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Nikolaos Nikoloudakis; Maria Rangoussi – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
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, ecofriendly practices and the principles of sustainability and circular economy.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Electronics
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Frejd, P.; Muhrman, K. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
This article presents an analysis of a team-teaching approach, applied in two learning spaces: a regular mathematics classroom; and a hairdressing salon at an upper secondary vocational education and training (VET) school. A mathematics teacher and a VET teacher jointly developed, planned and carried out the teaching activities in these two…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Mathematics Education, Vocational Education, Learning Activities
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Isa, Zaharah Che; Azid, Nurulwahida – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
Project based learning (PBL) has long been used especially in developing countries. Various results of PBL-related studies have also been found to be effective and have a positive impact on students. However, although it has been introduced in Malaysia, it is still considered foreign to students and teachers. Therefore, this study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Learning Processes
Pflugh, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Career Technical Education is at the forefront of education reform efforts. This is in response to business and industry demand for a workforce that is both academically and technically skilled at proficiency levels to meet workforce needs. Additionally, the Carl D. Perkins Improvement Act of 2006 mandates the integration of academic standards…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Legislation, Technical Education
Jalinus, Nizwardi; Syahril; Nabawi, Rahmat Azis – Online Submission, 2019
Each learning model has different pattern and approach that will affect the learning outcomes. Thus, a study is required focused on the effect of implementing the learning model so that it can become a reference for teachers. The study aimed to compare the students' problem-solving skills using Project Based Learning (PjBL) model and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Villardón-Gallego, Lourdes; Flores-Moncada, Lirio; Yáñez-Marquina, Lara; García-Montero, Roberto – Education Sciences, 2020
(1) Background: The aim of Second Chance Schools (E2Cs) is to provide employment-focused training for young people who left compulsory education without any formal qualifications by encouraging them to pursue initial vocational training. Transversal Competences (TCs) are important for enabling the social inclusion of young people in vulnerable…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Skill Development, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth
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Bünning, Frank – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
Pedagogic approaches to TVET offer a limited range of teaching strategies which make use of experimental learning. Thus experiments were developed for teachers of structural engineering and timber processing technologies and were subject to empirical evaluation by a researcher at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and Kassel University.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Engineering Education
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Bakah, Marie A. B.; Voogt, Joke M.; Pieters, Jules M. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
While teachers and administrators in polytechnics in Ghana have categorically expressed the growing need for the former's knowledge and skills to be updated in the era of polytechnic transformation, little attention has been paid to the subject. This study reports a professional development intervention organised for 16 engineering teachers…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Professional Development
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
McNeill, Patrick – 2003
This teaching guide is aimed at British teachers, especially those at the entry level, who are delivering and assessing key skill programs to help students become independent learners. The document has seven sections dealing with these topics of effective learning and performance: (1) a theoretical overview of the skill itself including its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Cognitive Style, Developed Nations