Pre-apprenticeship for refugees in Switzerland
This paper explores a new pre-vocational programme (Integrationsvorlehre, INVOL) that aims to prepare refugees and temporarily admitted persons aged 16 to 35 for an apprenticeship. Using a sample of 552 INVOL-participants, it was tested whether situational (workplace and school characteristics) and individual resources (language proficiency at the beginning of the INVOL, self-efficacy, and persistency) predict participants' learning outcomes at the end of the programme. We found that workplace resources were related to participants practical and transferable competencies, while school-related ... Show more
Authors: Stalder, Barbara E.; Kammermann, Marlise; Lehmann, Sabine; Schonbachler, Marie-Theres
Published: Muttenz and Bern, Switzerland, European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and Bern University of Teacher Education, 2021
Resource type: Conference paper
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