This project aims to understand how apprentice advisers (CAPP) perform their role of dealing with the personal and socio-professional issues that some apprentices face during their training.
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Coaching did not originate as a pedagogical principle but is rather an innovation from the workplace. While the term is increasingly being used in the context of (vocational) education, it i...
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The thesis project was focused on the understanding of quality in dual-track, upper-secondary-level vocational education and training (VET) in the French-speaking region of Switzerland and t...
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Swiss VET sector has one major characteristic: although it is regu-lated at national level, there are considerable cantonal differences, particularly with regards to participation in dual-tr...
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With the advent of globalisation and digitalisation, the pressure to innovate has intensified. This also affects learning cultures in companies. As routine activities become less important, ...
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In Switzerland, vocational education and training (VET) relies on strong social recognition, but the high incidence of apprenticeship contract terminations and/or reorientations among appren...
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In this study, researchers assesses various VET programmes in terms of labour market outcomes. This study ties in with previous studies on the topic. Researchers also examine how the value o...
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Graduates of VET programmes in healthcare are the largest target group for potential enrolment in tertiary-level nursing programmes and this has a major impact on the availability of qualifi...
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The Swiss education system has a high level of vocational specificity resulting in close links between training occupations and subsequent careers as well as low inter-occupational mobility ...
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The modernization of European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) calls for a workable pedagogy and skilled teachers that will implement e-learning technologies with the aim of bridging sch...
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The project will focus on three interconnected topics that are visual languages, annotations and observation in vocations and vocational education.
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The aim of this study is to understand how the apprenticeship monitoring system works in the canton of Vaud. The first step is to identify the various practices in the French-speaking canton...
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The predicted shortage of skilled health professionals threatens the future provision of health and nursing care in Switzerland. In order to develop and implement effective measures against ...
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In 2018, SECO’s Red Tape Monitor survey estimated that over half of all host companies consider the administrative burden associated with providing workplace training to be (rather) high. Fo...
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Study carried out on behalf of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA) to identify the key development trends in insurance and the skills that insurance company employees will require in futur...
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The federal vocational baccalaureate (FVB) is a success story. Since its introduction, it has greatly increased the proportion of baccalaureate holders in Switzerland and significantly facil...
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In May 2019, the Federal Council adopted measures aimed to enhance the potential of the domestic labour force. This study focussed on Measure 4 'Recognition of prior learning (RPL)', which w...
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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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In Switzerland, holders of professional qualifications account for roughly one-third of all holders of tertiary-level qualifications. In most cases, admission to professional education is op...
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The first two parts of the present dissertation deal with the willingness of companies in Switzerland to provide workplace training as part of dual-track VET programmes.
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TTwo-year programmes for the Federal VET Certificate were introduced in Switzerland in 2004 for the purpose of helping young people to enter the labour market. At the same time, the aim was ...
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The Canton of Zurich’s Office for Upper-Secondary Education and Training has commissioned SFIVET to conduct two research projects to develop standardised procedures for the validation and re...
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The social care field also faces the problem of shortages of skilled workers. The umbrella organisation for Swiss social care SAVOIRSOCIAL takes targeted action to address these shortages.
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