The VET & Culture Network is a voluntary network of senior and junior researchers and students, practicing cross-cultural, independent and critical research on transformations in vocational education and in relations between work, education and politics. The aim of the network is to support members in their different academic and institutional environments through virtual communication, annual meetings, …
Post-School Education and Training in South Africa
Developmental TVET Rhetoric In-Action: The White Paper for Post-School Education and Training in South Africa This shortly published IJRVET-article from Salim Akoojee, explores the extent to which latest developments in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training System in South Africa respond to key principles espoused for a developmental, democratic and inclusionary ideal. The White …
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Special Issue Call for Papers: Going Back-to-school in Vocational Training
International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) Guest Editors: Louis Cournoyer (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada), Geneviève Fournier (Université Laval, Canada), & Jonas Masdonati (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) Valued and positioned very differently within different national education systems, vocational training is certainly a key lever for development of collective wealth (Billett, 2014). It also …
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IJRVET: Trend since the beginning
The "International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET)" published its first issue in August 2014 and its second issue in December 2014 with altogether 8 articles in 2014. In the first year around 600 users visited the journal. In the second year, 2015, four issues have been published in April, August, November (Special …
New IJRVET Issue: Non-Formal Education in International Comparison, Learning Outcomes in European Policy-Making, Cooperative VET in Training Networks, Returns to Investment in Education between Graduates and Apprentices in Canada
The International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training is a peer-reviewed Journal for VET-related research and provides full open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. End of 2015 a new issue has been published: Non-Formal Education in International Comparison: …
Special IJRVET Issue about “Vocational Didactics” published
International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training Table of Content Vocational Didactics: Core Assumptions and Approaches from Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain and Sweden 15. December 2015 13:26 The design of vocational didactics has to meet special requirements. Six core assumptions are identified: outcome orientation, cultural-historical embedding, horizontal structure, vertical structure, temporal structure, and the …
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Skills Panorama: What skills will it need tomorrow?
"What Sills does Europa´s workforce have today? What skills will it need tomorrow? How different are the labour markets in the EU 28 member states? How are technology, demography and the green economy changing jobs and what we need to learn?" James Calleya (Director of CEDEFOP) The Skills Panorama website is now online. It aims …
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Proposal submission open: International Conference on Competence Theory, Research and Practice
Location: Wageningen University, the Netherlands Time: 19 - 21 October, 2016 Schedule: Proposal submission open: December 1, 2015 Conference registration open: January 1, 2016 Proposal submission closes: March 21, 2016 Decision of proposal acceptation/rejection: May 31, 2016 Early bird registration closes: June 30, 2016 Registration closes: October 1, 2016 Scope: The field of competence studies …
ECER 2016: Submission time started
The submission time for the ECER 2016 from 22-23 August 2016 (Emerging Researchers´ Conference) and 23-26 August 2016 (Main Conference) in Dublin has started and will end on 15 January 2016. Information about the different formats (Paper Presentation, Round Table, Symposia, Poster, Workshop, Panel Discussion) are available here. Online Submissions und registration: http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-2016-dublin/submissions-registration/ VETNET celebrates in Dublin its …
OECD skills and work blog
The OECD skills and work blog is a platform that aims to share leading analysis related to the skills of the workforce, how skills are used at work, the mismatch between skills and jobs’ requirements, how countries assess and respond to changing skill needs and other issues related to skills and work. Contributors include mainly …
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