International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research最新文献

{"title":"An Exploration of Funding Avenues in Technical, Vocational Education and Training That Promote Gender Equity of Students in Uganda","authors":"A. T. Nganda, Francis Kirimi, S. Nyambura","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210702.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210702.12","url":null,"abstract":"The realisation of gender equity through education and training has captured global and national attention. Despite the multiple strategies for achieving gender equity in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), studies have revealed that funding challenges continue to hamper its realisation in TVET institutes. Thus, this study explored funding avenues in TVET that promote gender equity of students in TVET institutes in Uganda. A descriptive survey design with quantitative and qualitative approaches was used to collect, analyse and present study findings. 260 informants including institutional leaders, instructors, students, district leaders, ministry officials, and civil society gender advocates participated in this study. Purposive, convenient, and stratified random sampling techniques were used in selecting the study informants. Questionnaire and interview guides were used to collect the desired data. The quantitative data was cleaned, coded, and entered into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21 for analysis. Percentage, mean, and standard deviations were used to present the quantitative data. Thematic method and verbatim reporting were used to analyse and present qualitative data respectively. The results revealed that: privatisation of TVET access, increasing TVET budgets, timely and adequate government grants, timely and adequate staff remunerations, bursaries and scholarships, public-private partnerships, affirmative strategies, and boosting parents’ income, promote gender equity of students. The study recommended that supportive loan schemes for TVET students be instated, capital grants per student need to be increased, with a slightly higher amount for females to meet their sanitary needs, capital grants to TVET institutes should be dispatched before the start of new terms/semesters, incorporation of the gender lens in the allocation of bursaries and scholarships, encouraging policy formulation and memoranda of understanding between institutes and industries, building linkages with other institutions and seeking donor funding from organisations.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134338741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TVET Curriculum Mapping and Its Responsiveness to the Labour Market Demand the Case of the Building Construction Fields in Ethiopia","authors":"Yadessa Tolossa Woyessa, A. Arko-Achemfuor","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210702.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210702.11","url":null,"abstract":"The primary aim of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is to prepare for the country labour force meeting needs of the labour market, to enable people contribute to sustainable social, economic, environment and industrial development. Ethiopia has implemented the outcome-based Technical and Vocational Education and Training system since 2007. The Ethiopian outcome-based TVET system is a training delivery approach in which the labour market demand is identified and Occupational Standards (OS) are developed by industry and then the curriculum is developed based on the OS developed. Both the Ethiopian occupational standard (EOS) and the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) curriculum derived from the OS have similar architectural structural mapping. The main objective of this article was to assess how the TVET curriculum mapping in the case of the building construction fields in Ethiopia responds to labour market demand. The main data gathering instruments used in the study were interviews and document analysis. The interviews were held with the TVET stakeholders such as the Federal and Regional TVET curriculum development officials, the TVET college principals, the HoDs and TVET trainers. The documents that were reviewed included the Ethiopian National TVET Strategy and other TVET working documents such as the Ethiopian Occupational Standard and the TVET Curriculum Development manuals as well as other literature related to the study. It is found out that the curricula of building construction fields are the direct and one-to-one conversion of their respective Occupational Standards. The findings again revealed that the general TVET curriculum mapping of the building construction fields have not addressed the country’s labour market demand and training needs. As a result of this, it was noted that the participants were not comfortable with the curriculum mapping of building construction fields laid by the Ethiopian TVET Authority. The paper concludes that the TVET curriculum should not necessarily have been the direct mirror and reflection of its OS when curriculum mapping was designed as it does not reflect the real societal and training needs of students.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126061054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Practice and Exploration of Quality Management System in Higher Vocational Colleges from a Perspective of ISO9001","authors":"Zhaojie Cao","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.16","url":null,"abstract":"Higher vocational colleges as the base for high-skilled talents cultivation, the quality of its graduates have attracted more attention from the society. The quality control is the critical factor for higher vocational colleges to improve their core competence. However, there are many overlapping funcations among administrative departments, which leads to unclear and unreasonable division of responsibilities due to its specific mechanism and system of higher vocational school. This reveals that the quality assurance in higher vocational colleges should be improved urgently under the background of China’s high-quality development strategy. In order to provide a good education and improve education quality, higher vocational colleges need to change managing concept and improve inner management reform. Establishing a quality assurance system which complies with the ISO 9000 standards or total quality management will become an important base in achieving excellence for higher vocational colleges. This paper utilizes ISO9000 standard and the ISO14000 environmental management system to analyze factors for the total quality control in higher vocational colleges, establishes a complex quality management system from the perspectives of total quality management and improves effects of the quality on teaching and management.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115542011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Training and Application of Student Standardized Patients for Dental Education","authors":"Xu Zheng, Wu Xiao Cui, Siwen Zhong, Pengyi Yan, Xun Chen, Diwas Sunchuri, Zhu-Ling Guo","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.15","url":null,"abstract":"Background Stomatology is a discipline closely combined with theory and practice, and pays attention to students’ operation abilities and clinical skills. Current dental education is encountering the situation of more theory than practice. The evaluation and application of standardized patients (SP) are gradually increasing in medical education. Objective This paper intends to describe the advantages of student standardized patients (SSP), how to construct and apply SSP for dental education. Method Recruit SP of stomatology students, and select appropriate cases based on the actual cases and common dental diseases. SSP training is conducted by experienced clinical teachers. SSP is trained to describe the disease in patient's language and give a reasonable response to enquiry and examination. Result Qualified SSP can be applied in inquiry, physical examination, teaching and evaluation of common dental diseases. SSP not only provide students with repeated practice, but also enable students to understand theoretical knowledge and cultivate clinical thinking more effectively in real clinical reception. This model of SSP application could stimulate learning enthusiasm of on-campus dental student, improve student clinical skills and thinking abilities, as well as reduce education expenses. Conclusion Using SSP is beneficial to help students construct clinical thinking, learn communication skills and build a harmonious doctor-patient relationship.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132299709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Teaching of Mathematics in the Greek Military Academy (1834-1854)","authors":"Andreas Kastanis","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.14","url":null,"abstract":"The educational policy of King Otto, advised during his first years in Greece by Bavarian experts, caused considerable turmoil. Two organizational models were in use, the German one for the University and the French one for the Evelpidon Military School (Greek military academy) and the School of Technology (a forerunner of the Polytechnical School). France’s Ecole Polytechnique remained nonetheless the basic educational model for the Greek military academy. The new educational policy created a number of scientific obstacles that did not favor the flourishing of mathematical education. The length of study at the Greek military academy Greek military academy increased to eight years and new mathematical courses were added to its program, so that its graduates would be able to take upper level technical courses. Bourdon’s Arithmetic, Legendre’s Geometry and Trigonometry, Francoeur’s Algebra, Monge’s Descriptive Geometry, Differential and Integral Calculus, etc, formed the basis of the cadets’ mathematical education. Mathematics was included in the subject matter so that the graduates would be in a position to understand the theoretical basis of the technology employed, as well as, crucially, to help the cadets understand upper-level technical courses. Another reason for the teaching of Mathematics was the materialization of the political goal set by the governments of the Ottonian period, that is access to Europe’s technological achievements. The introduction of additional and more difficult upper-level technical courses required the introduction of new mathematical courses to the program.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123527451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study the Challenge and Practices of Cooperative Training in Awi Zone Injebara Poly Technic Collage","authors":"Solomon Tilahun Dilie","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.13","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this study was to assess the challenges and practices of cooperative training in Injibara poly Technique College. The research methodology employed in this study was descriptive survey method. Simple random sampling was used to select sample departments and respondents. The data are analyzed and interpreted quantitatively as well as qualitatively, Data from management of enterprise and college through interview. Percentage was employed as statistical tools to analyze data. The findings of this study revealed that the trainers are not qualified and experienced; stakeholders have no adequate awareness on the purposes, objectives, and the implementation process of cooperative training. Questionnaire, interview and document analysis were data collection tools employed in this study. Percentage was employed as statistical tools to analyse data. The findings of this study show that the college trainers are not well qualified and experienced; enterprises have no adequate awareness on the purposes, objectives, and the implementing process of cooperative training. The involvement of companies in Planning, Implementing and evaluating enterprise was low; enrollment of trainees was not implemented as indicated in the national TVET strategy, and shortage of enterprise offering companies were high. Un similarity of activities during enterprise with the activities in the world of work was major factors that affect the implementation of the program, lack of collaboration between stakeholders, lack of capable supervisor, lack of appropriate machines and training materials, shortage of budget, lack of promotion activities, lack of training for trainers, and lack of subject matter and pedagogical knowledge of trainers moderately affected implementation of enterprise program, and lack of transportation service during enterprise. based on the findings and conclusions, the following points were recommended to address the existing challenges in the zone under study; staff development in the college; organized TVET systems in companies and TVET colleges; raise-social awareness about the importance of enterprise in the zone for all stakeholders should seriously be considered; and the TVET colleges strives to implement trainees enrollment as indicated in national TVET strategy. Necessary facilities should also be fulfilled.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128396390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of Kamias (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) Jam with Coconut Water","authors":"C. Castro","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20210701.11","url":null,"abstract":"Processing of fruits to become a staple commodity is one way of addressing the cost and challenge of getting good nutrition at a lower price, especially if it maximizes the use of readily available and underutilized fruit as a source of food and nutrition. The high nutritional value of fruits that can help promote good health and well-being offers many opportunities for consumers. This paper aimed to describe the development of Kamias (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) in coconut water jam as a practical gourmet alternative that can be economically competitive in the market and can be made affordable to many. Its unique underrated nutritional value makes it even more, a revelation among the big names in the gourmet world. In order to maximize the nutritional benefits of this fruit at the same time to make known its potential operational utility, this paper describes the development of the kamias jam, its nutritional value, and its health benefits as stated in various studies that validate its nutritional and medicinal advantages and beneficial side effects. The use of coconut water enhances the sensory attributes in terms of the flavor and texture of the kamias jam. The development of value-added products from the kamias jam can generate good nutrition in the community and livelihood in the locality.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122896977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Post-Graduate Studies Completion Time in Vocational and Technical Education Programmes in South-South Nigerian Universities: Students’ Related Determinants","authors":"T. Eze, Sunny Nwakanma, Jacinta Ifeoma Obidile","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20200602.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20200602.13","url":null,"abstract":"The need for post-graduate students to complete their programmes within the stipulated time necessitated this study. Thus, the study examined students’ related determinants of post-graduate studies completion time in vocational and technical education programmes in South-South Nigerian Universities. A research question guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population consisted of 204 post graduates of vocational and technical education programmes in South-South Nigerian Universities. The population constituted the sample size since it was not too large. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Determinants of Post-Graduate Studies Completion Time Questionnaire (DPGSCTQ). The instrument was validated by three experts. To determine the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach Alphawas used to check the internal consistency and thus, the reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The t-test and ANOVA were used to test the null hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that students’ related factors such as demography, research orientation, study habit, among others, contribute to a great extent to the completion time of the students in the post-graduate programmes. It was recommended among others that post-graduate students should show commitment in their studies; avoid procrastination and poor study habits in order to make their time count in the programmes.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130523684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Field Trip as a Means of Motivation and Enhancement of Students’ Ability in the Study of Automobile Trade in Nigeria Schools","authors":"Ohwjero Chamberlain Joseph","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20200602.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20200602.12","url":null,"abstract":"The educational system of the world has shown great improvement in terms of knowledge, interest, and motivation as demonstrated among the children in the world. The performance of children in their academics in the recent times, in this 21st century has shown a tremendous improvement. In the western world, teaching and learning methods is taught to learner through computer simulation, computer tutorial, 3D animation and field trip. Field trip makes students to see things for them to get first-hand information, this has made teaching and learning to be impressive, students can understand what is taught to them. Teaching is made simple because what is taught to students they see it, touches it, and feels it by hand themselves, when they go on visit to the sight. In Nigeria cycle, the teaching and learning method is done in lecture methods in schools, which make students and pupils not to understand what is being taught to them, learning is bored because the learner do not see what is taught to them, they are abstract in nature because teacher does the teaching, while students listing to the teacher. It is a teacher learning centered approach; in carrying out this study the researcher used survey design methods to gather data for the research, findings was discussed to back up the research, conclusion were made. Field trip brings excitement, cooperation by doing things collectively, first-hand information by knowing what you are to learn by visiting, feeling, and touching to make learning methods to be simple.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122509196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategies to Promote Improved Construction Practices in Building Construction Industry: A Case Study of Building Contractors in Nsukka LGA of Enugu State","authors":"Okanya Arinzechukwu Victor, D. U. Chukwu, O. Abayomi","doi":"10.11648/J.IJVETR.20190502.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.IJVETR.20190502.13","url":null,"abstract":"This study sought to determine the strategies to promote improved construction practices in building construction industry. A case study research design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The population for this study was 92, consisting of 54 general foremen and 38 site engineers in Nsukka. No sampling was done for this study since the total population of 92 subjects is of manageable size. Structured Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using the mean and standard deviation for the research questions. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.972 was obtained for the internal consistency of the instrument. Based on the data analyzed, the study identified strategies to promote improved construction practices in building construction industry. The study therefore recommended the following: The federal and state ministry of housing should enact laws which make it mandatory for contractors to embark on annual training, retraining and in-service training to learn advanced and improved practices in building technology. The identified strategies to promote improved construction practices in building construction industry should be included into the school curriculum of building construction of technical colleges and other higher institutions that teach building technology as a course of study. Inclusion of the identified strategies into the curriculum will benefit the students and graduates hence it will prepare and equip them with improved knowledge of construction practices in building technology.","PeriodicalId":125677,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research","volume":"R-30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126631414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}