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Comparative analysis of the process of training education managers in educational institutions
Kusainov, Askarbek K.; Yessenova, Kamchat A.; … - In: International journal for research in vocational … 8 (2021) 2, pp. 186-207
Context: A significant part of future specialists receive only practical skills without formal practical exam situation. In this regard, there is a need to train a manager who can adapt and be ready to carry out his/her activities in a specific profile interaction. The aim of the experimental...
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Attracting women into male-dominated trades : views of young women in Australia
Struthers, Karen; Strachan, Glenda - In: International journal for research in vocational … 6 (2019) 1, pp. 1-19
will be derived for industry and women through increased female participation in the male-dominated trades. Occupational … the male-dominated trades from the perspective of young women, this PhD study features interviews with female secondary … of young women affirmed the evidence showing system-wide barriers limit female interest in these trades. Most influential …
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A processual perspective on whole-class- scaffolding in business education
Hermkes, Rico; Minnameier, Gerhard; Heuer-Kinscher, Manon - In: International journal for research in vocational … 9 (2022) 2, pp. 216-238
Context: Scaffolding is a form of process-adaptive learning support that is relevant in numerous contexts, including informal learning, workplace learning as well as school teaching. While scaffolding can be well conceptualised for individual learning situations (especially for tutoring...
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Developmental TVET rhetoric in-action : the white paper for post-school education and training in South Africa
Akoojee, Salim - In: International journal for research in vocational … 3 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15
This paper explores the extent to which latest developments in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training System in South Africa respond to key principles espoused for a developmental, democratic and inclusionary ideal. The White Paper for post school education and training approved by...
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Swedish vocational adult education in the wake of marketisation
Andersson, Per; Muhrman, Karolina - In: International journal for research in vocational … 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
Context: This study is about vocational education and training for adults within municipal adult education (MAE). Sweden has a long tradition of adult education, and has one of the world's highest proportions of participants in adult education. The Swedish education system is characterised by...
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An empirical case of education policy implementation in Serbian VET
Caves, Katherine; Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther - In: International journal for research in vocational … 10 (2023) 2, pp. 191-219
Purpose: Education policy implementation is as important as policy design. This study applies a literature-based, multi-dimensional framework for success factors and barriers to vocational education and training (VET) reform implementation in the case of a new dual VET law in Serbia. We use the...
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Upper secondary education for youth at risk : a comparative analysis of education and training programmes in Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
Schmid, Evi - In: International journal for research in vocational … 7 (2020) 1, pp. 21-44
Context: Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in reducing early leaving from education and training, and integrating youth at risk in upper secondary education. To ensure that more young people complete upper secondary education, the OECD suggests designing interventions that...
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WorldSkills UK training managers : Midas touch or fool's gold?
Wilde, Stephanie; Relly, Susan James - In: International journal for research in vocational … 2 (2015) 2, pp. 85-98
This article focuses on the role of training managers (TMs) in UK participation in WorldSkills Competitions (WSC). The TM role is outlined, according to the perceptions of the TMs, and there is analysis of the benefits to them of participation, as well as the barriers they face, and the benefits...
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Stories of learning: a case study of Norwegian plumbers and apprentices in TVET at the construction site and in a training agency
Lensjø, Marit - In: International journal for research in vocational … 7 (2020) 2, pp. 148-166
Context: Through a dual model, based on 2 years of education in upper secondary school followed by two and a half year of apprenticeship training, Norwegian plumbing education has become an integrated part of the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Competence and skills are...
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Finnish WorldSkills achievers' vocational talent development and school-to-work pathways
Pylväs, Laura; Nokelainen, Petri - In: International journal for research in vocational … 4 (2017) 2, pp. 95-116
This paper examines the perceptions of vocational expertise and school-to- work pathways among WorldSkills Competition (WSC) achievers and their co-workers and employers within the Finnish context. At the biennial international WSC, young people (aged 18-to-23 years) from over 60 countries...
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