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VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

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Page 1: VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

VET Literature Review

Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009EI Education and Employment Unit

Page 2: VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

Structure of Presentation

1. Why a literature review?2. Definition of VET3. VET and development4. VET and the labour market5. Teachers and trainers6. Conclusions

Page 3: VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

Why a Literature Review?

1.Analytical background for survey2.Presenting general issues in a comprehensible way

3.Identify main debates in academic literature

4.The word ‘academic’ is important for policy makers

Page 4: VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

Definition of VETAcademic versus

Vocational

Page 5: VET Literature Review Koen Geven, Budapest, October 2009 EI Education and Employment Unit

Definition of VET (2) A practical Problem

Who studies and works in VET? An Analytical Problem

Epistemology, teleology, hierarchy, pragmatism A Political Problem

Who gets access to what, when and how?

How can we define this sector?

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VET and Development The Vocational School Fallacy

Young people have already implicitly ‘chosen’ general education programmes

The World Bank Minimal regulation and public funding for VET

Education for All No indicators for VET

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VET and the Labour Market

Four types of transitions:Direct TransitionHardly Regulated TransitionRegulated Overlapping Transition

Shifted Transition (Grollman and Rauner 2008)

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VET and the Labour Market (2) Apprenticeship?

No common ground for definition Regulated versus ‘learning-on-the-job’

‘Skills Forecasting’ Can we forecast labour market needs? Can education sector adapt to these?

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The Place of Teachers

Who is the teacher?Lecturers in formal school or college settings

Instructors and Lab assistantsAssistants to formal teachersTrainers in enterprises

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Teaching QualificationsDifferent models:1.Recruitment of practitioners with some

pedagogical courses2.Studying subject matter at B.A. level plus

teaching qualification3.Concurrent study of subject matter and

educational sciences4.Experiences from world of work and

competence development

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Conclusion

Watch your step!Second-choice education?VET is vulnerable to commercialisation and privatisation

The people in the sector need unions?