This book is the first volume in a series resulting from the international networking of the research group VETYL (Vocational Education and Training/Yrkeskunnande och Larande) at the Department of Education, Stockholm University in Sweden. In May 2012, the group organised the first Stockholm International Conference on VET, organised yearly following the modality of invited papers. This book contains selected and reviewed texts that were first presented as papers in the sessions of the conference held on 8-9 May 2017. The various chapters illustrate the range of research questions and developm
... Show more
This book is the first volume in a series resulting from the international networking of the research group VETYL (Vocational Education and Training/Yrkeskunnande och Larande) at the Department of Education, Stockholm University in Sweden. In May 2012, the group organised the first Stockholm International Conference on VET, organised yearly following the modality of invited papers. This book contains selected and reviewed texts that were first presented as papers in the sessions of the conference held on 8-9 May 2017. The various chapters illustrate the range of research questions and development tasks in different national contexts as well as cross-nationally, at the levels of vocational education and training systems (macro level), the organisation and design of vocational training programs and institutions (meso level), and the analysis and shaping of education and learning processes (micro level), which leads to the integration of different scientific disciplines and research traditions.
Edited excerpts from publication.
The contents are as follows: Section one, 'VET teacher education', contains the chapters: Defining professional skills from teachers' life stories / Hamid Asghari; Maintaining VETness in a scholarly environment: voices from exploration of Australian VET teachers including researching as part of their professional practice / Lewis Hughes; Individual-oriented curricula: a challenge for teachers in vocational schools in Germany / Nicole Naeve-Stoss. Part two, 'VET skills, qualifications and quality', contains: Why are transversal skills needed in professional higher education in the future? / Annica Isacsson; The organising framework of occupations: is there common language for occupations between educators and employers? / Naomi Alphonsus; Quality and quality assurance in vocational education in Sweden / Staffan Bolin.
Section three, 'Research on language and simulations', contains the chapters: Ups and downs of lifelong language learning in 'UNICO' TEMPUS Project / Valentina Kononova; Professional German language competences: demands and strategies of promotion in training preparation modules / Nicole Kimmelmann and Nina-Madeleine Peitz; Simulation-based teaching and learning in the social and health care programs: a literature study / Vibe Aarkrog. Section four, 'Gender, social competence and inclusion', contains: Educational pathways and gender segregation: the case of upper secondary VET / Francesca Salva-Mut, Antoni Cerda-Navarro and Ana M. Calvo-Sastre; Fostering social competence of disadvantaged young people / Kristina Kuhn; A case study about the innovative approaches of a German transplant in China: make up for deficiencies in the prevailing VET system / Larissa Freund.
Section five, 'VET, apprenticeship and adult learning', contains the chapters: Apprentices social integration in the work-group and reflection as a key factor for a successful onboarding and development / Christof Nagele and Patsawee Rodcharoen; Apprentices' adaptation and innovation styles in relation to dimensions of workplace learning environments / Petri Nokelainen, Heta Rintala and Laura Pylvas; Adult education and vocational training in Italy: outstanding issues / Chiara Biasin; Re-education [of] adults through work: job coach fostering informal learning / Fernando Marhuenda; Upper secondary VET in Sweden with focus on apprenticeship and workplace-based education / Petros Gougoulakis and Lazaro Moreno Herrera. Section six, 'Methodological issues, company research and research on emotional capital', contains: 'Begleitforschung' as mediator between action-oriented learning and digital change: on the role of accompanying research and training schemes in the Learning Layers Construction pilot / Pekka Kamarainen; Emotional capital, educational leadership and enabling teachers: emotional competencies as professional competencies to teach for learning and developing potential / Benedicte Gendron; Bridging methodological divides: policies, studies and empirical work in research in VET / Asa Broberg, Lazaro Moreno Herrera and Jonas Gustavsson.
Show less
