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Agricultural vocational education and training for sustainable futures: responsiveness to the climate and economic crisis in Zimbabwe Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Chenjerai Muwaniki, Volker Wedekind, Simon McGrath
With ever-increasing focus from policymakers on the potential of vocational education to provide skills for livelihoods and sustainability in the rural economy, this study set out to investigate at...
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Towards vocational education and training and skills development for sustainable futures Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Simon McGrath, Presha Ramsarup
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Vol. 76, No. 2, 2024)
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Raising the value of VET through qualification reform: the Case of English T levels Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Rachel Terry, Kevin Orr
Poor quality VET is perceived to contribute to a lack of skilled workers, low productivity, and poor outcomes for individuals and society. Such economic failings are often attributed to the low val...
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Creating more equitable school-to-work transitions for young people not taking the university route: an ‘equalities-ecologies’ framework Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Sharon Gewirtz, Charlotte McPherson, Sait Bayrakdar, Meg Maguire, Alice Weavers, Chris Winch, Andrea Laczik, Olly Newton, Alison Wolf
This article proposes and illustrates a framework for thinking about how the school-to-work transitions of young people not intending to go to university can be made more equitable. This framework ...
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A non-conformist choice: how young women studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in technical institutes in Ghana navigate their education and career decision Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Alice Amegah
The study discussed in this paper investigated how young women studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses in upper secondary technical institutes in Ghana made their ...
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Oil, transport, water and food: a political-economy-ecology lens on VET in a climate changing world Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Simon McGrath, Presha Ramsarup
In this paper, drawing on an extensive research project across three countries (VET Africa 4.0 Collective 2023), we produce an emerging argument that it is necessary to rethink and reframe VET logi...
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Examining student profiles for dealing with wickedness Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-02-25 M. E. Veltman, J. van Keulen, A. E. H. Smits, J. M. Voogt
When addressing problems with wicked tendencies in higher professional education, students experience complexity, uncertainty, and value divergence. Furthermore, they are confronted with disciplina...
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International organisations in vocational education and training: a literature review Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Johannes Klassen
Although international organisations (IOs) are recognised as important actors in education, their involvement in vocational education and training (VET) remains underexamined. This article reviews ...
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A landscape view of emerging sustainability responses within VET Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Presha Ramsarup, Simon McGrath, Heila Lotz-Sisitka
With evidence of global climate change and ongoing ecological degradation, there is an urgent need to give more attention to sustainability within VET to ensure that VET does not remain complicit i...
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Vocational education for regional health: the role of training in economic transitions Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Todd Denham, Peter Fairbrother
Vocational education has a crucial role in regional labour markets, providing skills to meet local employment demand. In many regional areas of Australia, there has been a transition in employment ...
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Upskilling trades for a low carbon future: a case study of gasfitting and hydrogen Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Orana Sandri, Jan Hayes, Sarah Holdsworth
A global transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient economies is occurring in response to risks posed by climate change and environmental degradation. Hydrogen is proposed as a zero-carbon substi...
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Discouraged and hedged – why students enter VET after obtaining university eligibility Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Andreas Hartung, Katarina Weßling
Approximately 25% of vocational education and training (VET) applicants in Germany hold a university entrance diploma (Abitur). These students enter VET even though they could enter higher educatio...
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A Euro-Asian look at challenges to innovation and the greening of industries: implications for TVET and strategic policy formulation Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Margarita Pavlova, Pernille Askerud
This paper is based on findings of a study that examined challenges to innovation and the greening of economies identified by businesses, TVET institutions, and other organisations with the aim to ...
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Business model innovation of German VET service providers in international contexts – a longitudinal survey Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Lisa Meyne, Ida Kristina Kühn
To support German VET providers in their internationalisation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has created two funding programs ‘Vocational Training Export’ (BEX; 2010–2017) a...
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Do skills enable the reduction of emissions from household energy use? Findings from a survey of households in rural India Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Kristinn Hermannsson, Rosario Scandurra, Supravat Sarangi, Preeti Chaturvedi, Thallada Bhaskar, Ashok Pandey, Bhavya B Krishna, Steven Gillespie, Jillian Gordon, Ivano Bongiovanni, Ian Watson, Siming You
We use new survey data from 1,203 households in rural Eastern India to estimate cross-sectional models of overall energy use and embedded emissions. Findings indicate that the primary driver of hou...
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Participation and learning in Vocational education and training - a cross-national analysis of the perspectives of youth at risk for social exclusion Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Marieke Bruin, Vidmantas Tutlys, Meril Ümarik, Krista Loogma, Lina Kaminskiené, Inna Bentsalo, Terje Väljataga, Biruta Sloka, Ilze Buligina
The article explores the experiences of youth at risk for social exclusion and is part of cross-national research involving Norway, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. 79 young people aged 16–29 who ar...
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The results of asking a deceptively simple question: what is for sale in Australian VET markets? Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Don Zoellner
Assuming Australian training markets represent successful policy implementation facilitates an exploration of the implications for their future evolution by querying what is sold in these markets. ...
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Revisiting VET research paradigms: Critical perspectives from the South Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-16 David Monk, Palesa Molebatsi, Simon McGrath, Luke Metelerkamp, Scovia Adrupio, George Openjuru, Glen Robbins, Themba Tshabalala
This paper reflects on a large multisite funded VET research project conducted by a large and diverse research team. Reflecting on two of our case studies, from Uganda and South Africa, we consider...
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vocational education and training in Germany Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Sandra Dummert, Matthias Umkehrer
In this paper, we investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vocational education and training in Germany. We exploit rich establishment-level survey data to estimate the causal effects of...
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On the limited usefulness of comparative politics modelling for understanding VET systems Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Dietmar Frommberger, Christoph Porcher
In comparative VET research, a model developed from the perspective of comparative politics, the so-called ‘skill formation systems typology’ developed by Busemeyer and Trampusch, dominates the dis...
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Vocational education for a sustainable future: Unveiling the collaborative learning narratives to make space for learning Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Saskia M.G. Weijzen, Cassandra Onck, Arjen E. Wals, Valentina C. Tassone, Wietske Kuijer-Siebelink
In the light of urgent global sustainability challenges, vocational education is searching for new approaches that are more just and future proof. At least a part of the answer seems to lie in so-c...
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Responsive curriculum development: which factors support breaking through institutional barriers? Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-10-15 Joyce Vreuls, Marcel van der Klink, Mieke Koeslag-Kreunen, Slavi Stoyanov, Henny Boshuizen, Loek Nieuwenhuis
To meet society’s changing demands, the responsive development of curricula is vital, and curriculum developers need to increasingly foresee and incorporate changes into their curricula in a timely...
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From training workers to educating global citizens: how teachers view their opportunities of addressing controversial global issues in vocational education Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Riikka Suhonen, Antti Rajala, Hannele Cantell, Arto Kallioniemi
In the context of global crises, the priorities of vocational education and training (VET) need to be reconsidered. VET should educate critically reflective global citizens who are capable of actin...
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Doctoral theses abstracts in vocational education Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Simon McGrath
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Vol. 75, No. 5, 2023)
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Girls’ school-to-work transitions into male dominated workplaces Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Maria Rönnlund, Aina Tollefsen
The article addresses school-to-work transitions among young women in a strongly male dominated professional sphere – the transport industry. Drawing on interviews with two girls over the time span...
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The mediating role of further and higher education in a Just Transition social ecosystem Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Ken Spours, Paul Grainger
The Just Transition (JT) can be understood as a combinational strategic concept (transition to net zero combined with climate justice) to support the transitioning to a more sustainable, socially j...
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Bridging gaps in vocational education and training systems in Norway Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Rapp Anna Cecilia, Knutas Agneta, Eli Smeplass
ABSTRACT More than half of the youth in upper-secondary education in Norway choose programmes in vocational education and training. There is a larger risk of marginalisation in VET than in other educational programmes. One challenge facing VET is the mismatch between students’ vocational education and the companies` need for apprenticeships. It is found that a great number of students lack apprenticeship
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Governing students for work and for life - guidance for students with special educational needs in Finnish VET Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-09-10 C. Björk-Åman, K. Ström
Guidance has gained an increasingly important role in education. In this study, guidance for students with special educational needs within competence-based and customer-oriented, Finnish vocationa...
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‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Sally Smith, Khristin Fabian, Ella Taylor-Smith, Matthew Barr, Tessa Berg, Andrew Bratton, Mario Kolberg, Jim Paterson, Mark Zarb
ABSTRACT In the UK context of an ageing population, degree apprenticeships represent a new opportunity to study for a degree while working. Apprentices are full-time employees granted time to study for a degree with a significant workplace learning component. The aim of this study was to focus on whether degree apprenticeships are working for adult apprentices (aged 26 and up in this context). New
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Career choices after completion of vocational training: the case of licensed practical nurses Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Ida Drange, Mari Holm Ingelsrud
ABSTRACT The initial career choice that young people make can become subject to change as individuals gain professional and personal experience. We study career choices made after vocational training and investigate the propensity to change occupation or obtain a tertiary degree among licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in Norway. To explain second-order career choices, we emphasise social and ethnic
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Choosing Vocational courses: Why twelve British Pakistani males selected vocational courses at the age of 16 Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Mohammed Bilal Nazir
ABSTRACT The higher participation of England’s ethnic minority students on vocational courses at the age of 16 initiates them onto the ‘lower tier’ pathway in tertiary education. Lower tier implies participating in certain vocational courses and entering lower status universities. Consequently, ethnic minority students in England have a weaker labour market position upon graduation. Using semi-structured
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Victoria’s change-model to TAFE: building a framework for tertiary education Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Martin Riordan
This thesis presents the findings of research into institutional change and how structural re-modelling of TAFEs in Victoria may be assessed as fit-for-purpose for institutions operating in tertiar...
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Developing and supporting the dual professionalism of CAAT faculty members Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Mary Michelle Overholt
This qualitative, exploratory study is focused on how teachers in Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs) are prepared to teach. Using focus groups and semi-structured interviews, I...
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Femininity, class & status: the societal devaluation of the female early years workforce Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Ruby Juanita Brooks
This thesis responds to contemporary debates about early childhood education and the gendered nature of the workforce, drawing on feminist theory, interpretive methodologies and practitioner accoun...
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The contribution of Technical and Vocational Education and Training formal programmes to inclusive company growth and transformation: a case study of the automotive manufacturing sector in South Africa Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Anthony Tolika Sibiya
This article investigates the contribution of formal Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes to inclusive industrial growth and transformation in the automotive manufactur...
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Third-party arrangements between private and public colleges in Ontario: benefits, threats, implications for policy Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Laurel Schollen
Ontario’s Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs) were established as an alternative public postsecondary choice for students to provide vocational education programmes to serve Ontario’s l...
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Perpetuating precarity in theory and in practice: a case study of work-integrated learning in the non-profit sector in Northern Canada Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Amelia F Merrick
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a process of curricular experiential education within a workplace or practical setting. WIL is portrayed as a win-win, yet this research suggests that WIL perpetua...
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Apprenticeship training curriculum: examining its negotiated design and the ensuing effects on learner engagement Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Warren Guest
This research presents a detailed investigation of Australian apprenticeship training and the VET curriculum which informs its practice. It uses a conceptual framework of curriculum as being intend...
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A social realist challenge to the structuring of professional practice knowledge for initial teacher education in England Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Diane Swift
Professional practice knowledge for beginning teachers involves grappling with the extent to which ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ should be evident. This thesis contributes an analysis of the particular w...
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Sounding the alarm: an exploration of professionalization within the Ontario fire service focused on the issues, challenges, pressures, and opportunities for transforming a lauded public sector institution Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-08-10 William Boyes
The fire service is highly regarded by the community and is routinely recognised as a highly trusted occupation. The demands placed on the fire service have grown substantially in recent years due ...
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The development of green skills for the informal sector of Ghana: towards sustainable futures Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Yaw Owusu-Agyeman, Abigail Ayorkor Aryeh-Adjei
Informed by the capability approach and critical discourse analysis, this article examines how the development of green skills among master craftspersons and apprentices in the informal sector of G...
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Caliban’s Dance: FE after The Tempest Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Christina Donovan
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Vol. 75, No. 5, 2023)
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Institutional Translator Training Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Ran Yi
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Transitioning vocational education and training in Africa: a social skills ecosystem perspective, VET Africa 4.0 Collective Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Ken Spours
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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“There’s always someone else to blame”: a comparison of the political discourse surrounding “vocational maturity” in Germany and “employability” in the UK Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Matthias Pilz, Lea Zenner-Höffkes
ABSTRACT There is considerable international interest in transitions from school to work. This article approaches the issue as part of the debate around ‘vocational maturity’ (Ausbildungsreife) in Germany and ‘employability’ in the United Kingdom. Vocational education and training systems in these two countries differ significantly, so the article takes a historical approach to analysing and comparing
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Innovation, technician skills, and vocational education and training: connecting innovation systems and vocational education and training Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-05-27 Paul Lewis
ABSTRACT The paper adds to the literature on vocational education and training by developing an account of the role played by technicians, and vocational education and training, in innovation. It also fills a gap in the innovation systems literature by analysing the neglected role of technicians and providers of vocational education and training in innovation. It outlines technicians’ contribution
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Why do they leave? Examining dropout behaviour in gender-atypical vocational education and training in Germany Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Janina Beckmann
ABSTRACT Germany’s VET system is highly gender-segregated and marked by high dropout rates. This article investigates the dropout behaviour of apprentices in gender-atypical training occupations. First, we investigate whether gender-atypical apprentices drop out at a higher rate than their majority peers. Second, we examine differences in the self-reported reasons for dropping out among gender-typical
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What is your intention? Tacit knowledge and community-based learning for collision avoidance in the global maritime industry Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Nick Bailey, Nik Winchester, Neil Ellis
ABSTRACT This paper examines the practice of collision avoidance in Merchant ships to highlight the role of tacit knowledge and collective learning in the formation of professional practice. Analysis of 1,431 recorded VHF radio conversations drawn from real-time ship-to-ship interactions provides a unique window onto professional competence in navigation, and the application of professional judgement
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Skill India’s unmet promises: raising expectations for financial assistance in training for informal sector livelihoods Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Trent Brown
ABSTRACT Recent research on vocational training in the global South suggests training may have the effect of unrealistically inflating trainee expectations of remunerative employment and upward social mobility. These studies, however, have focused almost exclusively on training for formal sector employment. The present paper, by contrast, explores how formal vocational training initiatives for informal
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A hidden source of innovation? Revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Eike Matthies, Jörg Thomä, Kilian Bizer
ABSTRACT While an increasing number of studies postulate that vocational education and training (VET) activities have a positive impact on the innovative capacity of training companies, empirical evidence on the topic remains contradictory. This study exploits establishment data from a representative survey of German companies to estimate the relationship between firms’ participation in initial VET
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The real work: on the mystery of mastery Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-04-02 Terry Hyland
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Vol. 76, No. 1, 2024)
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YouTube as a site for vocational learning: instructional video types for interactive service work in retail Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Charlotte Arkenback
ABSTRACT Online instructional videos have been presented as an efficient instructional method in workplace learning and vocational education and training (VET). Increasingly, public video-sharing sites like YouTube are used by firms, educators and learners to teach and learn about work practices, new work roles and skills. However, more knowledge is needed about what instructional videos exist and
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Editorial: special issue TVET race and ethnicity in the global south and north Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-02-16 James Avis, Kevin Orr, Joy Papier, Paul Warmington
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Vol. 75, No. 1, 2023)
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Implementation of dual vocational education and training in Spain: the case of the Basque Country Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Mikel Olazaran, Beatriz Otero, Cristina Lavia, Eneka Albizu
ABSTRACT School-based vocational education and training (VET) systems are undergoing important changes with a view to strengthening their work-based learning component and, overall, their relationships with the local production environment. This paper looks at the introduction of dual VET in the Basque Country within the Spanish and European contexts. Based on an analysis of existing official information
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The new localism, social reproduction, and reform of school-based vocational education in the state of Victoria, Australia Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Rob Strathdee
ABSTRACT Concerns about the poor outcomes from school-based vocational education, which is heavily concentrated in schools serving disadvantaged communities, has led the State Government of Victoria, Australia, to implement major reforms, including abolishing the Victoria Certificate of Applied Learning. Instead, from 2023, learning in vocational education will be recognised as a vocational major within
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Correction Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-01-30
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Education, work and social change in Britain’s former coalfield communities Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-01-23 James Avis
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Vol. 75, No. 4, 2023)
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Learning to question the status quo. Critical thinking, citizenship education and Bildung in vocational education Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Anouk Zuurmond, Laurence Guérin, Piet van der Ploeg, Daan van Riet
ABSTRACT Educational policies in the Netherlands reveal that the current mainstream participatory approach to citizenship education jeopardises students’ autonomy. Especially in Dutch post-secondary vocational education, citizenship education has been shown to be mainly aimed at socialization: initiating students into tradition, internalising rules, societal norms and values. This article reports on
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Where are digital abilities within Chile’s State technical formation centres? A discourse analysis of public policy Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2023-01-08 Fernando Bolaños, Ola Pilerot
ABSTRACT There is a sedimented understanding that developing digital abilities is key for today’s knowledge society. Accordingly, governments have invested vastly in formal education aimed at developing them. Policies and directives driving this venture need to be examined. Otherwise, their potential risks being thwarted. By means of a post-foundational discourse analysis, six moments central to the
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Simulation Training through the Lens of Experience and Activity Analysis Journal of Vocational Education & Training Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Cyrille Gaudin
Published in Journal of Vocational Education & Training (Ahead of Print, 2022)