scholarly journals Table of Contents

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Papier
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Knowledge Competencies ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Training

page iv. Editorial Team page vi. In Memoriam: Andre van der Bijl (Phd) page vii. Editorial - Joy Papier page 1. A ‘curriculum moment’ for Adult and Community Education and Training: Acknowledging the voices and experiential knowledge of lecturers and students at community learning sites. Natheem Hendricks and Kaylianne Aploon-Zokufa page 16. South Africa’s adult educators in the community college sector: Who they are and how they view their training, their work and their position. Sandra Jane Land page 41. Assessing work-based values: The missing link in improving youth employability. Andrew Paterson, Roelien Herholdt, James Keevy and Bina Akoobhai page 62. Knowledge, competencies and dispositions of lecturers in Technical Engineering in the context of advancing 4IR technologies. Nixon JP Teis and Christo J Els page 88. Why prisoners pursue adult education and training: Perceptions of prison instructors. Tabitha Grace Mukeredzi page 106. Enhancing technical and vocational knowledge and skills of adult learners in Ghanaian universities. Yaw Owusu-Agyeman and Magda Fourie-Malherbe page 130. TVET engineering students’ perceptions of the value of their qualification and the prospects of employment. Anthony Tolika Sibiya, Nceba Nyembezi and David Bogopa page 146. Promise and performance of gender mainstreaming at a Zimbabwean agricultural training college. Sebastian Mutambisi, Manasa Madondo, Miidzo Mavesera and Phamela Dube page 164. Contributor biographies page 168. Editorial policy page 170. Call for papers 2022: JOVACET, Volume 5, Issue 1 page 171. Call for papers for the special edition 2022: JOVACET, Volume 5, Issue 2

scholarly journals Table of Contents

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Joy Papier
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
And Training

page iv. Editorial team page v. Acknowledgements page vi. Editorial - Joy Papier page 1. Incorporating principles of expansive learning and activity theory in curriculum design to bridge work and education contexts for vocational teachers - James Garraway and Christine Winberg page 22. Developing a WIL curriculum for post-school lecturer qualifications - André van der Bijl and Vanessa Taylor page 43. Teacher industry placement in Australia: Voices from vocational education and training managers - Annamarie Schüller and Roberto Bergami page 67. Motivating styles in dual, initial vocational education and training: Apprentices’ perceptions of autonomy support and control - Valentin Gross, Jean-Louis Berger, Matilde Wenger and Florinda Sauli page 89. Factors that influence the employability of National Certificate (Vocational) graduates: The case of a rural TVET college in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa - Nduvazi Obert Mabunda and Liezel Frick page 109. Experiences of women students in Engineering studies at a TVET college in South Africa - Sophia Matenda page 126. Growing the TVET knowledge base in the south: South African postgraduate output, 2008–2018 - Joy Papier and Simon McGrath page 143. Interview with Adrienne Bird - Johann Maree page 153. Contributor biographies page 156. Editorial policy page 158. Call for papers: JOVACET 4(1), 2021

scholarly journals Promise and performance of gender mainstreaming at a Zimbabwean agricultural training college

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Sebastian Mutambisi ◽  
Manasa Madondo ◽  
Miidzo Mavesera ◽  
Phamela Dube
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Training Techniques ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Challenges ◽  
Equality In Education ◽  
And Training

Gender equality in education and training can be achieved only if curricula at every level of the system become gender-sensitive. The present study examines the extent to which the milieu at one agricultural training college in Zimbabwe promotes the implementation of gender-sensitive training. The main investigative question posed was as follows: To what extent is the agricultural education and training curriculum used at the college gender-sensitive? By responding to this question, the study provided some response to the performance, challenges and prospects for gender mainstreaming in the college’s agricultural education curriculum. Data for this study were generated by document analysis of policy, curricular and instructional documents, interviews with 12 college lecturers, four college administrators and selected final year students, and by lesson observations. The study revealed that while government, and to a lesser extent college policies, articulate the need for gender equality, little attention is paid to these invocations in practice. Likewise, agricultural education and training curricula, training techniques, learning-support materials and out-of-class activities reflect minimal attention to issues of gender equality. The article concludes by discussing possible interventions that correspond to these findings.

scholarly journals Domestic and International Perspectives on Financing Adult Education and Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 389-390
Author(s):  
Abigail Helsinger ◽  
Oksana Dikhtyar ◽  
Phyllis Cummins ◽  
Nytasia Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
And Training

Abstract Adult education and training (AET) over the life-course is necessary to participate in economic, social, and political activities in the time of globalization and technological advancement. However, little research has been done to identify mechanisms to fund AET opportunities among middle-aged and older adults from a comparative international perspective. Our study aimed to identify strategies to finance AET opportunities for middle-aged and older adults through an international lens, to help identify barriers and facilitators in effort to best support adult learners regardless of education background or socioeconomic characteristics. We carried out a descriptive qualitative study to facilitate an in-depth understanding of funding mechanisms available to adult learners in the selected countries, from the perspective of adult education and policy experts. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 61 international adult education experts from government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and education institutions. Our informants represented 10 countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Data included at least one in-depth phone or web-based qualitative interview per informant in addition to information gathered from written materials (e.g., peer-reviewed publications and organizational reports). We identified three financing options that arose as themes: government-sponsored funding; employer-sponsored funding; and self-funding. We found that government-sponsored funding is especially important for low-skilled, low-income older adults for whom employer-sponsored or self-funding is not available. Our results have implications for lifelong AET policy changes, such as adaptations of successful AET funding programs across global communities.

scholarly journals Exploring the Effects of Adult and Community Education and Training on Economic Development of Women, in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sampson Tawiah
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Educationally Disadvantaged ◽  
And Training

In South Africa, Adult and Community Education and Training (ACET) is established to cater for the educationally disadvantaged individuals, especially rural women, hence, ACET programmes are running in the country nationally. One of the aims of ACET is to open economic opportunities for women; however, the majority of rural women are still performing poorly economically. This empirical study aimed to explore the effect of ACET on the economic development of women in the Lusikisiki district of South Africa. A qualitative approach in the form of a case study design was used for the study to help the researcher relate to the real life circumstances of the women. Purposive sampling was used to select 35 participants from a population of 115. The participants were selected because they had wealth of information and could explain better the phenomenon under study. Data collection instruments used were face to face individual interviews which were audio recorded with the consent of participants. The major findings of the investigation include the following: inadequate learning resources available to women; inadequate skills development programmes provided and skeptical perception of the economic benefit of ACET to women. The study suggested that the programmes of ACET should be restructured and skills driven to meet the needs of women, especially in rural communities.

Networking in European Education and Training

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 244-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Giacomo Sola
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
European Education ◽  
And Training

The Commission of the European Communities promotes, largely through its COMETT Programme (Community Education and Training in Technology), the establishment of partnerships between universities and enterprises in the field of education and training. The author discusses the achievements of such partnerships, and highlights some of the common problems they face, in the context of the activities of one such organization–Amitié, the Association for Managerial and Vocational Training in Software and Information Technologies in Europe.

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