Essays about: "Technical and Vocational Education and Training"

Found 5 essays containing the words Technical and Vocational Education and Training.

  1. 1. Digital micro-credentials for upskilling and reskilling in the vocational sector : A study on the potential use of a blockchain-based ICT system for micro-credentials in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Björn Flintberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Information Systems; Information and Communication Technology; Blockchain; Credentials; Micro-credentials; Education Records; Education Records Management; Vocational Education; Qualitative Research; Swedish Education System; Lifelong Learning.;

    Abstract : Blockchain technology has gained ground as a method of independently and securely verifying transaction receipts of educational credentials so they can connect directly to individual digital wallets. Challenges in this transformation include the risk of dilution of value in existing credentials and the risk of duplicating structures. READ MORE

  3. 2. Quests for knowledge and social mobility : Vocational and on-the-job-training as navigational tactics in the urban labour market of Sierra Leone

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Bim Kilje; [2021]
    Keywords : On-The-Job training; OTJ; apprenticeship; Technical and Vocational Education and Training; TVET; Sierra Leone; urban; labour market; tailoring; trading; practice theory; social mobility; moral education; youth; unemployment; livelihood; informal sector;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the experiences of those learning tailoring and trading in Freetown, Sierra Leone via apprenticeships, other on-the-job training or Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs (TVET). I examine these forms of occupational training by investigating the practices underway, how knowledge transmission occurs, as well as why learners engage with and what they get out of these activities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Botswana's Ownership over the Development Cooperation with the European Union: Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Cooperation of Stakeholders

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maximilian Blasek; [2019]
    Keywords : EU Development Cooperation; Ownership; Botswana; Development Policy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The development research has stressed the importance of technical and vocational education and training for systemic progress in a society. However, proscribed donor-centred solutions often fail to deliver the expected result. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Legal Frameworks of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from International Level to National Level of China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Shengsheng Wang; [2012]
    Keywords : Technical and Vocational Education and Training TVET ; Vocational Education; Vocational Training; Law; Policies; Human Rights; ILO; UNESCO; China; Human Resource Development; Green Skills.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the Technical and Vocational Education and Training(TVET) related contents (including legal instruments and other guidance) from human rights bodies,ILO and UNESCO these three international bodies and also from China this national context. It analyzes the related legal frameworks of TVET from those sources and assesses their impacts in the national level, finally concludes the possibility to improve the international guidance in the field of TVET in which way countries like China can benefit from. READ MORE

  6. 5. Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Support of Strategic Sustainable Development

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

    Author : Chen Chen Gu; Telma Gomes; Victor Samuel Brizuela; [2011]
    Keywords : education for sustainability; technical and vocational education and training; pedagogical approaches for sustainability; ESD; DESD; TVET; VET; vocational education; TVET organizations; TVET for sustainability; green skills; sustainability skills; green jobs; green works; strategic sustainable development;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at how Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) be carried out to help society move towards sustainability. It starts by introducing the reader into the essential concepts about Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD), Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), TVET, and the barriers to integrating ESD into TVET. READ MORE