General digital competences of beginning trainees in commercial vocational education and training

IF 1.6 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Findeisen, Stefanie, Wild, Steffen
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Abstract

Against the background of digital transformation processes that are currently changing the world of work, this paper examines general digital competences of beginning trainees in commercial vocational education and training (VET) programs. We are particularly interested in factors influencing digital competence profiles. From survey data including N = 480 trainees in one federal state in Germany, we were able to identify three different competence profiles (based on the trainees’ self-assessment of their general digital competence). Initial descriptive analysis reveals differences between competence profiles of different training professions (industrial clerks and retail salespersons reach higher competence levels than salespersons). However, regression results indicate that these differences can be explained by differences in school leaving certificates. Contrary to prior empirical evidence, we find no significant effect of trainees’ gender. Finally, the frequency of certain private digital activities (e.g. using office programs, conducting internet searches) affects digital competence profiles. Implications for both VET programs and further research are discussed.

商业职业教育培训初级学员的一般数字能力
在目前正在改变工作世界的数字化转型过程的背景下,本文研究了商业职业教育和培训(VET)计划中初学学员的一般数字能力。我们对影响数字能力概况的因素特别感兴趣。根据调查数据,包括德国一个联邦州的N = 480名学员,我们能够确定三种不同的能力概况(基于学员对其一般数字能力的自我评估)。初步的描述性分析揭示了不同培训职业胜任力特征的差异(工业文员和零售业务员的胜任力水平高于销售业务员)。然而,回归结果表明,这些差异可以用离校证书的差异来解释。与之前的经验证据相反,我们发现实习生的性别没有显著的影响。最后,某些私人数字活动(如使用办公软件、进行互联网搜索)的频率会影响数字能力概况。讨论了对职业教育培训计划和进一步研究的影响。
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3.40
自引率
7.70%
发文量
9
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊介绍: The main focus of this journal is to provide a platform for original empirical investigations in the field of professional, vocational and technical education, comparing the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of different vocational education systems at the school, company and systemic level. The journal fills a gap in the existing literature focusing on empirically-oriented academic research and stimulating the interest in strengthening the vocational part of the educational system, both at the basic and higher education level.
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