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Impact of vocational education and training on adult skills and employment: An applied multilevel analysis

International Journal of Educational Development, 2019
Abstract Vocational education and training has played a central role in promoting the school-to-work transition of young people. Despite this role, the return to Vocational Education and Training (VET) has been neglected in previous studies. This paper aims to examine individual returns to VET over a lifespan and to assess the effects of national VET
S. Choi, Jin-Chul Jeong, Seoungnam Kim
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Adult tutors' views on their educational needs: the case of a Public Institute of Vocational Training in Greece

International Journal of Higher Education and Sustainability, 2019
Public Institutes of Vocational Training (DIEK) are units of post-secondary non-formal education. High school teachers and tutors paid by hour constitute the educational stuff of DIEK.
V. Brinia, Maria Fotakeli, Charalampos Vasileiou   +2 more
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Adult education and vocational training in the digital age

, 2017
C. Wang
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Tracing the historical construction of a vocational training, adult education and lifelong learning policy space in the European Union from 1951 to present

European Educational Research Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study is to trace and document the emerging contours of a Vocational Training, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (VTAELL) space in the EU via an examination of the policy framework built over time in this area over more than six ...
Florin D. Salajan, E. Roumell
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Assessing technical vocational education and training institutions’ curriculum in Kenya: What strategies can position the youth for employment?

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Africa could benefit from the demographic dividend by identifying strategies for investing in the massive youthful workforce. The current study employs the social cognitive career theory perspective to assess Technical Vocational Education and Training ...
John M Muchira, Francis Kiroro, M. Mutisya, V. Ochieng, M. Ngware   +4 more
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Skills for the Future? A Life Cycle Perspective on Systems of Vocational Education and Training

ILR Review, 2021
In this article, the authors ask how the institutional design of vocational education and training (VET) affects worker adaptability to changing skill demands over the life cycle. They compare two types of VET systems.
Amanda Chuan, C. Ibsen
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Adult education and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: an international perspective

Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. Although countries responded quickly to support displaced workers with assistance packages and funding for education and training, additional measures might be ...
O. Dikhtyar, Abigail Helsinger, P. Cummins   +2 more
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Canada’s high rate of short-cycle tertiary education attainment: a reflection of the role of its community colleges in vocational education and training

Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2020
Canada ranks first by a substantial margin among OECD member countries in the proportion of the adult population whose highest level of educational attainment is the completion of a programme of short-cycle tertiary education.
M. Skolnik
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Industry's Role in Vocational Education and Training Governance and Decision Making

Frontiers in Education Conference
This innovative practice full paper addresses the hypothesis that vocational workforce competence supply can be improved if a structured, strategic and long-term dialogue between local industry and local VET (Vocational Education and Training) governing ...
Anu Karilaakso, Arnold Pears
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In-house experiential education after the Greek crisis: recessionary effects on experiential learning design and implementation of an effective vocational training

, 2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the Greek recession on the design of adult vocational training through the financial crisis effects on entrepreneurship and, in particular, the significance of the conditions of the ...
Alberto H. Azaria, Efthymios Valkanos, Nick Dukakis   +2 more
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