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The Role of Trainers in Implementing Virtual Simulation-Based Training: Effects on Attitude and TPACK Knowledge
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Polikarpus, Stella; Luik, Piret; Poom-Valickis, Katrin; Ley, Tobias – Vocations and Learning, 2023
Virtual simulations (VS) are gaining more popularity in vocational education and training (VET) to train professional competencies. However, implementing VS into organisations requires the involvement of trainers in, and the development of their knowledge to fulfil a meaningful approach to integrating this technology into teaching. In the Estonian…
Descriptors: Trainers, Role, Computer Simulation, Training
Differences in Perception Matter -- How Differences in the Perception of Training Quality of Trainees and Trainers Affect Drop-Out in VET
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Krötz, Maximilian; Deutscher, Viola – Vocations and Learning, 2021
The dual system of vocational education and training (VET) and its quality have recently been receiving scientific attention, partly due to high drop-out rates and to politically-motivated efforts to increase participation in the system (Le Mouillour, 2018). However, it remains controversial as to how quality within training companies should be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Quality, Dropouts
Effects of Perceived In-Company Trainers' Ethos on Apprentices' Vocational and Organizational Identification: An Empirical Study with Cook and Automotive Apprentices
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Forster-Heinzer, Sarah – Vocations and Learning, 2020
The aim of this paper is to clarify the relationship between the pedagogical ethos of vocational in-company trainers as perceived by apprentices and the apprentices' identification with their vocation and their company from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. It is argued that the trainers' pedagogical ethos is a relational…
Descriptors: Trainers, Apprenticeships, Professional Identity, Identification (Psychology)
Finnish Apprenticeship Training Stakeholders' Perceptions of Vocational Expertise and Experiences of Workplace Learning and Guidance
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Pylväs, Laura; Nokelainen, Petri; Rintala, Heta – Vocations and Learning, 2018
This study examines Finnish apprenticeship training stakeholders' perceptions of vocational expertise and experiences of workplace learning and guidance. The semi-structured interview data was collected in 2015 in two vocational fields: the social and health care services sector (five workplaces) and the technology sector (five workplaces). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Stakeholders, Vocational Education