Search results for "vocation"

PERFORMANCE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN LATVIA IN DEVELOPING EMPLOYABILITY OF GRADUATES

2019

As the labour market changes at increasing pace, education systems need to respond. Facilitating employability of graduates and preparing them for lifelog learning and constant changes throughout their careers requires new education methods. In order to assess the current approach to developing employability of graduates in vocational education in Latvia, this article aims at evaluating the attitudes of employers on performance of vocational education in developing employability competencies, as well as investigating the practical education methods applied by vocational education institutions to facilitate employability.Total 750 companies participated in this research. A list of 17 employa…

The modern evolution of vocational education and training in Finland (1945–2015)

2018

Desarrollo vocacional y preparación para la carrera profesional en estudiantes universitarios

2014

Abstract.VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION FOR CAREER IN COLLEGE STUDENTSPreparation for career emerges as a variable of interest in the university environment to the extent that these students pursue primarily their integration in the workplace for being formed. Moreover, the research reveals the importance of career development at the time of satisfaction and achievement in getting decisions made ??. Both variables are configured as highlights in the processes of counseling and vocational and career guidance. The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between preparation for career and vocational development considering gender as covariates and vocational group membershi…

Determination of Students’ Satisfaction Regarding Extracurricular Activities Conducted in The University. Comparative Study Romania-Germany

2014

Abstract The goal of this paper is to determine students’ satisfaction related to extracurricular activities in the field of vocational training, to identify possible problems and potential improvements. The research was conducted using quantitative and qualitative research methodology, various secondary sources, and the data were collected through the questionnaire method. The study constitutes the base of a compared management research Romania-Germany. Questioned have been 120 students from northern Germany, University of Applied Sciences Flensburg, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design Wismar and University of Applied Sciences Kiel and 146 students from the cent…

VET workers’ problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments: European approach

2014

International journal for research in vocational education and training 1 (2014) 1, S. 57-80

Teacher trainees' experiences of the components of ICT competencies and key factors in ICT competence development in work-based vocational teacher tr…

2022

International journal for research in vocational education and training 9 (2022) 2, S. 146-166

On How to Build SDI Using Social Networking Principles in the Scope of Spatial Planning and Vocational Education

2011

Several ways how to build a spatial data infrastructure usable for spatial planning domain exist. It must be said that today the area of spatial planning is under the influence of the European INSPIRE directive. It is necessary to spread an awareness about how to build this infrastructure in terms of INSPIRE. The article describes the current ways how to build the spatial data infrastructure. Furthermore, a new approach - GeoPortal4everybody, based also on using of social networking principles is proposed. Next, the paper presents using of GeoPortal4everybody concept as a part of technological framework for vocational education partially developed in the SDI-EDU project. This project aims o…

Science as a quest : Don Quixote, neuroscience and the interrogation of truth

2015

Neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga has wondered whether «scientists, embarked upon their personal quests – their quixotic endeavours – spend their time just thinking». This adjectival invocation of Cervantes’s Don Quixote pitches science as an epic quest that equates scientific rationality with the Don’s delusions. Does science quest after truth in a quixotic, literary way that philosopher Nicholas Maxwell terms «rationalistically neurotic»?

Designing and analyzing collaboration in a scripted game for vocational education

2008

This study attempts to combine the technological possibilities of 3D-game environments and collaborative learning scripts. The study is a design experiment (N=64) with multiple data collection and analysis (quantitative and qualitative) methods. The aims were twofold: The aim was to develop a game environment to simulate issues of work safety in a vocational context and to answer the following questions on the basis of an empirical study: (1) What kind of activities did the scripted game environment generate among the players? (2) How did the least and the most successful groups differ in this respect despite the same scripted game environment? Findings indicated that scripted game environm…

Role of Social Partners for Work-Based Learning: Results of Surveys

2016

Abstract Introduction of work-based learning (WBL) in Latvia has required new approaches in decision making of different stakeholders. Experience from countries with long-standing WBL tradition has shown the numerous advantages but also the challenges this approach presents. One of these challenges is the need for new forms and mechanisms of cooperation among the key stakeholders – policy makers, public administrators, employers, educators and social partners. The current paper analyses the results of scientific research in this field, as well as uses the empirical results of two surveys performed by the authors: a survey of public sector experts and a survey of employers in Latvia. In orde…