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...

The study discussed in this paper had two principal objectives. The first was to evaluate the distance model of official vocational education and training offered by means of a virtual learning platform. The second was to establish that both on-site classroom and online distance modes of vocational education and training can be seen as complementary in terms of responding to the majority of mod...

Rehabilitation of the amputee falls into four categories of concentration: postoperative care, fitting of the prosthesis, functional training and voca­ tional re-training. Postoperative care is intended to assuage any psychic trauma, to prevent surgical complications, and to prepare the stump for prosthetic fit. It assists the amputee in attaining some independency before the fitting of the art...

This paper describes systematic procedures used to assess, train, and compare the use of adaptive microswitches for microcomputers used by adolescents with cerebral palsy. A comparison is made of three students with cerebral palsy using microswitches to increase their production rates as part of a vocational training program. Future uses of adaptive microswitches in vocational and educational t...

This poster describes a framework for preparing vocational teachers for using IT for teaching and learning in the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong. Three levels of IT competency were identified and a series of training programs were designed and delivered to help teachers to achieve the IT competencies. A benchmarking system was also set up for teachers to monitor their progress and ach...

    According to the position of great technical and vocational training organization in the country, it seems that this organization is located in a position that can be provided through a range of technical and vocational training and plays a fundamental role in the development of entrepreneurial effect and spirit of young people. The present study investigated the role of entrepreneurship ed...

Currently virtual learning environments (VLEs) and learning objects (LOs) repositories are under active implementation into general education and vocational training system in Lithuania. The article aims to review LOs interoperability standards development tendencies as well as to compare VLEs under existing well-developed pedagogical and technical evaluation frameworks in order to suggest the ...

A method of assessment is described which can be used by trainees at the end of their vocational training in general practice. The assessment allows trainees to make ratings and comments on their teaching practices that can be returned confidentially to their trainers. The results of this assessment suggest that trainees in the Northumbria vocational training scheme are reasonably satisfied wit...

A Roadmap to Vocational Education and Training Systems Around the World With young people among the big losers of the recent financial crisis, vocational education and training (VET) is often seen as the silver bullet to the problem of youth joblessness. This paper provides a better understanding of VET around the world, dealing with three types of vocational systems: school-based education, a ...