This paper examines the individual innovation contributions of the vocational education and training (VET) workforce compared to university graduates such as scientists and engineers. For this purpose, individual-level data from the German manufacturing sector are used, distinguishing between...

Context: Accompanying learners in their increasingly self-directed learning is an important goal in the field of vocational education and training. With digitalisation, the traditional role of the teacher, characterized in terms of an arbiter and transmitter of knowledge, is in crisis. Besides...

Context: The importance of both self-regulated and self-directed learners has been emphasised in lifelong learning. However, in theory, self-regulated learning (SRL) serves as a basis for becoming a self-directed learner. Therefore, SRL (which includes certain skills) needs to be developed in...

Context: The German vocational training and education (VET) system is designed to cope with change. Within this system, organizational VET trainers (OVETT) are the main persons of reference for apprentices in the organization, in most cases for the whole three-year training period. Whether...

This innovative study breaks new territory in two key areas: it puts VET centre stage as a key intervention to support NEETs and presents the first mixed-methods research effort to collect and analyse evidence on the profile and role of NEETs teachers in Greece. It fills a significant knowledge...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential contribution of cross-border vocational education and training (VET) exchange partnerships within the context of tandem exchanges between VET institutions in the Rhine-Waal Euregio region in the Netherlands and Germany. These tandem...

This final report on thematic country reviews (TCRs) on upskilling pathways, conducted in France from 2021 to 2023, serves as a valuable resource for policy-makers, social partners, and all stakeholders involved in upskilling. It summarises the outcomes of the second (meso) and third (macro)...

The European Green Deal is a comprehensive strategy that seeks to make the European Union climate-neutral by 2050. It strives to ensure that the transition to a more sustainable society and economy is fair and supported by citizens. To achieve climate-neutrality, there is a need for a skilled...

The European Green Deal is a comprehensive strategy that seeks to make the European Union climate-neutral by 2050. It strives to ensure that the transition to a more sustainable society and economy is fair and supported by citizens. To achieve climate-neutrality, there is a need for a skilled...

The 2019 VET Act, based on the VET 4.0 Strategy, reformed Hungary's vocational education and training (VET) system. VET was legally and administratively separated from general education, supporting closer cooperation with the economy. The Ministry of Culture and Innovation oversees VET, with...

This short description explores vocational education and training (VET) in Hungary within its socioeconomic context, discussing key characteristics, system developments and challenges. Hungary's VET system oers upper secondary programmes in school-based forms, incorporating dual training, and...

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a natural bridge between education and the world of work. It is the right place to equip future and current workforce with the necessary competences and skills, including the digital ones, for the jobs of today and tomorrow. The VET digital...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Finland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Croatia between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Slovenia between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Norway between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Germany between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Iceland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Hungary between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Luxembourg between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Bulgaria between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Flanders, Belgium, between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training (VET) policy developments for the French speaking part of Belgium, between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Poland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Austria between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

Purpose: This paper presents a qualitative systematic review of Swedish research on vocational education and training (VET) at the upper secondary school level over the past 20 years. The review is based on a theoretical model on curriculum making as social practice that may serve as model for...

Purpose: A novel, Project- and Collaborative Learning-based educational method is proposed, implemented and evaluated in this paper. The aim is to exploit hands-on laboratory modules in Vocational Education in order to experientially introduce students to green, eco-friendly practices and the...

Context: This study is about the teaching method of simulation exercises and is set in a police education context. Simulation exercises are a central part of Swedish police education, and therefore it is of interest to explore how they are used, and for what purpose, by investigating police...

This deliverable looks into the outcomes of Erasmus+ (Key Action 2 - KA2) projects focusing on the development of digital skills and the engagement of young people in vocational education and training (VET). In the context of this project, decentralised KA2 projects (managed by national Erasmus+...

Purpose: The present study explores the primary characteristics of employee training practices by way of analysing the employee training policies of the top two companies with the highest sales revenue in Turkey. The primary characteristics of employee training practices are examined within the...

Context: The paper focuses on an analysis of school-based vocational education and training (VET) of adults in Slovakia against the background of the concept of second-chance education (hereafter SCE). The concept of SCE involves different conditions of education to those that adults faced...

Purpose: The article focuses on the contribution of didactics and didactic theory as a distinct strand in research on vocational education and training (VET). Empirical research is reviewed to further explore what characterizes vocational didactics in the Swedish context of Upper Secondary VET....

Context: Recent research on students' experiences with the quality of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the challenge to the development of online learning. During the pandemic, anxiety, depression, and fatigue occurred in online studies, which also weakened students'...

Context: Research on emotional intelligence (EI) shows this concept's decades-long positive influence on well-being, self-efficacy, employability, and academic and professional achievement. Indeed, several studies have demonstrated that students with high EI have better grades and quality of...

Purpose: The digital transformation and the increased use of technologies have changed the world of work severely. With it, collaboration and cooperation methods among employees. Therefore, new ways of working together must be applied to work in an international and digital working environment....

Purpose: Globally, countries with both developed and developing economies are struggling to secure sufficient participation in vocational education to generate the range and quantum of skills required for their communities and realising national social and economic goals. In an era of high...

Context: Faced with deep challenges with access to formal education, many West African countries are increasingly taking steps to reform their informal apprenticeship systems to make them a quality skills development alternative for their teeming youth. A review of the literature shows that...

Purpose: The present study investigates the influence of demographic factors on the demand for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Pakistan. The government of Pakistan has implemented various skill enhancement programs to harness the demographic dividend. However, only a...