Generative apprenticeship is a higher-order form of apprenticeship that extends beyond foundational skills and knowledge acquired through traditional apprenticeship models, creating a platform for both master and apprentice to engage in complex inquiry and generate new forms of learning. It is generative in the sense that the learning pivots towards innovation and productive change. While traditional apprenticeship focusses on a one-on-one relationship between master and apprentice in order to excel in the mimetic replication of best practice, generative apprenticeship starts with a question or trigger that challenges students to make their own decision. Pedagogies of generative apprenticeship recognise that expertise is not held solely by the master but can also emerge from the apprentice's unique experiences and insights. This model of apprenticeship fosters creativity and mutual learning exchanges, enabling students to draw from the experts' knowledge and experience while allowing space for a dialectical tension between expert and student ideas that leads to new inventions or artistic imagination. © The Author(s) 2025. All rights reserved.
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