Search for dissertations about: "Vocational training"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words Vocational training.

2. 1. Integrated teaching for expanded vocational knowing : Studies in the Swedish upper secondary Health and social care program

   Author : Maria Christidis; Lázaro Moreno Herrera; Marianne Teräs; Janet Mattsson; Petri Nokelainen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational education and training; nursing; upper secondary; Health and social care program; higher education; nursing programme; integrated teaching; vocational knowing; vocational contextualization; expanded vocational knowing; vocational literacy; Cultural historical activity theory; New literacy studies; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : Integrated teaching is emphasized in Swedish upper secondary vocational education and training, for managing sociocultural and historical changes related to: a) increased demands on future competent health care workers, b) educational reforms, c) altered conditions for vocational teachers’ work, and d) vocational contextualization of teaching and learning content. However, national curricula from 1970, 1994, and 2011 recommend integrated teaching as a solution without any specific concretization of what integration could or should contribute with. READ MORE

4. 2. Student experience of vocational becoming in upper secondary vocational education and training. Navigating by feedback

   Author : Martina Wyszynska Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; upper secondary vocational education and training; barn- och fritidsprogrammet; vocational becoming; vocational knowing; vocational concepts; feedback; students experienced curriculum; service work; security officer; learner readiness;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis explores student experience of vocational becoming, particularly the navigational role of feedback in the process for Swedish upper secondary vocational students. Vocational becoming is explored as conflating the development of vocational knowing and formation of a vocational identity. READ MORE

5. 3. Vocational Bildung in action : A case study of the vocational education biography of master craftsman Wolfgang B

   Author : Ruhi Tyson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bildung; vocational education; auto biography; craft; reflective practice; narrative inquiry; curriculum; skill; technique; Didactics; didaktik; utbildningsvetenskap med inriktning mot praktiska kunskapstraditioner; Educational Sciences in Arts and Professions;

   Abstract : This study looks at issues of Bildung and vocational education from a biographical perspective. These issues are conceptualized in terms of Bildung in action, developed in relation to Schön’s concept reflection in action; Bildung through making as a way of thinking about processes of Bildung connected to crafts; and Bildung in vocational contexts, ie. READ MORE

6. 4. Comparative Studies of Vocational Education and Training

   Author : Hrvoje Kap; Ola Sjöberg; Christian Helms Jørgensen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vocational education and training; educational programme; comparative; life chances; rights; contracts; opportunity; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of an introduction and three studies, which are comparative sociological and institutional analyses of a number of countries' publicly regulated vocational education and training systems at upper secondary and post-secondary level. Official regulation of programme content and curricula - the main empirical material - is interpreted, and focus is directed on aspects which distinguish between, among others, general and vocational elements of teaching, learning and training. READ MORE

7. 5. Non-Formal Vocational Education and Training in Mozambique : Contexts, policies, pedagogies and contradictions

   Author : Alzira Andre Munguambe Manuel; Oleg Popov; Mikael Palme; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult education; Cultural Historical Activity Theory; empowerment; life skills; Non-Formal Education; professionalisation; vocational education and training; Vuxenutbildning; kulturhistorisk aktivitetsteiri; egenmakt; livskunskap; icke-formell utbildning; professionalisering; yrkesutbildning; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

   Abstract : Education and training in Mozambique are considered to be a ‘right’ and a ‘duty’ for all its citizens. Non-Formal Vocational Education and Training (NFVET) has been promoted to increase educational opportunities for more citizens, particularly the most vulnerable groups- the out of school and unemployed. READ MORE