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Context: This paper reports on a study of the progress of vocational education and training (VET) and the need for further profession-oriented training of lecturers in public, technical vocational colleges in South Africa, under the consideration of societal and political conditions. Approach: The study is based on a mixed methods approach in which an analysis of educational policy documents and a qualitative and a quantitative study with VET teachers and representatives of education...
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Mit der 3. erweiterten Auflage des Handbuchs Berufsbildungsforschung liegt ein Werk vor, das für alle Dimensionen der beruflichen Bildung den Stand der neuesten Erkenntnisse dokumentiert: sowohl für die Forschung als auch für den Wissenschaftstransfer in die Berufsbildungspraxis und -politik.Das Handbuch beinhaltet 125 Beiträge zu Fragestellungen, Methoden und Ergebnissen der Berufsbildungsforschung. Es stellt besonders für die Planung und Durchführung von Forschungs- und...
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Mit der 3. erweiterten Auflage des Handbuchs Berufsbildungsforschung liegt ein Werk vor, das für alle Dimensionen der beruflichen Bildung den Stand der neuesten Erkenntnisse dokumentiert: sowohl für die Forschung als auch für den Wissenschaftstransfer in die Berufsbildungspraxis und -politik.Das Handbuch beinhaltet 125 Beiträge zu Fragestellungen, Methoden und Ergebnissen der Berufsbildungsforschung. Es stellt besonders für die Planung und Durchführung von Forschungs- und...
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This paper explores a pilot project in which three VET teachers in an Australian dual-sector university trialled a scholarship framework by undertaking a small ethnographic inquiry into current practices in their respective industries. The framework defined a method for engaging with industry while simultaneously developing VET teacher capability in scholarly practice. The teachers were asked to reflect on their experience of engaging in a scholarly project and how new knowledge has been...
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The paper discusses the role of systematic evidence in helping make better decisions to reach global development targets. Coming at the end of the first decade of serious funding and support for systematic evidence generation in development economics and development studies, the paper presents opportunities and challenges for the continued development of systematic review methodologies. It concludes by introducing the papers collected in the issue, which make and demonstrate the case for theory-based approaches to evidence synthesis.
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It has been common to say that studies should address not just the question of what works, but also how, where, for whom and at what cost? A unifying framework for such an approach is the theory of change. This paper lays out an approach for using such a theory-based approach to systematic reviews, discussing issues which arise in mixed-methods causal chain analysis. I illustrate the funnel of attrition which is a heuristic device to understand why effect sizes are lower at the higher...
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This study presents results from a farmer survey conducted with 560 rice farmers from 27 villages spread over five hubs (concentration areas of rice production and processing) in three different countries in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania and Madagascar). The main research objective was to assess women's access to rice technologies and constraints to adoption of technologies. Constraints were analyzed over five different categories: (1) institutional (2) access to...
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In the past ten years, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential part of our learning and development in education. The rapid development of these new technologies coupled with the worldwide challenge to educate all children has led to a global reform and development of teacher education and motivated educational Institutions to redesign and restructure their teaching methods to enable students equip themselves for the future. The main purpose of this study therefore...
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Most of the French-speaking African countries gained political independence in the 1960s. Since then, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system inherited from France has not allowed them to develop their economies. Moreover, in these countries, there are many new building projects that need highly qualified workers, and due to the problems with the TVET system, they cannot hire the needed workers locally. This chapter analyzes why for over 50 years, these countries are...
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The impacts of training and apprenticeship education towards building high-level technical and vocational skills that support human capital development and attracting foreign direct investment are being reshaped by global competition. This article draws on human capital theory to report on a qualitative study that explores skilled labour challenges within Ghana’s training and apprenticeship system through the lens of the demand side of employment perspective. The findings point to a training...
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Nigeria aspires to become a major player in the world economy in line with her Vision 20-2020. To achieve this ambitious goal, the most crucial vehicle apart from power and infrastructure, is a skilled and competent workforce. This is necessary for the effective implementation of national development projects and for attracting necessary international investment by hi-tech industries. (NBTE, 2011). Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is used as a comprehensive term...
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Home Science is a subject that facilitates acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes meant to improve lives of everyone yet very few students choose to pursue it in secondary school. This study sought to establish the influence of school policies on enrolment in Home Science subject in secondary school in 3 Sub-Counties of Elgeyo Marakwet County. It was guided by the following specific objectives: to identify the various school policies on subject selection in secondary schools in...
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