Vocational education and training and innovation

Content Analyses of Technical High School Textbooks as an Index of Attending to Vocational Training

Aiming at identification of the components of competence-based vocational training, and its status in textbooks used in technological high schools, a content analysis of five textbooks on non-technological competencies, commonly used in all fields, was undertaken utilizing a check list considered as valid by curriculum experts. Furthermore, a perusal of related texts and documents revealed thre...

Oecd/ceri Study of Systemic Innovation in Vocational Education and Training

The Relation of Vocational Training to Academic Education

The Relation of Vocational Training to Academic Education M. Bohlooli Faskhoodi S. Zarghami, Ph.D. Y. Ghaedi, Ph.D. R. Barkhordari, Ph.D. The traditional approach to education advocates a dichotomy between vocational training and academic education. Some scholars contend that the knowledge which resides in minds of individuals is more valuable than hands-on skills, wherea...

Multimedia-based Performance Assessment in Dutch Vocational Education

Innovation in technology drives innovation in assessment (Conole & Warburton, 2005; Bartram, 2006; Drasgow, Luecht, & Bennett, 2006; Mayrath, Clarke-Midura, & Robinson, 2012). Since the introduction of computer-based assessment (CBA), a few decades ago, many formerly paper-and-pencil tests have transformed in a computer-based equivalent. CBAs are becoming more complex, including multimedia and ...

Explaining Challenges of Applying the Technology and Innovation University in Higher Education System

Introduction: Technology and innovation universities of third generation are universities whose main concern is teaching, learning and entrepreneurship. Regarded to the role of third generation universities in the commercialization of knowledge and entrepreneurship, present research aimed to explaining challenges of applying the technology and innovation university in higher education system. M...