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The world needs workers with more and better skills. Conventional apprenticeships and old methods of professional training are not providing enough skilled workers, so governments, companies and colleges are all using open and distance learning to fill these gaps. This unique international review of experience looks at the policies needed in both the private and the public sector for effective vocational education and training at all levels – from basic skills to continuing professional...
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Introduction This volume is intended to develop and share knowledge within the southern African region regarding the challenges faced by vocational education and training (VET) systems and the responses to these challenges. Some of these challenges arise out of the history of VET in the region, whilst others relate to current international discourses about VET. The field of VET in southern Africa has been badly neglected. It is very difficult to find an article in the international journals...
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In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the dichotomy of vocational education versus general education. This is more so as political pronouncements in many countries across the globe have taken on knowledge and skills as the key aim of the desire to improve access to education at all levels. Nowhere is this debate more tested, fiercely debated and gained controversy as in Africa. However, given recent developments in which knowledge and skills have become more acceptable terms...
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This paper discusses technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as well as skills development in rural areas, mainly pertaining to agriculture and related activities and explores existing gender differences. TVET has suffered from a focus on basic, and especially primary education, which led to the neglect of post-basic education and training and their non-inclusion in the UN Millennium Development Goals. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in training and skills...
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The aim of this Handbook is to review the developments that have occurred in Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and that may help improve the field. The Handbook provides information on TVET models that occur in different parts of the world; reflects best and innovative practice; and, wherever possible, uses case studies as examples. The 220 authors are representative of the various regions of the world and major international organisations involved in TVET. This volume...
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The literacy requirements of both globalization and technological change necessitate enhancement of literacy education and training to keep pace with these phenomena. Sierra Leone‘s An Agenda for Change – Second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSPII) 2008-2012 has mainstreamed youth employment and the government has developed a National Action Plan on Youth Employment. Moreover, TVET in Sierra Leone needs a new focus and new direction to strongly respond to the PRSP. In fact a national...
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This paper gives a description of research in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET). The field of VET research is quite scattered, so giving a full overview is hardly possible. Nevertheless, the VET research presented at the European Conference of Educational Research 2011 (Berlin) is reviewed, as well as the content of a number of VET research journals of publication year 2011. Research themes and topics are defined, and according to the categories the research is reviewed....
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A pesquisa para este relatório foi realizada em 2010 e 2011 em cinco países da África Austral e, em seguida, foi conferido e editado pelo professor John Aitchison, da Universidade de KwaZulu-Natal.
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[FRGMNT] On assiste en Afrique à un regain d'intérêt pour la question du développement des compétences techniques et professionnelles (DCTP). L'existence de données et d'analyses fiables sur ce thème représente néanmoins un préalable indispensable à la définition et à la …[...]… CAP Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle CBL Competency Based Learning CBT Competency Based Training CCI Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie CEBNF Centre d'Education de Base Non Formelle CEPE Certificat d'Etude...
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With young people among the big losers of the recent financial crisis, vocational education and training (VET) is often seen as the silver bullet to the problem of youth joblessness. This paper provides a better understanding of VET around the world, dealing with three types of vocational systems: school-based education, a dual system in which school-based education is combined with firm-based training, and informal training. We first explore the motivation for these different types of...
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The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the importance attached to Education for all (EFA) mark an important turning point in the elaboration of a common initiative, which aims to improve living conditions of people worldwide. Its ambition is to eliminate misery and to increase wealth. The means to achieve this goal focus essentially on education, which has become a goal in itself: reduce illiteracy, ensure global access to basic schooling and promote equal opportunities...
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This paper is a follow-up of the paper ECER-presented in 2012, ‘A Critical Review of Vocational Education and Training Research and Suggestions for the Research Agenda’ (Author & Co-author, 2012). This paper gave a description of research in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in 2011. This new paper gives an overview of the field of VET research in 2012. In this article the VET research presented at the European Conference of Educational Research 2012 (Cádiz) is reviewed,...
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The major challenge of the 2012 ADEA Triennale will be to help African countries design and develop suitable and effective education and training systems that can help move the continent away from the struggle for subsistence and the spiral of poverty towards a process of sustainable transformation that reconciles economic growth with the pursuit of equity and the conservation of natural resources. In short, the aim is to enable Africa to “run while others walk”, while avoiding causing the...
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The current decade has seen a significant return of interest in vocational education and training (VET) amongst the international policy community. This rise in policy and programmatic interest in VET's role in development, however, stands in contrast to the state of the academic debate. Whilst there have continued to be both policy and academic developments in VET in OECD countries; in the South there has been a paucity of VET research and little in the way of theoretical exploration....
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Rural Tanzania is struggling to provide an adequate number of qualified teachers to keep up with increased primary and secondary school enrollment rates. Teachers enter classrooms with minimal teaching experience and education, sometimes having never studied the subject they are teaching. As a result of this under-qualification, teachers struggle in critical topics such as math, science, and English, exacerbating the trend of low academic performance. A lack of well-qualified teachers means...
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The world is facing a worsening youth employment crisis. In response, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is back on the development agenda after years of neglect. This systematic review examined the evidence from studies evaluating the impacts of TVET interventions for young people in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs). The 26 included studies evaluated 20 different interventions, predominantly from Latin America. Meta-analyses of the effectiveness of TVET on five...
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Purpose: Farmer-to-farmer extension offers a potentially low-cost and wide-reach alternative in supporting agricultural innovation. Various approaches are being promoted but information on their impact and sustainability is sparse. This study examines experiences of Self Help Africa and partners in Ghana, Uganda and Malawi. It asks: What is good practice in community extension for agriculture? What has been the impact of community extension on food security for smallholder farmers? What is...
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A introdução de ambientes online nas práticas docentes no ensino superior, tem-se afigurado numa necessidade um pouco por todo o mundo. Nesta investigação apresenta-se uma dessas iniciativas desenvolvidas na universidade de Cabo Verde (Uni-CV), no Departamento de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (DCSH). A Uni-CV conta com oito anos de existência, encontrando-se ainda na caminhada para a inclusão digital, a par do que ocorre no arquipélago cabo-verdiano. Mesmo com limitações, luta-se para alcançar...
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- Chapter 03. Overview
- Chapter 01. Introduction (1)
- Chapter 02. Research Design (1)
- Chapter 04. Conception (6)
- Chapter 05. TVET Actors (2)
- Chapter 06. Themes (6)
- Chapter 07. Systematic Review (2)
- Chapter 08. Models (4)
- Chapter 09. Inclusion (1)
- Chapter 13. Policy Implementation (1)
- Chapter 15. Research Networks (2)
- Appendix 1. Annotated Bibliography (3)
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Africa
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Middle Africa
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- Angola (2)
- Cameroon (2)
- Central African Republic (1)
- Gabon (2)
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Northern Africa
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- Morocco (1)
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Southern Africa
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- Botswana (4)
- eSwatini (1)
- Lesotho (2)
- Malawi (2)
- Mozambique (3)
- Namibia (4)
- South Africa (17)
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Western Africa
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- Benin (1)
- Burkina Faso (2)
- Cape Verde (3)
- Ghana (11)
- Ivory Coast (2)
- Liberia (1)
- Nigeria (3)
- Senegal (2)
- Sierra Leone (1)
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Americas
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Northern America
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- Canada (2)
- United States (1)
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South America
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- Brazil (1)
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Northern America
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Asia
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Eastern Asia
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- China (2)
- South-eastern Asia (2)
- Southern Asia (1)
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Western Asia
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- Israel (1)
- Saudi Arabia (2)
- Turkey (2)
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Eastern Asia
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Europe
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Eastern Europe
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- Czech Republic (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Russian Federation (1)
- Ukraine (1)
- Northern Europe (3)
- Southern Europe (1)
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Western Europe
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- Austria (2)
- France (2)
- Germany (2)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Netherlands (2)
- Switzerland (1)
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Eastern Europe
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Oceania
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Australia and New Zealand
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- Australia (2)
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Australia and New Zealand
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