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Dual Vocational Education and Training in Spain: a systematic review; La Formación Profesional Dual en España: una revisión sistemática

Revista Complutense de Educacion
Journal · Vol. 36 · Issue 4 · pp. 495-511
Abstract

INTRODUCTION. Dual Vocational Training as a methodological change has become a commitment to the future in Spain after its recent implementation in all the places offered in VET system (Organic Law FP 3/2022). This growing interest in this modality of education justifies our objective: to know what is the state of scientific research in the field of Dual VET in Spain. METHOD. A scoping is carried out following the PRISMA protocol, starting from the diagnosis of Echeverría and Martínez (2019) and carrying out a bibliographic research in the main scientific databases in Spanish between 2017 and June 2023. RESULTS and DISCUSSION. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, we analysed 102 publications using bibliometric techniques. We conclude that research is at an early stage, with a small scientific community and few research networks. The studies focus on the educational field and analyse the implementation of Dual VET from a qualitative point of view. The number of quantitative studies is limited and in many cases they have a precarious statistical basis due to the inadequate use of questionnaires that have not been properly validated. © 2025, Universidad Complutense Madrid. All rights reserved.

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Apprenticeship Vocational training alternating training research of academic literature school industry relation

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Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
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