Attitude towards technical and vocational education and training (TVET): examining the effect of behavioral insights approach

Abstract

This study examines secondary students’ attitudes toward TVET. The public mindset of 3D illusions affects Malaysia’s future aspirations for TVET. The purpose of this study is to understand why high school students do not value skills education as a means of improving their career prospects. A behavioral Insights approach was developed based on behavioral theories and social learning theory to identify environmental, social, and personal influences on student attitude. In this study, two phases were conducted- a survey and an experimental phase. The overall findings indicated that there was a low level of negative attitudes toward TVET. As a result of experimental testing, significant changes in attitudes towards TVET’s curriculum & goals, as well as its roles, were discovered. The study results indicate that TVET literacy can reduce the negative mindset of TVET and encourage more after-school students to pursue TVET and join the pool of skilled workers. © 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Author Keywords

3D illusion Behavioral insights TVET attitude TVET literacy

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Author Affiliations

School of Human Resource Development and Psychology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

School of Education, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Funding & Acknowledgements

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, KPM

This research is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education under Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Registration Proposal No: [FRGS//1/2021/SS02/UTM/02/3]. Our thanks go to the school's administration, which initiated the participation of upper secondary students in the experimental session (TVET Junior workshop) and prepared a comfortable space for the event. A collaboration between authors and schools has been established, and authors were invited to organize the experimental session at their schools. The schools welcome this project as an effort to promote TVET literacy among upper secondary students and make them aware of their future career options. Written informed consent to participate in the study was facilitated by the schools. TVET Junior Workshop was recorded as a collaborative school program by the schools, and they organized all permissions in conjunction with the Ministry of Education for the students to participate.

Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, MOHE

Grant: FRGS//1/2021/SS02/UTM/02/3

This research is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education under Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Registration Proposal No: [FRGS//1/2021/SS02/UTM/02/3]. Our thanks go to the school's administration, which initiated the participation of upper secondary students in the experimental session (TVET Junior workshop) and prepared a comfortable space for the event. A collaboration between authors and schools has been established, and authors were invited to organize the experimental session at their schools. The schools welcome this project as an effort to promote TVET literacy among upper secondary students and make them aware of their future career options. Written informed consent to participate in the study was facilitated by the schools. TVET Junior Workshop was recorded as a collaborative school program by the schools, and they organized all permissions in conjunction with the Ministry of Education for the students to participate.

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Attitude towards technical and vocational education and training (TVET): examining the effect of behavioral insights approach

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