Essays about: "technical and vocational education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words technical and vocational education.

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. Collaborations between public and private actors in promoting sustainable transitions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Maja von Beckerath; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sustainable transitions; Public-Private Partnerships; Ethiopia; Infrastructure Development; Interdisciplinarity;

   Abstract : There is a lack of academic knowledge concerning mechanisms through which sustainable transitions are promoted. Sustainable transitions in the infrastructure system are key to achieve multiple other SDGs, and the infrastructure development gap is particularly critical in developing countries. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. Employment Situation of Technical and Vocational Education Graduates in the Chinese Automobile Industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Libo Liu; Xuefeng Zheng; [2016]
   Keywords : VET; technical and vocational education; employment situation; automobile industry; labour market; China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Chinese technical and vocational education (VET) has been developed rapidly after the economic reform since 1978. The graduates from VET schools have become the important labour force in the Chinese labour market. There is a debate on the employment situation of the VET graduates. READ MORE