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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aprentis, from Anglo-French apprentiz, from aprendre to [[learn]], from [[Latin]] apprendere, apprehendere

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aprentis, from Anglo-French apprentiz, from aprendre to [[learn]], from [[Latin]] apprendere, apprehendere

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : one bound by indenture to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to [[learning]] an art or trade  

*1a : one bound by indenture to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to [[learning]] an art or trade  

'''Apprenticeship''' is a [[system]] of [[training]] a new [[generation]] of practitioners of a [[skill]]. Apprentices (or in early modern usage "prentices") or protégés build their [[careers]]  from apprenticeships. Most of their [[training]] is done on the job while working for an employer who helps the apprentices learn their trade, in exchange for their continuing labour for an agreed period after they become skilled. [[Theoretical]] [[education]] may also be involved, informally via the workplace and/or by attending vocational schools while still being paid by the employer.

'''Apprenticeship''' is a [[system]] of [[training]] a new [[generation]] of practitioners of a [[skill]]. Apprentices (or in early modern usage "prentices") or protégés build their [[careers]]  from apprenticeships. Most of their [[training]] is done on the job while working for an employer who helps the apprentices learn their trade, in exchange for their continuing labour for an agreed period after they become skilled. [[Theoretical]] [[education]] may also be involved, informally via the workplace and/or by attending vocational schools while still being paid by the employer.

==Development==

==Development==

The system of apprenticeship first [[developed]] in the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] and came to be supervised by craft [[guilds]] and town [[governments]]. A master craftsman was entitled to employ young people as an inexpensive form of labor in exchange for providing [[food]], lodging and [[formal]] [[training]] in the craft. Most apprentices were [[males]], but [[female]] apprentices were found in crafts such as seamstress, tailor, cordwainer, baker and stationer. Apprentices usually began at ten to fifteen years of age, and would live in the master craftsman's household. Most apprentices [[aspired]] to becoming master craftsmen themselves on completion of their [[contract]] (usually a term of seven years), but some would spend time as a journeyman and a significant [[proportion]] would never acquire their own workshop.

The system of apprenticeship first [[developed]] in the later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] and came to be supervised by craft [[guilds]] and town [[governments]]. A master craftsman was entitled to employ young people as an inexpensive form of labor in exchange for providing [[food]], lodging and [[formal]] [[training]] in the craft. Most apprentices were [[males]], but [[female]] apprentices were found in crafts such as seamstress, tailor, cordwainer, baker and stationer. Apprentices usually began at ten to fifteen years of age, and would live in the master craftsman's household. Most apprentices [[aspired]] to becoming master craftsmen themselves on completion of their [[contract]] (usually a term of seven years), but some would spend time as a journeyman and a significant [[proportion]] would never acquire their own workshop.

Subsequently [[governmental]] regulation and the [[licensing]] of polytechnics and vocational [[education]] formalized and bureaucratized the details of apprenticeship.

Subsequently [[governmental]] regulation and the [[licensing]] of polytechnics and vocational [[education]] formalized and bureaucratized the details of apprenticeship.

==Analogs at universities and professional development==

==Analogs at universities and professional development==

The [[modern]] [[concept]] of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internship internship] is similar to an apprenticeship. [[Universities]] still use apprenticeship schemes in their production of [[scholars]]: bachelors are promoted to masters and then produce a thesis under the oversight of a supervisor before the corporate body of the [[university]] recognises the achievement of the [[standard]] of a doctorate. Another view of this [[system]] is of graduate students in the role of apprentices, post-docs as journeymen, and professors as masters.

The [[modern]] [[concept]] of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internship internship] is similar to an apprenticeship. [[Universities]] still use apprenticeship schemes in their production of [[scholars]]: bachelors are promoted to masters and then produce a thesis under the oversight of a supervisor before the corporate body of the [[university]] recognises the achievement of the [[standard]] of a doctorate. Another view of this [[system]] is of graduate students in the role of apprentices, post-docs as journeymen, and professors as masters.

Also similar to apprenticeships are the [[professional]] development arrangements for new graduates in the [[professions]] of [[accountancy]] and the [[law]]. A British example was [[training]] contracts known as 'articles of clerkship'. The learning curve in [[modern]] [[professional]] service firms, such as law firms or accountancies, generally resembles the [[traditional]] master-apprentice model: the newcomer to the firm is assigned to one or several more experienced [[colleagues]] (ideally partners in the firm) and learns his [[skills]] on the job.

Also similar to apprenticeships are the [[professional]] development arrangements for new graduates in the [[professions]] of [[accountancy]] and the [[law]]. A British example was [[training]] contracts known as 'articles of clerkship'. The learning curve in [[modern]] [[professional]] service firms, such as law firms or accountancies, generally resembles the [[traditional]] master-apprentice model: the newcomer to the firm is assigned to one or several more experienced [[colleagues]] (ideally partners in the firm) and learns his [[skills]] on the job.

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