and practices in the development of vocational practice. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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