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Daniele Morselli – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: This article focuses on the assessment of entrepreneurship competence by selected vocational teachers in Italy. The exploratory research question addresses the extent to which entrepreneurship assessments are competence based, and the research seeks to identify fully fledged assessment programmes with both a formative and summative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Competence, Vocational Education
Yuting Cui; Fanghui Huang; Zhiqun Zhao; Fan Gao – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: Firstly, this study diagnosed professional competence amongst Chinese vocational students within a broad range of the manufacturing sectors; then, the authors examined how different types of P-E fit (job, organisation and vocation) and internship quality jointly shape the newly acquired professional competences of interns.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Graduates, Internship Programs
Vincent, Andrea; Rajasekhar, Durgam – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: Indian government initiated several skill development policies and different types of vocational education and training (VET). Yet the participation in skill education is low because of poor labour market outcomes. This paper aims to calculate returns to skill education to understand the type of training that will have better labour…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Income
Alp, Elif; Karadeniz, Oguz; Çaglar, Atalay; Islamoglu, Emel – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: This study aids to examine the impact of extending the internship period on the transition from school to work of vocational school of higher education graduates and subsequent employment outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Within the scope of the study, the results regarding the labour market of the vocational school students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internship Programs, Vocational Education, Student Adjustment
Sánchez-Queija, María Inmaculada; Sánchez-García, Laura; Rothwell, Andrew T.; Parra, Águeda – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: The present study analyzes differences in self-perceived employability (SPE) among Spanish university and vocational education and training (VET) students. It also aims to determine whether factors such as gender, work experience and perceptions of the precariousness of the job market have a differential effect on SPE in accordance with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Employment Qualifications, College Students
Laundon, Melinda; McDonald, Paula; Greentree, Jacqueline – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: This paper explores how education and training systems can support a digitally-enabled workforce for the Australian manufacturing sector. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on interviews with 17 sector-level manufacturing stakeholders from industry, government and education/training organisations. Semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Attitudes
Asad, Muhammad Mujtaba; Mahar, Pireh; Datoo, Al Karim; Sherwani, Fahad; Hassan, Razali – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: In the current period quality assurance (QA) and technical vocational education and training (TVET) are known as the two comprehensively examined ideas in schooling, dependent on exceptional abilities in this modern era of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0. The incapability or need for QA of technology-oriented programs has been dissected by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Quality Assurance
Ma, Chia-Yen; Wang, Kuo-Ching; Liu, De-Yen; Lai, Ting-Ching – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: The research aims to discuss technical and vocational students' long-term and complete evaluation of learning effectiveness under school-wide thematic teaching design. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach to measure the learning effectiveness of thematic teaching in technical…
Descriptors: Food, Vocational Education, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Tommasi, Francesco; Perini, Marco; Sartori, Riccardo – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: Given the exponential and massive technological disruption in work that Industry 4.0 will lead to, nowadays, authors and practitioners within the field of education and training are witnessing increased attention on the features of and threats to employability and integration in current labor transformations. The purpose of this paper is…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Inclusion, Vocational Education, Job Skills
Tutlys, Vidmantas; Buligina, Ilze; Dzelme, Juris; Gedviliene, Genute; Loogma, Krista; Sloka, Biruta; Tikkanen, Tarja Irene; Tora, Ginta; Vaitkute, Lina; Valjataga, Terje; Ümarik, Meril – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: The paper seeks to disclose the features and implications of the neoliberal VET and employment policy agendas for the social and institutional VET ecosystems and the integration of at-risk youth in the labour market in the Baltic countries. Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on the comparative policy analysis approach with…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Neoliberalism, At Risk Persons, Youth
Mara, Liviu-Catalin; Cascón-Pereira, Rosalía; Brunet Icart, Ignasi – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: The focus of this study is to explore the perceptions of motivation for further training and empowerment in future jobs of participants in different training activities under a public programme implemented in Catalonia (Spain), which delivers continuing vocational education and training (CVET) courses for unemployed and for active workers…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Empowerment, Student Motivation, Outcomes of Education
Lee, Siu-Yau; Lee, John Chi-Kin; Lam, Bess Yin-Hung – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer direct tests of the effectiveness of renaming vocational education and training (VET) in enhancing the image and popularity of the subject. Although many proponents of renaming argue that the word "vocational" is associated with lower levels of skills and knowledge and should therefore be…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Public Opinion, Attitude Change, Higher Education
Xie, Qing – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: In light of university business English pedagogical innovation, this study reports an empirical study with 66 English major participants. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses online survey and participant observation to investigate their practice-oriented motivation and needs, the perceptions of using vocational education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Majors (Students)
Gregori, Patrick; Holzmann, Patrick; Schwarz, Erich J. – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: Entrepreneurial identity aspiration refers to the desire to occupy an entrepreneurial role in the future and is an essential impetus for initially engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Building on identity theory, the article investigates the effects of personal attitudes, experiences and inclination towards specific practices on the…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Self Concept, Aspiration, Student Attitudes
Chamadia, Sumaira; Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: The major objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of the technical and vocational training courses imparted to generate employment or enhance the productivity of participants. Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted in the province of Sindh, Pakistan by adopting a quasi-experimental approach. The experiment was…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Vocational Education, Private Education, Young Adults