Search results for "Vocationa"

The Role of a Supportive Interpersonal Environment and Education-Related Goal Motivation During the Transition Beyond Upper Secondary Education

2018

This longitudinal study investigated the role of parents and peers as well as of education-related goal motivation during educational transitioning in late adolescence. The sample consisted of 1520 upper secondary education students attending either academic or vocational upper secondary school in Finland. They were surveyed three times: (1) in the first year of their upper secondary education, (2) in the second year of their upper secondary education, and (3) two years later. The results show, first, that when students in upper secondary education pursued their educational goals out of autonomous motivation they also invested more effort in their goals, which was reflected in high levels o…

Economic Challenges in Higher Education

1994

From special tasks to extensive roles: the changing face of special needs teachers in Finnish vocational further education

2014

Following the development of inclusive education in vocational education and training (VET), the discussion about the prevention of marginalisation and dropouts has increased. At the same time, the formal education system has strengthened the position of support services, such as special educational needs (SEN) teachers, social workers and counsellors. However, a confusion of roles in the work of SEN teachers seems evident. The changing work of SEN teachers has not been of great research interest in Finland. The focus has been mainly on SEN teachers at the secondary school level (Kivirauma and Kuorelahti, 2002; Strom, 1999). The work of vocational SEN teachers has been studied by Kaikkonen,…

The financial crisis and its consequences in European higher education

1990

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Education and working life: VET adults' problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments

2015

The rapidly-advancing technological landscape in the European workplace is challenging adults' problem-solving skills. Workers with vocational education and training need flexible abilities to solve problems in technology-rich work settings. This study builds on Finnish PIAAC data to understand adults' (N?=?4503) skills for solving problems in technology-rich environments. The results indicate the critical issue that more than two thirds of adults with vocational education and training have weak skills or lack the skills in solving problems in technology-rich environments and that more than one fifth of these adults are at risk. Furthermore, this study indicates that the likelihood of havin…

Ammatillinen toimijuus työelämän muutosvirrassa.

2014

Työorganisaatioilta ja työntekijöiltä edellytetään jatkuvaa kehittymistä nykyajan työelämässä. Jatkuvan uudistamisen tuoksinnassa on oleellista pohtia ja tutkia, miten kehittäminen voi tapahtua kestävällä tavalla tukien yksilöiden aktiivista osallistumista, jaksamista ja identiteettityötä. Hallinnolliset määräykset ja ohjeistukset saattavat olla tehokkaita luomaan muutoksia työelämässä, mutta samalla uudistusten inhimilliset kärsimykset saattavat nousta liian suuriksi. – Katja Vähäsantasen väitöskirja Vocational teachers’ professional agency in the stream of change (Jyväskylän yliopisto 2013).

Asesoramiento psicopedagógico y orientación vocacional en un caso de distrofia muscular Duchenne

2014

RESUMENEl desarrollo de la LOGSE (1990) sobre la atención a la diversidad en los Institutos de Educación Secundaria (IES) implica una sensibilización y una disponibilidad para el cambio cultural del quehacer diario, como la organización y gestión del centro, la adaptación del Proyecto curricular, la eliminación de las barreras arquitectónicas, la asignación de los recursos físicos, la coordinación entre los distintos departamentos didácticos y el Departamento de Orientación con la meta de ofrecer una atención adecuada y eficiente al alumnado y a sus familias. En este artículo pretendemos exponer los procesos aplicados tanto en el asesoramiento psicopedagógico (Benavent, 1999) como en la ori…

Effects of training and assessment in vocational education and training (VET): Reflections on the methodology of assessing the development of traits …

2006

Abstract This article focuses on the development of traits of self-regulation within vocational education and training (VET). This perspective is in accordance with the general objective of VET within the German speaking countries and is addressed in the objective “education and training for the ability of self-directed planning, regulation and evaluation of vocational performance”. In order to foster these and other relevant abilities, specific vocational training programs were developed and implemented in a training center in Switzerland. One such program was evaluated in a longitudinal study. From 1999 to 2003, a cohort of more than 100 aprentices was monitored with respect to the develo…

Adaption of the TSRQ for Financial Behavior

2013

The Trait Self Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) is an instrument to measure general self-regulative capabilities. In 1999, Klaus Breuer translated this instrument into a German version and adapted it to the field of self-regulation in educational processes within vocational training.

‘Let’s Move It’ – a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in voca…

2016

Background Physical activity (PA) has been shown to decline during adolescence, and those with lower education have lower levels of activity already at this age, calling for targeted efforts for them. No previous study has demonstrated lasting effects of school-based PA interventions among older adolescents. Furthermore, these interventions have rarely targeted sedentary behaviour (SB) despite its relevance to health. The Let’s Move It trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of a school-based, multi-level intervention, on PA and SB, among vocational school students. We hypothesise that the intervention is effective in increasing moderate-to-vigorous-intensity phy…