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Meeting in the middle : TVET programs' education-employment linkage in developing contexts
Caves, Katherine; Ghisletta, Andrea; Renold, Ursula; … - 2019
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs are most successful at supporting youth labor markets … KOF Education-Employment Linkage Index measures linkage at every function in a TVET program where actors from the two … largest upper-secondary TVET programs in Benin, Chile, Costa Rica, and Nepal. We find that Benin has relatively high education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058408
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Understanding informal jewellery apprenticeship in Ghana: Nature, processes and challanges
Baidoo, Mohammed Kwaku; Tachie-Menson, Akosua; Arthur, … - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 7 (2020) 1, pp. 45-66
Context: The processes of acquiring education in jewellery in Ghana has been dominated by the informal apprenticeship system and it forms the backbone of the workforce of the jewellery industry in Ghana. However, the patronage of informal jewellery apprenticeship in Ghana in recent times has...
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VET system governance : a systematic literature review
Mende, Christian; Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther; Caves, Katherine - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247180
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Understanding informal jewellery apprenticeship in Ghana : nature, processes and challanges
Baidoo, Mohammed Kwaku; Tachie-Menson, Akosua; Arthur, … - In: International journal for research in vocational … 7 (2020) 1, pp. 45-66
Context: The processes of acquiring education in jewellery in Ghana has been dominated by the informal apprenticeship system and it forms the backbone of the workforce of the jewellery industry in Ghana. However, the patronage of informal jewellery apprenticeship in Ghana in recent times has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228730
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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
intended to chart the TVET direction to 2030. Using key theoretical constructs from development theory, this paper provides an … assessment of the TVET strategy contained is the paper and explores the extent to which it does respond to the agenda defined by … the promise. It is argued that the challenges outlined are not yet able to provide the blueprint for a TVET transformative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494933
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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
intended to chart the TVET direction to 2030. Using key theoretical constructs from development theory, this paper provides an … assessment of the TVET strategy contained is the paper and explores the extent to which it does respond to the agenda defined by … the promise. It is argued that the challenges outlined are not yet able to provide the blueprint for a TVET transformative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495828
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Systemic modelling for relating labour market to vocational education
Papakitsos, Evangelos C. - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 166-184
The present study introduces a systemic model that demonstrates a description of the relationship between the labour-market and vocational education from the perspective of systemic theory. Based on the application of the relevant methodology, the two open social systems are identified and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587921
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Universities' engagement with vocationalism: Historical perspective
Rospigliosi, Pericles; Bourner, Tom; Heath, Linda - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 185-211
The aim of this article is to explore the historical context of vocationalism in universities. It is based on an analysis of the history of the university from a vocational perspective. It looks for evidence of vocational engagement in the activities of universities over time, taking a long view...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587922
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Predictors of career adaptability skill among higher education students in Nigeria
Ebenehi, Amos Shaibu; Rashid, Abdullah Mat; Bakar, Ab Rahim - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 212-229
This paper examined predictors of career adaptability skill among higher education students in Nigeria. A sample of 603 higher education students randomly selected from six colleges of education in Nigeria participated in this study. A set of self-reported questionnaire was used for data...
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Ensuring curriculum relevance in vocational education and training: Epistemological perspectives in a curriculum research project
Hiim, Hilde - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 4 (2017) 1, pp. 1-19
This article addresses challenges regarding relevance in vocational education and training (VET) curricula. Recent … research on Norwegian VET shows that the educational content is not sufficiently related to the students' needs for … vocational relevance in Norwegian VET. An important part of the project is to investigate epistemological perspectives on how …
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