Dropout from initial vocational training: a meta-synthesis of reasons from the apprentice's point of view

Internationally, vocational education and training (VET) faces some major challenges, one of them certainly constituting the number of premature terminations of contract. A large part of former research within this context has concentrated on the identification and analysis of dropout reasons from the apprentice's point of view. Due to differing foci within previous studies, gaining a comprehensive overview of reasons for premature termination of contract has been impeded. Hence, it was the aim of this paper to summarize central cross-study and cross-sector findings within this context. Theref ... Show more

Authors: Bohn, Svenja; Deutscher, Viola Katharina

Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier, 2022

Resource type: Article

Access item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100414

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