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Skills demonstrations: a possibility for meaningful co-operation with worklife in internationalizing vocational education
Mahlamäki-Kultanen, Seija - In: International entrepreneurship education : issues and …, (pp. 155-167). 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003383192
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Identifying teachers' competencies in Finnish vocational education
Tapani, Annukka; Salonen, Arto O. - In: International journal for research in vocational … 6 (2019) 3, pp. 243-260
Context: In Finland, vocational education has been competence-based and learner-orientated since the beginning of 2018 … we ask the following: What kind of teachers’ competencies can be identified in Finland? The metadata comprises twelve … recent pieces of research on teachers’ competencies in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Finland. We …
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Blueprint for sectoral cooperation on skills : towards an EU strategy addressing the skills needs of the steel sector : European vision on steel-related skills of today and tomorro...
White Research <Körperschaft>; Intrasoft International …; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118047
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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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Teacher trainees' experiences of the components of ICT competencies and key factors in ICT competence development in work-based vocational teacher training in Finland
Vilppola, Jiri; Lämsä, Joni; Vähäsantanen, Katja; … - In: International journal for research in vocational … 9 (2022) 2, pp. 146-166
Context: This research was conducted in the context of Finnish vocational education and training (VET) teacher training. The teacher training was work-based, meaning that each teacher trainee was already working as an unqualified VET teacher. Workplaces were comprehensively utilised as the...
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Preparing women of substance? : education, training, and labor market outcomes for women in Pakistan
Aslam, Monazza; Rawal, Shenila - In: The Lahore journal of economics 18 (2013), pp. 93-128
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Barriers to skill acquisition : evidence from English training in India
Jain, Tarun; Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - 2016
Skill development is increasingly viewed as a way to escape the low education - high unemployment trap in developing countries. Consequently, policy makers in these countries are extensively investing in skill development programs. However, participation and completion rates in many of these...
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Overeducation and skill endowments : the role of school achievement and vocational training quality
Büchel, Felix; Pollmann-Schult, Matthias - 2001
Thurow's job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of employees. As yet, only rudimentary evidence has been furnished to confirm this relationship. In the present paper, we test the theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more...
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Global policy developments towards industrial policy and skills : skills for competitiveness and growth
Froy, Francesca - In: Oxford review of economic policy 29 (2013) 2, pp. 344-360
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