‘What can I already do well today?’ Competence development in innovative learning cultures

Digitalisation and a rapidly changing labour market introduce new demands on competence and these demands reinforce the renewal of Swiss apprenticeship training in businesses. The telecommunication industry is a representative example of the new challenges that vocational education and training faces. This article highlights some new approaches and pathways to apprenticeships. It shows that not only structural conditions need to be adjusted, but also the learning culture of the community of practice, which includes the shared attitudes, values and beliefs of all the actors involved in vocational education and training. As this article indicates, comprehensive changes in the apprenticeships at the enterprise studied have had a substantial impact on the development of competences such as creativity, reflection, autonomous action and initiative-taking.

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The German system of vocational education and training: challenges of gender, academisation and the integration of low-achieving youth

Transfer European Review of Labour and Research ◽

10.1177/1024258919898115 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 57-71

Author(s):

Simone R Haasler

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Vocational Education ◽

Labour Market ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

Dual System ◽

Vocational Education And Training ◽

Apprenticeship Training ◽

School Based ◽

And Training

In Germany, the dual system of apprenticeship training has traditionally been very strong. The dominant position of the dual system, however, is being challenged by other training routes gaining significance, particularly tertiary education. This article investigates the extent to which this is leading to a restructuring of the dual system. Developments in school-based vocational programmes, trends of academisation and challenges deriving from qualifying low achievers are discussed. The growing significance of school-based programmes is linked to the gender impact of the vocational education and training (VET) system and the gender segmentation of the German labour market, while academisation reflects labour market demands for high skills. With dual study programmes and three and a half-year dual training, the dual system seeks to provide attractive training options for highly skilled young people. This, however, has made access to fully-qualifying vocational programmes very difficult for low-achieving young people, including migrants and refugees, thereby challenging the integration function of the German VET system.

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System approach to the aspects of apprenticeship training by inducrtial corporations and vocational education and training system

System analysis in economics – 2018: Proceedings of the V International research and practice conference–biennale (21–23 november 2018) ◽

10.33278/sae-2018.eng.240-243 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ayrat Satdykov

Keyword(s):

Vocational Education ◽

System Approach ◽

Education And Training ◽

Training System ◽

Vocational Education And Training ◽

Apprenticeship Training ◽

And Training

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Bridging the Gap between Work and Education in Vocational Education and Training. A study of Norwegian Apprenticeship Training Offices and E-portfolio Systems

International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training ◽

10.13152/ijrvet.1.1.2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 21-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hæge Nore ◽

Leif C. Lahn

Keyword(s):

Quality Assessment ◽

Vocational Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

Learning Processes ◽

Vocational Education And Training ◽

Assessment Practices ◽

Documentary Evidence ◽

Parallel Learning ◽

Apprenticeship Training ◽

And Training

This article explores the effect that the use of e-portfolios initiated and organized by apprenticeship training offices has had on the learning processes and assessment practices of apprentices in Norwegian vocational education and training. Although these intermediate structures have the potential to bridge the gap between work and education, they seem to maintain a system of two parallel learning arenas. However, the article summarizes the innovative effects of these transformations as supportive structures for expansive apprenticeship. The study is based on data from a national project on quality assessment, which is supported by documentary evidence from e-portfolios in three different trades: plumbing, industrial mechanics and sales.

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