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Achatz, Juliane; Jahn, Kerstin; Schels, Brigitte – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
This study explores school-to-work transitions in Germany, aiming to achieve a richer understanding of the complexity of labour market entry trajectories while focusing on transition measures. The term transition measures refers to additional training courses that complement the regular vocational education and training system of firm-based or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications, Vocational Education
Wheelahan, Leesa; Moodie, Gavin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
The links between vocational qualifications and occupational destinations are weak in many Anglophone countries, even though the explicit purpose of vocational qualifications is to prepare individuals for occupations. Using Australia and Canada as case studies, this is explained at three levels of analysis: at the national level by systems of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employment Qualifications, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship
Ermsone, Daiga – European Training Foundation, 2019
The European Training Foundation (ETF) has been providing regular input to the European Commission in implementing the work programme of the Eastern Partnership, a joint policy initiative aimed at deepening and strengthening relations between the EU, its Member States and its six Eastern Neighbours -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Employment, Skill Development, Public Policy
Eckelt, Marcus; Schmidt, Guido – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2015
The integration of young adults into the labor market is a challenge for every society. Because Germany survived the current crisis quite well and youth unemployment rate is more or less stable, the German apprenticeship-system, Duale Ausbildung, became a kind of new role model in Europe. In this article Marcus Eckelt and Guido Schmidt analyze the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Youth
Niemeyer, Beatrix – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2014
The Lisbon commitment for a European knowledge society together with the subsequently implemented policy of lifelong learning and social inclusion has significantly affected the German educational system and its teaching practices. This article examines the impact of these policy reforms on educational work in Germany through an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Educational Policy, Transitional Programs
Hodgkins, Andrew – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2016
This article examines the precarious learning-to-work transitions experienced by aboriginal youth in the Canadian oil sands mining industry. Drawing from an empirical case study of a mine-sponsored, pre-apprenticeship training programme, challenges experienced by programme participants, as well as their socialisation into the world of work are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Youth Opportunities, Youth Problems
Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Learning, Postsecondary Education, State Government
Kitagawa, Kaori; Encinas, Mabel – London Review of Education, 2014
This article presents findings from the Changing Youth Labour Markets and Schools to Work Transitions in Modern Britain projects undertaken between 2009 and 2010. The projects examined young people's experiences and perceptions about study, work, and the future while going through transitions. The target group was young people on vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Transitional Programs, Education Work Relationship
Alegre, Miquel Àngel; Casado, David; Sanz, Jordi; Todeschini, Federico A. – Educational Research, 2015
Background: The literature has shown that the way active labour market policies (ALMP) aimed at youth are designed and implemented can influence the labour and educational prospects of youngsters. The evaluation of the Catalan PQPIs (initial vocational qualification programmes) presented here seeks to provide new evidence on the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Public Policy, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Akkerman, Sanne F.; Bakker, Arthur – Vocations and Learning, 2012
In vocational education, there is an ongoing discussion about problems occurring in school-work transitions and in relating school and work-based learning processes. Apprenticeships have been identified as valuable learning and working trajectories for making successful transitions and relations between school and work. However, they have been…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries
Chadderton, Charlotte; Colley, Helen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
Disadvantaged young people often inhabit a dangerous space: excluded from education, training and employment markets; constructed as disposable; and cast out as "human waste" (Bauman, 2004). There are many macro-level analyses of this catastrophic trend, but this article provides insights into some of the everyday educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Young Adults, Disadvantaged
Morelock, Kristy – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2012
Finding the best way for students to learn and achieve success is of utmost importance to the State of Illinois and the nation as a whole. College and career success is critical to the national and state economy. Career and technical education (CTE) has been central to this call for greater college completion, and the credentials that CTE provides…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Program Development, Vocational Education, Partnerships in Education
Stipanovic, Natalie; Shumer, Rob; Stringfield, Sam – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2012
American businesses and industries have long identified shortages in key career and technical areas--some of these areas require two- or four-year college degrees, whereas others simply require industry certifications. Career and technical education (CTE) has the potential to play a central role in filling these gaps. The current Carl D. Perkins…
Descriptors: Credentials, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Formative Evaluation
Du Plessis, Karin; Corney, Tim; Broadbent, Robyn; Papadopoulos, Theo – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to locate the role of social and emotional support during the school-to-work transitions of apprentices, within the Australian vocational education and training context. Design/methodology/approach: The research reported here is based on an independent evaluation of an apprentice suicide prevention and support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Suicide, Vocational Education
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012
In an American economy where the advancement of technology and globalization means that a high school diploma alone is no longer able to provide family-sustaining earnings to many, certificates represent one piece of a multi-pronged solution on the road to a workforce with 60 percent postsecondary attainment. Though certificates currently aren't…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications