Sustainability has become a key social concept, covering environmental responsibility, social solidarity and economic performance. The views of apprentices on this multifaceted and contentio...
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Recognised refugees and temporarily admitted persons face the difficult challenge of fully integrating into the labour market and becoming active members of society. Vocational education and...
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The project investigates for the German-speaking part of Switzerland for which jobs graduates with different educational qualifications (e.g. VET, professional education, university diplomas...
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Based on qualitative interviews with recruiters and a quantitative survey, this doctoral project investigates the significance of educational credentials in selection procedures for skilled ...
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The research project «Short- and long-term impacts of Covid-19 on VET: Strengthening VET in times of crises» aims to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dual-track vocational educ...
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The research project «Short- and long-term impacts of Covid-19 on VET: Strengthening VET in times of crises» aims to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dual-track vocational educ...
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Although a myriad of research has demonstrated the relationship between emotional intelligence and subjective well-being, less attention has been paid to the mechanisms underlying this relat...
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This research project focuses on the challenges of occupational health for apprentices and their socialisation in relation to it. It will provide findings on the various approaches to occupa...
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The fifth cost-benefit survey of apprenticeship training from the standpoint of companies will use a comprehensive sample to survey the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training in compa...
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The project looks at which strategies and measures companies can adopt to adequately support employees with their occupational development.
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The development of company requirements and sudden changes on the labour market present a challenge to the adaptability of VET. Developing key future-oriented skills – such as stress managem...
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The relationship between teachers and learners is essential and is considered key to successful vocational education and training (Cooper, 2011; Makoelle, 2019). The aim of this research is ...
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Immersive technologies are becoming an increasingly important learning tool. Moreover, research findings indicate that procedural learning is the main potential area of application and VET i...
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The basic idea of this research program is to investigate what has been called the emotional “hypersensitivity” of emotionally intelligent individuals, meaning that individuals with high emo...
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This project is mainly intended to ascertain whether a combination of hypervideo and augmented reality effectively improves procedural learning in vocational education and training. Analysis...
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The objective of this PhD thesis is to investigate psycho-physiological stress-related changes (e.g. heart rate and cortisol levels) and brain correlates (using electroencephalogram) related...
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BeLEARN VR includes a variety of studies in different professions on the use of virtual reality – both in the form of computer-generated and of 360° video-based virtual reality – to support...
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The project aims to identify and test use cases for 360° videos in vocational education and training (VET). The research aims to explore how 360° videos can be integrated into training prog...
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This exploratory research was conducted in partnership with SVUVET's Basic Training Division. The focus is on professional narratives produced by vocational school teachers during their peda...
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The aim of this project is to carry out a representative survey complemented by 20 case studies on digital transformation in Swiss upper secondary schools to describe the technological schoo...
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The Leading House ‘Vocational Didactics’ is funded by the Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education, which is part of the Swiss Conference of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions (swi...
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This SNSF-funded research project takes a closer look at how workplace training conditions at host companies influence subsequent educational and career trajectories of their apprentices. Th...
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The increasing spread of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and continuous technological developments have led to a digital transformation of our society that is affecting not ...
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There is little research on the characteristics of talented apprentices in the vocational education and training (VET) community. How can we define talent in different vocational sectors? ...
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Forecasts on student numbers at upper-secondary level in canton Zurich indicate that the shortage of apprenticeships will get worse over the coming years. That is why the Swiss Observatory f...
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