According to the first national study of premature termination of apprenticeship contracts and resumption of training in two-year VET programmes (see Schmid et al. 2016), the apprenticeship ...
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Adults without any qualifications struggle to find a job on the Swiss labour market. They are significantly more likely to be unemployed, to depend on social welfare or to work in poorly pai...
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This dissertation project examines a key issue in teaching/learning research. Within the specific context of language, communication and society (LCS) instruction at Swiss vocational schools...
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The project addresses the subject of resilience in daily work of VET teachers. Teacher resilience can be defined as the ability to maintain one’s professional commitment and positive motivat...
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This research project examines learning and skills development among young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who are involved in voluntary work. The baseline assumption is that voluntary ...
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The project IV4VET, financed from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), aims at identifying the conditions for the efficient use of the interactive video in te...
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Most Swiss VET ordinances include a paragraph on a learning journal (LJ) that apprentices have to produce during their training at the workplace to regularly document their professional deve...
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The aim of this research project is to explore processes of occupational identification among apprentices in dual-track VET programmes. Understanding how apprentices identify with their occu...
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As part of the project entitled “Development of national training standards – European comparison of actors, procedures and design”, the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and...
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The integration of school-based and work-based vocational learning constitutes an important yet challenging task for VET systems across the globe.
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The Canton of Zurich’s Office for Upper-Secondary Education and Training is currently conducting a project entitled ‘Nach- und Höherqualifizierung im Rahmen der beruflichen Grundbildung’ (vo...
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Currently, a cantonal qualification must be obtained in order to work as a hotel and/or restaurant owner, (see Lear, Art. 8, let. b). Qualification candidates must also certify a period of p...
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The notion of professionalization of teaching staff, which aims at ensuring teaching quality, is a current concern in educational science and for policymakers. Such a process involves a cons...
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The aim of this thesis is to observe how teacher education affects the evolution of vocational teachers’ beliefs and practices related to classroom management.
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Two-year VET programmes for the Federal VET Certificate and practical training courses offered by INSOS were introduced about ten years ago. Since then, a global positive evaluation has been...
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The present publication is intended for those interested in education policy issues who are not particularly familiar with the Swiss system of upper-secondary level vocational education and ...
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Early termination of apprenticeship contracts place young people at considerable risk of ultimately remaining without any upper-secondary level qualifications. So far, there has been no reli...
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This project focuses on the second transition of holders of non-academic health care qualifications, i.e. the transition from upper-secondary level VET programmes to working life or to terti...
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