Challenges Experienced by TVET Colleges in Producing Skilled Workforces

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Moses Makgato
Keyword(s):  
Skills Training ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Racial Composition ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
High Unemployment ◽  
Learner Performance ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Work Integrated Learning

The post-apartheid education policies were developed to eradicate inequality of learner performance and racial composition of schools and vocational colleges. Vocationalising education is a solution for skills gap. This chapter is based on the study that focused on vocational pedagogic and didactic practices, workshop material and equipment for practical training, work-integrated learning, and integration of theory and practice in vocational subjects. The methodology of collecting data were interviews and observations. The participants of the study were seven lecturers at three TVET colleges, who were selected purposefully. The empirical results from three TVET colleges investigated showed that vocational pedagogy and practical skills training is not responding to the needs of workplaces and leads to the high unemployment of youth. There are no practical activities at the colleges; hence, there is no integration of theory and practicals in vocational subjects. This study found that the curricula offered at the TVET colleges is irrelevant and requires urgent review in order to respond to the current workplace requirements.

scholarly journals Pemberdayaan Keterampilan Masyarakat Melalui Pengolahan Sampah Plastik di Desa Anyar Kecamatan Bayan

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Sucika Armiani ◽  
Siti Rabiatul Fajri ◽  
Masiah Masiah ◽  
Baiq Muli Harisanti ◽  
Baiq Yuli Pidiawati
Keyword(s):  
Food Packaging ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Product Introduction ◽  
Community Skills ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Artificial Flowers

Tujuan kegiatan masyarakat ini ialah memberi pelatihan keterampilan kepada masyarakat untuk mengolah sampah plastik menjadi produk yang bernilai ekonomis agar meningkatkan nilai sampah plastik dimasyarakat, terutama kepada Mitra pengabdian Kelompok Muslimah Kreatif Bayan. Pelaksanaan kegiatan dilaksanakan selama 2 minggu meliputi persiapan awal kegiatan, yakni analisis situasi dan analisis kebutuhan. Kegiatan di lapangan dilakukan dengan metode sosialisasi dan pelatihan praktek langsung serta pendampingan pengelolaan sampah plastik menjadi barang kerajinan yang bernilai ekonomis. Kegiatan-kegiatan ini mencakup teori dan praktek yang meliputi: (1) Sosialisasi; (2) Pengenalan produk; dan (3) Pembuatan produk (praktek langsung). Keberhasilan kegiatan ini terukur dari terciptanya keterampilan peserta dalam mengolah sampah disertai hasil keterampilan dalam olah kreasi sampah kresek dan sedotan plastik menjadi bunga artificial, beberapa kebutuhan rumah tangga seperti celemek, taplak meja, penutup kulkas, topi dan lukisan wajah yang terbuat dari plastik kemasan makanan dan minuman. Empowering Community Skills Through Plastic Waste Processing in Anyar Village, Bayan District Abstract The purpose of this community activity is to provide skills training to the community to process plastic waste into products that have economic value in order to increase the value of plastic waste in the community, especially to the service partners of the Bayan Creative Muslimah Group. The implementation of the activities was carried out for 2 weeks including the initial preparation of activities, namely situation analysis and needs analysis. Activities in the field are carried out using socialization methods and direct practical training as well as assistance in managing plastic waste into handicrafts that have economic value. These activities cover theory and practice which include: (1) Socialization; (2) Product introduction; and (3) Product manufacture (hands-on practice). The success of this activity is measured by the creation of participants' skills in processing waste along with the results of skills in processing the creation of crackle and plastic straws into artificial flowers, some household necessities such as aprons, tablecloths, refrigerator covers, hats and face paintings made of plastic food packaging and straws.

scholarly journals DESAFIOS DA FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE NO CURSO DE PEDAGOGIA: aligeiramento e pragmatismo

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Maria Izaura Cação
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
State University ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Schools Of Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines

This paper analyzes recent policies of teacher eduation in Brazil related to the employment and professional dimmensions of the teaching career. It analyzes teacher education policies, and the guidelines established by the World Bank in the 1990s, to reform higher education in the so-called developing countries, focusing on th implementation of neolibera educational policies. These policies have produced a "new" value for educational insititutions: they are emptying schools of education; “defertilization” of schools; “deintellectualization” of the teacher profession; pauperization, fragmentation and emptying the contents teacher education programs and recontextualization of the nexus theory-practice. The reforms after the Directives and Bases of Education - Law No. 9394/1996, with respect to the education of teachers, are analyzed in relation to the process of productive restructuring. We analyze the relation between theory and practice, given the National Curriculum Guidelines for the Education Course (DCNCP, 2006), focusing on the Course of Pedagogy for the Faculty of Philosophy and Science, at the Paulista State University, Campus of Marilia. This course offers an extensive practical training, but restricted as to the academic content offered, limiting the possibilities of  an in-depth training for the future teachers. Discussing these relations, this article presents the assessment of the students in the course and concludes offering perspectives for a humanizing and critical training.

Use “cross-border E-commerce” multi-dimensional teaching to enhance the core competence of international economics and trade students

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110134
Author(s):  
Ying Liu
Keyword(s):  
Core Competence ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Core Competence ◽  
Employment Quality

For some trade majors who only focus on theoretical studies, they no longer have an advantage in the market. If they do not pay attention to practical training, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in business. In education, people are paying more and more attention to e-commerce. Many schools take “cross-border e-commerce (CBEC)” as a course. This article uses CBEC to implement multi-dimensional teaching, so as to enhance the core competence of trade majors. This research is mainly based on the analysis of the existing teaching program model, and proposes a multi-level, all-round and multi-dimensional teaching method. This article analyzes the current teaching mode of trade major and various related problems in this mode, and proposes a teaching method based on theory and practice in response to the requirements of trade major. In teaching, many teachers will use traditional teaching methods to analyze trade and help students learn about CBEC. If students cannot learn the operating mode of CBEC as soon as possible, it will cause many students to walk out of the school very much. It is difficult to adapt to the requirements of work, and it is also difficult to accept the new CBEC model. This not only affects the employment rate and employment quality of students, but also is not conducive to the transformation and development of foreign trade enterprises. Therefore, we need to teach students based on the market’s demand for CBEC compound talents, let them have close contact with enterprise development, and use school-enterprise cooperation to realize CBEC practical and multi-dimensional teaching in schools, so as to generate training to meet the needs of the cross-e-commerce market Technical personnel.

scholarly journals Recent Technologies to Improving Social and Communication Skills in Children with ASD: Systematization of Approaches and Methods

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albina Nesterova ◽  
Rimma Aysina ◽  
Tatjana Suslova
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

<p>In the article recent technologies of formation and development of social and communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorders are analyzed. A systematic review summarizes the most effective and verified interventions of support to socialization of children with ASD: applied behavior analysis (ABA); cognitive-behavioral training (CBT); social stories method; social skills training (SST). We pay special attention to virtual technologies and video simulations so these methods allow to form social skills in children with ASD more efficiently and psychologically safe. Problems and prospects of using virtual technologies for children with ASD needs are discussed.<strong> </strong>The specificity of Russian practical experience and researches in development of heuristic technologies of development of social communication of persons with ASD is described: animal-assisted therapy, somatosensory correction, author art therapy and folk forms of intervention. On the basis of analytical work it is concluded that the gap between theory and practice needs to be neutralized, when scientifically unfounded practical developments are introduced in helping autistic people and researches of scientists are not always verified in an empirical manner.</p>

scholarly journals Work + learning: unpacking the agglomerated use of pedagogical terms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Fergusson ◽  
Luke van der Laan
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Work Integrated Learning ◽  
Distinguishing Features

PurposeThe association of work and learning has been well established for many years. However, some of the terms used to describe the various pedagogies related to work and learning have been used interchangeably, with many lacking definitional clarity and scope. These include work-related learning (WRL), work-based learning, workplace learning (WPL) and work-integrated learning (WIL). This agglomerating approach to usage has resulted in pedagogical confusion and what some theorists call a “problematization” for the field, resulting in undermining shared understanding and potential benefit. The purpose of this conceptual paper is an attempt to unpack the meaning and application of some of the key pedagogical terms used in the applied field of work + learning theory and practice.Design/methodology/approachConceptual modelling and qualitative descriptions of each pedagogy.FindingsMany of the work + learning pedagogies do overlap and cohere but attempts to create umbrella terms, which apply to all theories and approaches, are misguided; definitional clarity with the different modes of practice is required for sustainable educational outcomes.Originality/valueA proto-theoretical model, along with a breakdown of distinguishing features of each term as well as their source in the published literature, has been developed to improve clarity and aid the future praxis of educators.

scholarly journals Developing Communities of Praxis: Bridging the theory practice divide in teacher education

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael James Anderson ◽  
Kelly Freebody
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teach For America ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
The University ◽  
New Education

Teacher education in universities is under pressure. In many new education policies there is a renewed focus on teacher quality, and therefore quality initial teacher education. In some countries this renewed focus has led to a resurgence of “alternative approaches” to teacher education such as Teach for America / Australia. One of the most persistent complaints about pre-service teacher education is that educational theory presented in these programs does not relate sufficiently to the real work of teachers. In an attempt to overcome these real or perceived divides, tertiary drama educators at the University of Sydney constructed a professional experience program based on both the community of practice model (Lave and Wenger, 1991) and Frierean notions of praxis (1972). The community of praxis approach emphasises the importance of integrating theory and practice to support the development of beginning teachers. This article outlines the development, implementation, and evaluation of this approach, including the reasoning behind its foundation and the theoretical and practical significance of such an approach for teacher-educators.

Hospitality internship program insights

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Arif Kamisan Pusiran ◽  
Yuzainy Janin ◽  
Sarimah Ismail ◽  
Lorna Jimi Dalinting
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Internship Experience ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Work Integrated Learning ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide some insights on current industry internship practices and the perceptions of students during their internship experience. This paper also highlights some issues pertaining to internship from the students’ and the industry’s perspective Design/methodology/approach The paper utilises qualitative research methodology using in-depth interviews. Findings The sources of conflict arising between the two parties need to be addressed carefully so as to create a win–win situation. The paper offers some suggestions for higher education institutions as to how to establish better guidelines for student internships as well as for industry operators.. Originality/value Internship, industrial training, practical training or work-integrated learning refers to the involvement of students, institutions and colleges of higher learning in the industry. Internship provides an opportunity for students to experience first-hand, a work-related learning process. Given this, the involvement of industry in accepting students onto well-designed internship programmes is very much needed, so as to ensure the completion of a balanced period of study for a career in hospitality and tourism.

State regulation of prices (tariffs) in the Russian Federation: administrative and legal aspects

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Светлана Зайкова ◽  
Svetlana Zaykova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Master's Level ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The training manual discusses the theoretical foundations of state regulation of yen (tariffs) in the Russian Federation, especially the formation and development of administrative pricing, as well as issues of administrative responsibility for violation of the order of pricing. Various opinions of scientists on the topic are covered, questions and tasks for independent work, practical tasks, test tasks, topics for abstracts and reports, a list of the main regulatory legal acts and sources of literature are given. The manual is designed to meet the requirements of the GEF IN the areas of training 030900 " Jurisprudence "(master's level), 40.03.01" Jurisprudence "(bachelor's level), 40.05.04" Judicial and prosecutorial activities " (level of specialty). It is addressed to students, graduate students, teachers of economic and law universities and faculties; researchers and practitioners; a wide range of readers interested in the theory and practice of Russian administrative pricing. Designed for practical training in the disciplines of "Administrative law", "Financial law", "Pricing", "State regulation of the economy."

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