scholarly journals Supra-company apprenticeship training in Austria: a synopsis of empirical findings on a possibly early phase of a new pillar within VET

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schlögl ◽  
Martin Mayerl ◽  
Roland Löffler ◽  
Alexander Schmölz
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
School System ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Skill Formation ◽  
Vocational Qualification ◽  
Apprenticeship Training ◽  
Vocational Qualifications ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

AbstractSince 2008, the Austrian Vocational Training Act has given young people the opportunity to obtain vocational qualifications in supra-company training workshops. In addition to the traditional full-time vocational school system and company-based apprenticeship training, a third vocational qualification path has thus been established. This article presents empirical findings on this innovation in skill formation and examines the question of whether conditions for the sustainable establishment of a third pillar for acquiring vocational qualifications are given with regard to regulatory, normative, and cultural cognitive dimensions.

scholarly journals Comprehensive School and Vocational Training in Spain. A Longitudinal Approach from the Transition from Lower to Upper Secondary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Rafael Merino ◽  
Ona Valls ◽  
Albert Sánchez-Gelabert
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Education System ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Social Bias ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Upper Secondary Education ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
The Social

Fitting vocational training into the Spanish education system has been challenging and problematic because two objectives are trying to be fulfilled; the first to supply skills for the productive system and the second to be an alternative option for the young people who do not follow the academic track. Moreover, the political vicissitudes of recent decades have added to the difficulties involved in balancing these requirements. In Spain, both the economic agents and the education system itself with its academic inertia have relegated vocational training to a subordinate position, able to attract mainly young people with lower academic achievement and largely rejected by families with a higher educational level. The assumption was that the introduction of a comprehensive secondary education in the 1990s would provide parity between the academic and the vocational tracks. However, the comprehensive nature of this system was not fully applied, with students in many schools separated by ability levels, and in fact having little impact on the social bias of the students choosing vocational training. The empirical contribution of this study is based on a survey carried out among 2056 students from Barcelona in their last year of compulsory secondary education in 2013–14 and who continued in full-time education, be it baccalaureate or vocational training. The main result shows that comprehensive education improves school success and decreases the vocational orientation of students from low social backgrounds.

Vocational Training in France and Britain: the Building Trades

1986 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J. Prais ◽  
Hilary Steedman
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Building Trades ◽  
Vocational Qualifications ◽  
The Face

The emphasis placed in Germany on vocational training and education was explored in previous studies by the Institute. These drew attention to: the greater numbers with vocational qualifications there than in Britain; the generally broader scope of German training, leading to greater adaptability in the face of technological progress; more extensive preparation at school for subsequent training; and the consequences for productivity (see National Institute Economic Review, August 1983 and February and May 1985). This article presents the first of a series of similar comparisons for France and Britain, with particular attention to French full-time vocational secondary schools for 14-17 year olds.

scholarly journals Academic Rigor and Dedication to Competitive Sport in Young People 12-18 Years: Major Social Issues

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Josep Santesmases
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Academic Rigor ◽  
General Group ◽  
Training Requirement ◽  
Weekly Training

Academic Rigor and Dedication to Competitive Sport in Young People 12-18 Years: Major Social IssuesQuantitative study with the aim of linking the academic performance of students who are high-level athletes in Catalonia (Spain) and who do not have any institutional support (high-performance centre, reduction of subjects, etc.) or belong to any educational institution with adapted curriculum (90-95% of households), compared to sedentary students who play sports only occasionally.The study divided students into two groups by age: 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old (secondary school). The general group (GG) was made up of students who did sports at school, did not participate in major competitions, and the weekly training requirement did not exceed 3 hours (N = 262). The group of athletes (AG) is made up of students who at least competed for the Championship of Catalonia (swimming and basketball) and the weekly training requirement exceeded 4.30 in younger students (N = 212). The questionnaires were constructed in order to gather academic information, highlighting the grades of the subjects for the second evaluation of the 2008-09 academic year and full-time sports data for training (day session, hours, competition) and schooling (public or private).We found a significant correlation (0.99) in comparing the evolution of differences between the grades of the groups. Supporting an extraordinary demand for training, and increasing with age, student athletes have better academic performance throughout secondary education. However, this trend is broken in high school, coinciding with the highest dedication to training.Two other important considerations are highlighted in the study: first, the GG presented inactivity levels which increase linearly with age and this is more prominent in females, and secondly, the enrolment of the school is basically AD private state-assisted and not public system, which can make us think about whether the family ideology also influences the sports options for children.

scholarly journals Las reformas históricas de la enseñanza secundaria en España

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Ruiz Berrio
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
School System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
European Countries ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contemporary Spain

The history of secondary education in Spain has many points in common with developments in other European countries, although with differences in time and rhythms. The author highlights the most important reforms of secondary education in contemporary Spain and argues that the understanding of reform does not necesssarily imply innovation or an improvement of teaching and learning. The author makes the case that the proposed changes in secondary education were not effective because they were framed by the Napoleonic model that characterized the entire school system. Furthermore, in most cases the new plans give priority to instruction over education which resulted in a poor formation of young people.

scholarly journals The impacts of pre-apprenticeship training for young people

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dorsett ◽  
Lucy Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Apprenticeship Training ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Average Impact ◽  
Unobserved Preferences ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Instrumental Variable Approach

Apprenticeships are the key means by which the UK government aims to build skills and tackle the problem of youth unemployment. However, not all young people are able to secure an apprenticeship. Traineeships, a voluntary six-month programme of work placements and work preparation training, were introduced in England in 2013 to help equip young people with the skills and experience required to secure an apprenticeship or employment. The analysis in this paper uses linked administrative data on the population of trainees and a comparison sample of non-trainees to evaluate the impact of the programme on employment and apprenticeships. It uses a local instrumental variable approach, which allows selection into a traineeship to be influenced by unobserved preferences and for impacts to vary according to these preferences. The heterogeneous impacts can be aggregated to form an estimate of the average impact of treatment for all participants. The results show no overall impact on employment for younger trainees (16-18 year-olds) but an across-the-board positive impact on the probability of becoming an apprentice. For older trainees (19-23 year-olds), no significant impact on either employment or apprenticeships is evident among participants as a whole but the results suggest that, for those more resistant to participating, traineeships may actually reduce the probability of becoming an apprentice. These results confirm the effectiveness of traineeships as a means of facilitating apprenticeships among younger people. As such, they support the policy target of achieving 3 million apprenticeships by 2020.

scholarly journals Innovations as a Basis of Optimization of Educational Process in Educational Institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

2013 ◽  
pp. 177-184
Author(s):  
J. V. Strigunenko
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
State And Society ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Internal Affairs

In the article innovative aspects of development of system of vocational training of shots and optimization of educational process in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia are considered. The author notes that nowadays the importance of successful modernization of the higher vocational school in innovative development of Russia is realized as a priority problem of the state and society.

Improving Workforce Education Learning Outcomes

2018 ◽  
pp. 1368-1390
Author(s):  
Carsten Schmidtke
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Workforce Education ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The U.S

Despite numerous attempts over the past few decades to prepare the U.S. workforce for the increasing challenges of a global economy, educators hear the same complaints from industry about how difficult it is to find highly skilled workers. The growing need to have a higher level of education and different knowledge, skills, and attitudes than in the past brought on by globalization makes the task of preparing workers for tomorrow's workplace even more daunting. Whatever the reason for dropping out, many young people have clearly not responded to the attempt to educate them through full-time schooling, no matter how innovative the program. This chapter argues that more adolescents can be educated in a school system that no longer emphasizes full-time schooling but instead combines part-time school with part-time real-world work experience. To carry out such an approach, it may be time to expand our horizons in the search for solutions, and we can find some guidance in a rather unexpected place, the work of Soviet educator Anton Semyonovich Makarenko. Makarenko's success in training young people to become productive workers includes several concepts and methods that may be useful in improving today's workforce education system.

The Evolution of Securing the American K-12 Educational Environment With Armed Police Officers

2019 ◽  
pp. 493-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiletta Kubena ◽  
J. Harrison Watts
Keyword(s):  
School Violence ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
School System ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
School Security ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dramatic Shift ◽  
K 12

Over the course of time we have seen a dramatic shift in the protection and security of our school system. With the increasing media coverage of school violence the general public has responded with a demand and a push for a safer educational environment for our children. This chapter addresses the movement from very limited school security through full time armed police officers responsible for the school campus. The chapter focuses on policy response to school shootings and covers a wide range of police and school response.

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