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Direct linkBeifang Ma; Maximilian Krötz; Esther Winther – Vocations and Learning, 2024
Modeling vocational competence is increasingly crucial for monitoring and enhancing the quality of Vocational Educational Training (VET), particularly in the context of ongoing international comparative studies known as "large-scale assessments" of vocational education and training. This study endeavors to provide well-structured and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Competence, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries
LeiB, Tamara Vanessa; Rausch, Andreas – Vocations and Learning, 2023
The present study examines the effects of social interactions' situational characteristics, emotions, and personality on self-perceived learning from social interactions at work based on diary and survey data. The sample comprises 43 German vocational education and training (VET) trainees in various apprenticeship programs. During the diary period…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Personality
Schmidt, Laura; García-Almeida, Desiderio J.; Chang, Celine – Vocations and Learning, 2022
Career change of young talent aggravates human resource shortages in various industries and the analysis of vocational commitment during the educational phase becomes paramount. Knowledge transfer modes and dynamics in the education of young professionals can influence their vocation or "calling" in the sector they are specialising for.…
Descriptors: Career Change, Hospitality Occupations, Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships
Kirchknopf, Sebastian – Vocations and Learning, 2020
The construct of career adaptability has recently gained importance in research on vocational development and has led to a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches. Alongside with vocational identity it has been theorised as the crucial meta-competency of modern career construction. Due to its roots in adolescent career development, career…
Descriptors: Vocational Adjustment, Vocational Interests, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships
Böhn, Svenja; Deutscher, Viola Katharina – Vocations and Learning, 2021
Despite the importance of dual VET for economic growth and stability, internationally, systems struggle with quality assurance and quality improvement. In recent years, numerous research efforts have been made to identify and describe quality aspects in dual VET, especially with regard to in-company training conditions as perceived by apprentices.…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Vocational Education
Gessler, Michael – Vocations and Learning, 2017
The apprenticeship system in Germany is carried out both by companies and vocational schools (the Dual System). The question of whether the German Dual System is transferable is currently being asked in vocational education and training research. The analysis of current transfer discourses alludes to a research desideratum: the actual approaches…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Program Implementation, Vocational Education
Rausch, Andreas – Vocations and Learning, 2017
It was investigated how domain-specific knowledge, fluid intelligence, vocational interest and work-related self-efficacy predicted domain-specific problem-solving performance in the field of office work. The participants included 100 German VET (vocational education and training) students nearing the end of a 3-year apprenticeship program as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Information Technology
