Vocational Education Research Articles

Investing in Education and Scientific Research for Growth of Iraq: Exploring the Main Dimensions, Success Factors, and Government Policies

The research aims to explore the dynamics of investment in education and scientific research and their influence on Iraq's economic growth. Utilizing a descriptive-analytical approach, the study focuses on various dimensions of education and research investment, including quality education, vocational training, funding, infrastructure, collaboration, and government policies. The data was collected through a comprehensive survey, designed based on international standards and tailored to the specific context of Iraq. The survey garnered 191 valid responses from a diverse range of stakeholders in Iraq's education and research sectors, including educators, policymakers, academic researchers, and institutional representatives. The statistical analysis was carried out using specialized software (Amos.V24 and SPSS.V26), incorporating methods such as arithmetic averages, standard deviation, coefficient of difference, and relative importance. The study also includes visual representations such as bar charts and heat maps to elucidate the findings. The most prominent result emphasizes the strong positive correlation between investment in education, research, and economic development in Iraq. It underscores the necessity for a concerted effort to improve education quality, fostering scientific research, and aligning it with the country's economic development goals. The findings affirm that strategic investment in education and research can catalyze Iraq's growth and progress.

מוסדות לילדים עזובים ביישוב ועיצוב זהותם החברתית והלאומית של החוסים בהם, 1948-1934

Personal, social, and national problems have been attributed to the phenomenon of ‘abandonment’ in the Jewish Yishuv, which involved thousands of children wandering the streets without supervision. Some of these children were absorbed into closed institutions, both national and municipal, which viewed themselves as substitutes for the family and were meant to provide the children with a framework of physical and emotional support. The article describes the institutions for abandoned children established by Tel Aviv Municipality and the Jewish National Council and the therapeutic and educational approaches they adopted and examines their role in the process of shaping the social and national identity of the children. The institutions differed from each other in their day-to-day functioning, but they all shared the aspiration to shape the children’s social and national identity, with the goal of facilitating their integration into society. In the social domain, the institutions aspired to avoid labeling the children as abandoned or delinquent and attempted to guide them towards normative lives; however, the mere presence of the children in a specialized institution already labeled them and influenced their self-perception. In all the institutions, vocational training was a prime channel in identity formation. In urban institutions, the industrial element was emphasized, while in rural institutions, it was the agricultural element, which was the flagship of national endeavor. The national emphasis on the shaping of children’s identity was for some of them a springboard to social integration; however, others felt even more abandoned in institutions founded on value systems far removed from their personal worlds. The insights that emerge from the article highlight the necessity of integrating a value-driven goal within the identity-shaping process. Such a goal—whether national, social, or personal and whether particularistic or universal—provides a child with a horizon to strive towards and internal motivation for growth and development, even from within a crisis.

CTE Can Be For Me: Middle School Counselors’ Perception of Their Knowledge and Abilities to Guide Students in Career and Technical Education in the State of Texas

CTE Can Be For Me: Middle School Counselors’ Perception of Their Knowledge and Abilities to Guide Students in Career and Technical Education in the State of Texas

CTE Can Be For Me: Middle School Counselors’ Perception of Their Knowledge and Abilities to Guide Students in Career and Technical Education in the State of Texas

CTE Can Be For Me: Middle School Counselors’ Perception of Their Knowledge and Abilities to Guide Students in Career and Technical Education in the State of Texas

Impact of Strategic Entrepreneurial on Strategic Decision-Making: A Field Study in North Oil Company/Kirkuk

The scope of the concept of strategic entrepreneurship has expanded within organizations, and interpretations of this concept have multiplied. It is a critical element that must be considered across the various related dimensions, because it is of great importance as it has the ability to change the direction of business organizations today in addition to the support it provides for strategic decisions, resources and industrial education. The research initially identified the theoretical gap between the existing intellectual proposals put forward by the researchers, which paved the way for practical application within the North Oil Company / Kirkuk. The main tool used in collecting data and information was the questionnaire, which was presented to a group of arbitrators to be modified and appropriate to the field and the ease of answering it by the researched sample. The questionnaire was distributed to middle management within the company at the rank of department manager and Division manager. A total of 56 questionnaires were distributed, of which 53 were retrieved. The Amos program was used in addition to the statistical program Excel and SBSS, and the research aims to identify the basic dimensions of entrepreneurship and strategic decisions. The study used the descriptive analytical method. Moreover, one of the most prominent results of the research is that strategic entrepreneurship is the main factor for organizations that wish to obtain excellence and prosperity and have the ability to continue in a competitive environment, where strategic entrepreneurship avoids weaknesses and exploitation. strengths. For the organization, this of course requires decisive and quick strategic decisions

Encouraging a Unified Framework for Understanding Socialization Into Higher Education

Over the past few decades, scholars have directed increasing attention toward the socialization of physical education faculty members’ recruitment, preparation, and ongoing socialization. Parallel research trajectories have, however, resulted in varied approaches to conceptualizing and labeling the phases or types of socialization experienced by this occupational group. With the view of academic journals as spaces for discourse surrounding divergent approaches to conceptualizing and conducting research, the purpose of this research note was to overview two contrasting conceptualizations of physical education teacher education faculty socialization and propose a unified approach for moving forward in future research. Differing perspectives are reviewed, and an updated conceptual framework for understanding socialization into and through academic roles is proposed. We argue that this model better captures the diversity in and provides flexibility for the backgrounds that draw individuals into careers in higher education and their experiences once serving among the faculty in academia.

Challenges regarding TVET training programs in the SA automotive industry

ABSTRACT 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 conducted in South Africa and five other developing countries, namely, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Laos, and Vietnam, to explore the contribution of TVET programs to inclusive industrial transformation and growth in the manufacturing sectors. It argues that formal TVET training does not drive workplace changes in technology, work organisation, and product change in the automotive sector. This paper challenges the current formal TVET provision policy in South Africa to recognise other forms of training provision, such as non-formal, and informal on-the-job training, in addition to company-level factors critical in shaping the skills system if we are to understand the extent to which skills enhance growth and transformation.

Εμπειρίες συμπερίληψης μέσα από συναυλίες σύμπραξης του 4ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου Αλεξανδρούπολης με το Ε.Ε.Ε.Ε.Κ. και το ΕΝΕΕΓΥ-Λ Αλεξανδρούπολης. Η μελωδία της διαφορετικότητας ενώνει καρδιές και παιδιά!

Τhis work is the result of collaboration between the 4th Primary School of Alexandroupolis " Chronis Aidonidis" and the Laboratory of Special Vocational Education Training (EEEEK) and the Unified Special Vocational High School (ENEEGY-L) of Alexandroupolis. The collaboration occurred because artistic activities offer students multidimensional experiences (cognitive, emotional, psychomotor). The activities were designed and implemented based on the goals of co-education programs, the guidelines of the Detailed Curriculum of Studies of EEEEEK and Primary Education, the principles governing the inclusion process, and the use of special teaching principles in shaping the curriculum and apply special teaching techniques. Students were made aware that equal access to knowledge for all people based on their particular abilities is a constitutional imperative, and the democratic right to co-education of students is a universal good that ensures opportunities and learning possibilities.

Analisis Efektivitas Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning Dalam Pendidikan Vokasi Berbasis Meta-Analysis

The Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model has become a major focus in vocational education, promising an integrated and contextual approach to problem-oriented learning. This research aims to conduct a meta-analysis of existing scientific publications to gain a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of the PBL model in vocational education. The results of the analysis indicate that the success of PBL implementation in vocational education is significantly influenced by several variables, including appropriate learning design, support from instructors/facilitators, and interactions among learners. With a deeper understanding of the factors affecting the effectiveness of PBL in vocational education, it is expected that this learning model can be improved and developed more optimally, thereby making a more significant contribution to enhancing learning outcomes, skills, and the readiness of learners to enter the workforceThe Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model has become a major focus in vocational education, promising an integrated and contextual approach to problem-oriented learning. This research aims to conduct a meta-analysis of existing scientific publications to gain a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of the PBL model in vocational education. The results of the analysis indicate that the success of PBL implementation in vocational education is significantly influenced by several variables, including appropriate learning design, support from instructors/facilitators, and interactions among learners. With a deeper understanding of the factors affecting the effectiveness of PBL in vocational education, it is expected that this learning model can be improved and developed more optimally, thereby making a more significant contribution to enhancing learning outcomes, skills, and the readiness of learners to enter the workforce

Balancing Economic Utility and Cultural Significance: Fostering Independent Creativity and Confidence in Vocational Education for Sustainable Workforce Development

Humans are viewed as economic rather than cultural in vocational education. Cultural norms demand that all humans work, and I know people by their employment. A person's ability to labor is greater, and human values extend beyond work. Workers' significance will increase if they can produce work. To avoid failure, education economists create an analysis of labor demand based on genuine labor market needs (demand) and the prospects for graduates from the world of education (supply). Education's outcomes must make it easier to achieve linear work that has developed in the larger community. To retain public trust in the outcomes of vocational school education, it is necessary to anticipate the absence of correlation. In a vocational school, learning is guiding pupils to do something to gain experience, which results in change due to individual creativity and innovation. Independent learning based on developed intellect is consistent with the globalization journey that cannot be ignored, as it is one source of innovation that is consistent with global technology improvements. In a pragmatic sense, developing autonomous creativity is the best way to minimize dependency and rising decline rates. Human dynamics in preparing long-term goals include an awareness of developing oneself by increasing self-confidence.

IN-SERVICE TRAINING PRACTICES AND TRAINERS€™ PERFORMANCE IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SCHOOLS IN RWANDA, A CASE OF KICUKIRO DISTRICT RWANDA

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of in-service training practices on the performance of trainers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools in Kicukiro District, Rwanda.The participants included personnel from the Rwanda Technical and Vocational Training Institute (RTTI), trainers, and school managers, totalling 398 respondents. This number comprises 12 school managers, 26 RTTI staff members, and 360 trainers from TVET schools in the Kicukiro district.The data analysis process utilized SPSS 22.0 software. The results indicated a strong relationship between in-service training practices and trainers performance in TVET schools in Kicukiro, Rwanda. This relationship was supported by a Pearson correlation coefficient (r) of 0.958, with a statistically significant p-value of 0.000 for a two-tailed test. This suggests that there was a statistically significant relationship between in-service training practices and trainers Performance in TVET Schools in Kicukiro District, Rwanda and confirmed by the R Square=.918which means that in-services trainings are highly appreciated to enhance trainers performance in TVET Schools in Rwanda. The study reveals the positive impact of industry partnerships on trainers performance. Industrial exposure allows trainers to gain firsthand experience of current industry practices and technological innovations. This study recommended that the government should allocate more financial resources to support in-service training programs in TVET schools.

DETERMINING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERS TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AMONG SMALL HOLDER FARMERS IN KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA

Despite the benefits offered by Vocational Education including skills about agricultural mechanization, Small Holder Farmersare yet to benefit from vocational training with regard to agricultural mechanization. The purpose of this study, was to determine the Institutional Capacity of Vocational Training Centres to promote agricultural mechanization among Small Holder Farmers. However the study focused on determining the Outreach Services offered by Vocational Training Centres that promote agricultural mechanization. Descriptive survey research design was employed in this study. The sample size comprised of 110 Small Holder Farmers, 21 principals and 21 Heads of Departments. The reliability coefficient of instruments was 0.713. A coefficient of 0.70 was accepted as reliable. Interview guides for principals and Focus Group Discussion, facilities observation guides, questionnaires for Heads of Department were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics of mean, frequency and percentages were applied to analyse data. This study found out that Vocational Training Centres had Institutional Capacity to promote agricultural mechanisation but requires improvement and modernisation. The study noted that Vocational Training Centres offer Outreach Services but not scheduled. This study therefore recommend that Vocational Training Centres must intentionally build adequate institutional capacity intended for the promotion of agricultural mechanisation among small holder farmers. Findings can be used by Vocational Training Centresto promote adoption of agricultural mechanisation among Small Holder Farmers through.

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN CHINA: BASED ON CNKI DATABASE (2014-2023)

Innovation and entrepreneurship education is the engine and driving force to promote social and economic development and advancement. China's innovation and entrepreneurship education has been researched and developed for more than 20 years. In order to grasp the current situation, hotspots, trends and future of innovation and entrepreneurship education research in China, 1330 sample literatures in CNKI database are used as the research object, and bibliometric methods are adopted to visualise, analyse and compare the big data of the literature in terms of the annual volume of published papers, research topics, disciplinary distributions, authors of the published papers, journals of published papers, institutions of the published papers, high citations, downloads, and categories of sources, etc. The results are as follows. The results found that: China's innovation and entrepreneurship education research disciplines are mainly divided into higher education and vocational education; journals such as Education and Career, Science and Technology in Chinese Colleges and Universities, and Secondary School Politics Teaching Reference are the main dissemination carriers; Peking University Core is the main journal source; Northeast Normal University, Xiamen University, and Wenzhou Medical University are the main publishing institutions; and the National Educational Science Programming Project, and the National Social Science Foundation are the main funding funds.

RESEARCH STATUS OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM: DATA ANALYSIS FROM CNKI IN CHINA

Innovation and entrepreneurship education ecosystem is a hot and difficult issue in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship education research in recent years. The research on innovation and entrepreneurship education ecosystem in China has gone through 10 years of research and development. In order to grasp the current status, hotspots, trends and future of innovation and entrepreneurship education ecosystem research in China, 158 sample documents from the CNKI database were taken as the research object, and the bibliometric method was used to visualise and analyse the big data of the literature in terms of the amount of papers published annually, the research topics, the distribution of disciplines, the high-yield authors, the journals of the published papers, the institutions of the published papers, the high citations, the number of downloads, and the categories of the sources. Comparison. The results found that: China's innovation and entrepreneurship education ecosystem research is mainly divided into the disciplines of higher education and vocational education; journals such as Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory, Research and Practice, Journal of Heilongjiang Institute of Education and Modernisation of Education are the main dissemination carriers; PKUC is the main source of journals for high-quality theses; Huangshan College, Wenzhou University, Northeast Normal University and Henan University of Technology are the main publication institutions ; Jiangsu Provincial Fund Project and Ministry of Education Fund Project are the main funding funds.

RESEARCH ON THE ELEMENTS OF OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCE OF HIGHER VOCATIONAL STUDENTS BASED ON DELPHI METHOD AND GROUNDED THEORY IN THE PRC

Occupational competence (OC) is a matter of competitiveness in the future job market as well as the level of student development. However, in China there is a gap between the OC of higher vocational students (HVS) and the requirements of the industry, and graduates have a relatively low employment rate and lack the necessary skills and experience in the real world, requiring additional training and guidance in order to be qualified for their positions. The aim of this study is to explore the elements of OC of HVS and to provide a basis for educators to develop the OC of HVS. In order to achieve this goal, this paper uses 2 qualitative research methods, the Delphi method and Grounded Theory. Through purposeful sampling techniques, 12 experts from 3 regions, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, including college administrators, corporate personnel, outstanding graduates, and government officials, were selected to help identify and extract the components of OC of HVS. The results of the study are based on 3 dimensions—learning and innovation, career and life, and character and literacy—composed of 15 sub-components and 35 items. It is recommended to apply the list of elements in practice and emphasize its important orientation in vocational education in order to improve the OC with the needs of enterprises and personal development.

Entrepreneurial Skills as Correlate of Technical and Vocational Education in Rivers State, Nigeria

Entrepreneurial Skills as Correlate of Technical and Vocational Education in Rivers State, Nigeria

An Analyzing the Implementation and Challenges of Sci-Edu-Ind Integration Model in Vocational Education

An Analyzing the Implementation and Challenges of Sci-Edu-Ind Integration Model in Vocational Education

대학생의 전공선택 탐색 및 새로운 학사제도에 대한 인식

[Objective] This study aims to determine whether the motivation for choosing a major affects the satisfaction with major decisions after entering university. Additionally, it seeks to understand perceptions of new academic systems designed to increase satisfaction. [Contents] This study analyzed whether the motivation for selecting a major before enrollment influences the desired major decision. In addition, it is intended to analyze the factors affecting the satisfaction of major decision after admission, and to suggest the direction of education policy after understanding the recognition of the introduction of a new academic system to operate it effectively. [Conclusions] The conclusion of this study is as follows. First, the intrinsic factors (aptitude and interest, dream realization) of major selection before entering college were higher than the extrinsic factors (employment outlook, grades). Second, it was confirmed that the satisfaction with major decision after entering college affects the satisfaction with major decision in the order of the connection between college major and employment, the relationship between college major and career, high school career education, and university field. Finally, it was said that ‘support for opportunities to experience various studies’ is the most necessary for matters to be considered at the university level in relation to the operation of the new school system, and as a problem, there are concerns about ‘the phenomenon of concentration on popular departments’ and ‘difficulty in managing students related to major decision’. Based on these results, implications and suggestions for follow-up research were presented in relation to college student’s major decision and career education.

대학생의 자아개념이 진로교육만족도에 미치는 영향

This study analyzed the influence of university students' self-concept on their careereducation satisfaction, mediated by goal orientation and career maturity. The results showedthat university students' self-concept influenced their career education satisfaction in terms of career exploration in major and general education courses, and career preparation-relatedcourses. self-concept and career maturity had a significant relationship when mediated by goalorientation. High self-concept alone does not necessarily lead to career maturity without cleargoal orientation. The formation of self-concept, mediated by goal orientation and careermaturity, had a significant influence on career education satisfaction. Even students with ahigh level of self-concept who had clear goal orientation and high career maturity showed lowsatisfaction with their career-related education, indicating the need to review and improve thecurrent educational system. Similarly, students with low self-concept who failed to set cleargoals and develop career maturity also showed low career education satisfaction. Regardlessof the approach, there are areas that need to be improved to increase satisfaction. Thesefindings suggest the need to provide university students with more opportunities to develop astronger sense of self-concept, and to ensure that career education is closely integrated withthe development of goal orientation and career maturity. Further research is needed to explorenew approaches to enhancing university students' career development and satisfaction withcareer-related education.

Assessing the Relevance of Technical Education Curricula to Current Industrial Skill Demands in Tanzania: A Case Study of Civil, Electrical, and Biomedical Engineering Curriculum

This qualitative study assessed the alignment of technical education curricula with current industrial skill demands in Tanzania. Data were collected through documentary review and interviews with 34 purposively selected technical graduates. Thematic analysis was employed to analyse the data. The findings revealed persistent reliance on outdated content delivered predominantly through lecturing methods within certain parts of the curriculum. The study also identified obsolete teaching and learning facilities, such as equipment and machines. Furthermore, it highlighted discrepancies between the stated learning outcomes of the curriculum and NACTVET’s CBET standards. These findings suggest a misalignment between the curriculum and industry requirements, potentially impacting graduates’ preparedness for the workforce. Consequently, the study recommends a comprehensive curriculum review informed by a rigorous labour market analysis. To facilitate this process, NACTVET could offer training programmes for technical education institutions on developing curricula aligned with CBET standards.