Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
The study explores the alignment between occupational competency assessment practices and strategies in Ethiopia, using a mixed-methods approach. It involved stakeholders at various levels, including deans, trainers, assessors, supervisors, directorates, and hotel and industry supervisors. Data was …
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
Social and emotional learning (SEL) builds key life skills. These include self-control, empathy, and good choices (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), 2024). This study explores SEL skills in Australian apprentices’ workplace training. It focuses on relationships and …
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
Australia faces significant challenges in securing a skilled workforce. A challenge particularly evident in the hospitality and food trades. This study investigates the workplace training curriculum of food trades apprentices in the state of Victoria. Utilising case studies and semi-structured inter…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
Australia’s demand for nurses is exponentially increasing as we are faced with a global pandemic, an ageing population, and an increase in chronic health conditions and mental health issues. This presents a significant challenge for the healthcare system by increasing the absolute number of people n…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
The participation of females in non-traditional trades has been low. While various explanations are offered in the skills literature for the low representation of females, gender norms tend to be the dominant explanation. Females are often portrayed as conformists to gender norms. This article exami…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
Graduate unemployment in Tanzania remains a significant issue, largely due to a substantial mismatch between university education and labour market demands, necessitating effective reskilling and curriculum reforms. Thus, the present study evaluates the effectiveness of Vocational Education and Trai…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
This article summarizes the main results of a research on teachers working in secondary school VET in Chile by reviewing the principal features of teacher professional identity, including their beliefs and perceptions about teaching for job and their experiences in the context of the school settings…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
This case study examines an innovative Apprenticeship Academy model from a Construction company (the Company) based in New Zealand. The study, based on interviews with 19 participants including apprentices and staff, reveals how the Academy’s model differentiates itself from traditional apprenticesh…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
In Finland, workplace-based learning (WPBL) is recognized as a promising educational strategy in vocational education and training (VET), with limited emphasis on students with learning difficulties (LDs). This study investigated the WPBL feedback experiences of students with LDs in six vocational f…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
Apprenticeship enrollment in Ghana is declining according to recent rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, despite its importance as an avenue for human capital development among young people. This trend is alarming, especially during an era of economic crises and constraints in technical and …
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
Reporting findings from action research in Secondary Vocational Schools (SVSs) in Palestine contributes to our understanding of the five criteria that underpin excellence in Work-Based Learning (WBL) This paper presents a new model for promoting WBL performance for SVSs in Palestine by focusing on f…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2025)
This paper reports on research undertaken to understand the contribution of formal Technical Vocational Education and Training (hereafter TVET) to company-level growth and transformation in the automotive sector in South Africa. The findings of this article are part of a larger research project cond…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2024)
Bangladesh is characterized by a high demand for skilled workers. Hence, the significance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) becomes crucial to address the existing skill gaps to stimulate economic development. This research addresses the major challenges that hinder the progr…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2024)
Vocational education and training (VET) and higher education serve different purposes and pursue different logics. However, in view of the increase of qualification requirements for skilled workers, many education systems are responding by linking VET to higher education. Therefore, the borders betw…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2024)
This review is in response to numerous research, studies and other reviews that present the under-addressed, longstanding need to rethink vocational education and training delivered to secondary students (VETdSS) in Australia and in similar jurisdictions. Further, it is unclear how secondary schools…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2024)
Flight training is a lengthy and resource-intensive process with additional learning, and teaching techniques are often overlooked. One technique is observational learning, or backseating in aviation training, which can accelerate pilot training. This study aimed to analyze the factors that facilita…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2024)
Tertiary education in Australia is dominated by a division between two large systems of provision: vocational education and training (VET) and higher education (HE). Over time, these tertiary education sectors have become distinct in several respects, including the way curriculum is conceived and pr…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2024)
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 behavi…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2023)
The nature of global labor markets places new demands on the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector in developing countries. Capacity building programs have become a strategy for governments to increase the standard of TVET. The aim of this article is to analyze conditions for…
Published:International Journal of Training Research
(2023)
This research was conducted among 50 participants from the tourism industry and 356 students pursuing vocational (tourism) education at the undergraduate level in government colleges of Himachal Pradesh (India). Industry professionals were sampled to identify a list of competencies that they expect …
