Vocational education and learning in higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Liudmyla I. Berezovska ◽  
Galyna D. Kondratska ◽  
Anna A. Zarytska ◽  
Kateryna S. Volkova ◽  
Taras M. Matsevko

This article sets sights on highlighting the effectiveness and efficiency of higher and vocational education and training, as well as exploring ways to address and implement the current reform agenda in the field. The research was conducted on the basis of a generalizing and comparative method, to identify the problems and development of vocational and higher education. Within the framework of the conducted research the current state of vocational and higher education has been characterized; the features of online learning at leading universities and its advantages has been clarified; the prospects of introduction of continuity of education have been studied, for the development of personality abilities, taking into account changes in society in the context of improvement of the system of vocational and higher education caused by the European integration process of education; directions for the development of vocational and higher education as part of the national education system and society in general have been outlined. It is determined, that at the present stage the domestic education system should be improved and transferred to an innovative way of development in accordance with developed countries. In the near future, such modern forms of education as: distance education, dual education, continuing vocational education and others, should be improved and implemented into the educational process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-238
Author(s):  
Vi Hoang Dang

Stakeholders’ perceptions towards a career in vocational education and training (VET) in Vietnam negate the country’s industrial development plan. During the last 15 years, the Vietnamese Governments investment in to the sector increased annually. However, parents and their children still pursue the goal of higher education via the mainstream rather than a career path way using the vocational education and training system. Although stereotypical views of vocational students are being challenged, Confucian ideology maintains some influence over stakeholders’ educational decisions leading to the sustained popularity of higher education. This study explores the perceptions of students on the image of and their loyalty towards vocational education and training. A sample of 300 lower secondary school, 300 upper secondary school, and 300 vocational students was drawn from across the Northern and Southern regions of Vietnam. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data and mean analysis conducted to explore the data. The findings indicate that agreement with statements about facilities and equipment, teacher’s ability, curriculum, and soft skills are the clearest indicators of enhanced perceptions about the image of vocational education and training. Encouragement from parents appears most influential to positively affecting lower secondary students’ loyalty. Unexpected was that vocational students had less interesting continuing in vocational education and training compared to lower and upper secondary school students inclination towards a career in VET. First-hand experience seemingly leads to diminished perceptions and loyalty towards vocational education.


Author(s):  
Vladislav G. Lizunkov ◽  
Ekaterina V. Politsinskaya ◽  
Konstantin A. Gazin

The article deals with the organization of project-based education applied in the supplementary higher vocational education system and considers the needs of modern society in the context of creating a Priority Development Area. (PDA). In the article, the authors present the architecture of the integrated model of traditional and project-based learning in the supplementary vocational education system, offer practical recommendations on the organization and implementation of project activities in the staff training demanded in PDA. The article reflects the results of introducing the integrated model of traditional and project-based learning in the supplementary vocational education system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
N. M. Aleshchenko

Considered the experience of federal educational and methodological associations in the system of secondary vocational education for enlarged groups of professions, specialties created in 2015 by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation The main objects of their activity are federal state educational standards, sample programs, quality assurance and development of the content of secondary vocational education, professional improvement of the activities of scientific and pedagogical workers. They showed the formation of a new project team. It is important to collect all railway specialties in one group to ensure the unity of approaches in the development of the content of federal state educational standards of secondary vocational education of secondary vocational education, exemplary educational programs and examination of their content, as well as to improve the quality of educational content and continuity with higher education. The corresponding specialties of higher education are included in one group 23.00.00 “Engineering and technology of ground transport”. Federal educational and methodological associations in the system of secondary vocational education provide expert services in the field of their activities. For this, an Expert Council has been created. The composition of the Expert Council is formed from the number of teachers of educational institutions of open source education. In total, during the work of the Expert Council, more than 130 examinations of educational publications on road and rail transport have been carried out.


Author(s):  
Y. Oliinyk ◽  
T. Nych

The essence of the educational complex of the Kherson region as a holistic socio-geographical formation is revealed. The importance, role and place of the educational complex in the economic and social development of the territory are highlighted. The most important factors in the formation of the educational complex are revealed. The attention is paid to the deterioration of the demographic situation and its impact on the development of education. The specific of the branch structure of the educational complex is characterized. The analysis of territorial features of functioning and placement of components of the educational complex: pre-school education, general secondary education, out-of-school education, vocational education, higher education, postgraduate education, post-graduate and doctoral studies, self-education, lifelong education. Particular attention is paid to the territorial differentiation of the network of preschool and general education institutions. The dynamic of the number of MES in the region and the problem of uneven placement is traced. The tendency towards the decrease in the number of general educational institutions is revealed, which is the result of a decrease in the number of students due to the deterioration of the demographic situation. The process of formation of basic educational institutions and the impact on them of united territorial communities are described, the system of vocational education is characterized, characteristic features of the development of higher education, placement of the network of institutions of higher education, types of training of specialists are determined, the main forms of preparation of scientific and scientific and pedagogical personnel are singled out. High-level qualifications in the field: post-graduate and doctoral studies. The attention is paid to the increase in the demand for higher qualification specialists. The modern transformational processes in the development of the educational complex of the region are highlighted. The main problems are described and perspective directions of further development of the educational complex are grounded.


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