Essays about: "vocational education and training"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words vocational education and training.

1. 1. Is a combination of language and vocational training an effective labour market policy for immigrants? - a quantitative study of Swedish municipalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Olsson; Robin Stoytchev Sulevani; [2023]
   Keywords : Combination education; Swedish for Immigrants SFI ; Vocational training; Labour market policy; Diff-in-Diff.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In recent years, Swedish municipalities have introduced programs that combine Swedish language education with vocational training. However, due to the novelty and lack of an established framework, data and research on their effectiveness in improving immigrant labour market performance is limited. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Empowering or burdening women? Assessing precariousness of vocationally trained women in Nepal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Raj Kharel; [2021]
   Keywords : Closure; Precariousness; Exclusion; Postcolonial Feminism; Gender-stereotyped occupations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Amidst the paradox concerning the role of gender-stereotyped vocational training programmes in empowering women, this research makes a qualitative study of the training and post-training experiences of women graduating from two so-called women friendly vocational training programs – tailoring and beautician. 12 beauticians and 7 tailors have contributed as interview participants in this research, and the data thus gathered have been analysed from theoretical perspectives of Closure Theory, Precariousness and Postcolonial Feminist Theory. READ MORE

5. 4. A New Perspective into Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) Syllabus Design : Target language learningpromoting thedevelopment of refugee employability competencies

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Maria Alice de Fatima Capocchi Ribeiro; [2021]
   Keywords : Refugee labour integration; language for specific purposes; employability competencies; VET Vocational Education and Training ; syllabus design.;

   Abstract : This thesis reports on a meta-analysis of the most relevant employabilitycompetencies to foster refugees’ labour integration which may be potentiallyleveraged through a target language for specific purposes (LSP)MOOCsyllabus. Italso suggests to group the thus identified employability competencies into threecategories tofurther supportLSPMOOC syllabus design and implementation. READ MORE

6. 5. 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