Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
Junior doctors are at risk of work-related burnout and mental health problems due to training workload demands and responsibilities. This study investigated the predictors of work-related burnout and depressive symptoms in junior doctors. Participants were 349 Australian doctors in postgraduate year…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
There is growing research and policy interest in the extent to which government supported Apprenticeship in England provides a platform for educational and career progression in different occupational sectors. This paper makes a contribution to this debate by presenting research on the healthcare se…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
This article is the first study investigating New Zealand's early legislation in apprenticeship from the perspective of historical institutionalism. It shows that, between 1865 and the 1940s, New Zealand's apprenticeship system was less liberal in character than it is today, because a collective ski…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
Traditionally, the status of workers in early childhood services in England has been low. Foundation degrees and the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS, from September 2013 Early Years Teacher Status) were established with a view to improving the skills and standing of early years practitioners. …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
The standing of vocational education is salient for how it is perceived by those who sponsor, participate in and work within it and how its provisions are supported and administered. Yet, this standing continues to be intractably low, compared with other education sectors, more so in some countries …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
This paper sets out to examine how vocational knowledge is recontextualised in curricula, pedagogy and workplaces, by learners, and to ensure the availability of valuable and relevant knowledge for vocational practice. Starting from Bernstein's notion of recontextualisation, and with reference to li…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
Student internships are widely seen as a valuable part of education provision and there is a growing body of research into internship programmes from student, employer and educator perspectives. This paper explores the experiences of a group of information technology interns employed in a small orga…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2014)
The transition from school to vocational education and training is becoming more difficult for an increasing number of adolescents. Despite the growing significance of 'interim solutions' (IS) shaping the pathway after compulsory education, there is hardly any research. This study aims at contributi…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
Nursing in Western countries has become increasingly more theoretical, and nurse education has been integrated more often with the higher education system. Historically, nursing has been viewed as a non-academic domain. Establishing Nursing Science (NS) in Finland in the 1970s has meant that the new…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
The present paper addresses the phenomenon of student dropout from vocational education in Denmark. It does so by addressing the need to critically discuss the term 'drop-out' taking the perspective of students' own reflections on the topic. The empirical findings indicate that dropout is considered…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
In the changing global economy, employability skills increasingly are the focus of vocational education and training institutions. This paper explores the effect of academic disciplines, students' background characteristics and industry training on the acquisition of employability skills through com…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
It is assumed in the current policy environment that higher education should lead to graduate employability, although understandings of employability are generally limited. In this paper, we discuss issues relating to graduate employability with reference to a case study of an information technology…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
Apprenticeship in developed and industrialised nations is increasingly understood and practised as learning which connects workplace activity and formal study. The concept of 'expansive apprenticeship' defines frameworks for workforce development where participants acquire knowledge and skills which…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
Vocational Education and Training (VET) Institutions face serious challenges, like the implementation of competence-based education and upcoming teacher shortages, which urge them to implement Human Resources Management policy and practices (HRM). The implementation of HRM, however, often stagnates.…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
Little has been published in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) literature on the topic of pre-apprenticeships, which are a loose type of preparatory courses for apprenticeships available in some trades. Nevertheless, pre-apprenticeships have been in existence for several decades…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
An important trend in Dutch Vocational Education and Training (VET) to ensure the curriculum continuity of sequential educational programmes is the design of continuing pathways encompassing more than one qualification level. These continuing pathways are characterised by different design formats an…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
Whereas the epistemological beliefs of learners of general subjects has been the focus of many studies in the past, so far, little is known about the beliefs of apprentices on knowledge and the acquiring of knowledge. The present study analysed the first level of epistemological beliefs of students …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
There is an assumption that e-learning is considered as a valued resource with great potential. This research explores how hairdressing apprentices experience vocational e-learning and makes recommendations on how good practice can be shared. An estimated 35,000 hairdressing and barber salons accoun…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
What is meant by 'knowledge' in vocational education qualifications and who decides? These are significant questions in a context where 'skill' is the prevailing discourse. This paper reports on a research project, undertaken in 2010-2011, which investigated the role of national stakeholders in defi…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2013)
The Foundation Degree (FD) is a work-related, intermediate-level higher education qualification. Issues around its recognition can affect success in attracting students where the literature suggests that uptake should be adequate. This research represented a case study which explored for the first t…
