Search for dissertations about: "vocational education"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words vocational education.

  2. 6. Upper Secondary Education: Access, Choices and Graduation

    Author : Vivika Halapuu; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Sandra McNally; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary education; Vocational education; Access to education; School choice; Skill inputs; High school performance; Graduation standards; School-to-work transition; Job match quality; Disability insurance; Education policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: We study how Swedish high school students match with programs given their skill endowments at the time of choosing. Using detailed administrative data on high school admissions and earlier school achievement, we construct a multidimensional measure of program match quality, reflecting the extent to which students select into programs with skill requirements that align with their skill portfolio. READ MORE

  4. 7. Something to Do Something to Be : A study of students' vocational identity formation in adult education

    Author : Tobias Lasse Karlsson; Sofia Nyström; Karolina Muhrman; Gun-Britt Wärvik; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational Identity; Vocational Education and Training; Adult Education; Municipal Adult Education; Pedagogy; Educational Sociology; Yrkesidentitet; Yrkesutbildning; Vuxenutbildning; Komvux; Pedagogik; Utbildningssociologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how vocations are learned in adult education by exploring the vocational identity formation of students in Municipal Adult Education (MAE) in Sweden. By analysing interviews of adult students during different stages in their Vocational Education and Training (VET) through working life, this study contributes to the fields of adult education and VET. READ MORE

  5. 8. 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

  6. 9. 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

  7. 10. The Rough Ground : Narrative explorations of vocational Bildung and wisdom in practice

    Author : Ruhi Tyson; Lazaro Moreno Herrera; Maud Baumgarten; Philipp Gonon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational education; Bildung; Practical wisdom; Narrative; Practice; Didactics; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis, consisting of five articles, focuses on narrative explorations of vocational Bildung and wisdom in practice. It is an explicitly practical and empirical approach to what, for the most part, tends to be limited to philosophical discussions. READ MORE