UNEVOC TVET Online Library

UNEVOC Forum 14
The essay looks at similarities and differences in TVET in developed and developing countries, based on the observations of the author on numerous field trips as an officer of the ILO, the World Bank and the Inter-Ameri- can Development Bank.

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) research has become a recognized and well-defined area of interdisciplinary research. The Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research is the first handbook of its kind th ...

What are the conditions behind the success of the German apprenticeship system, known as the "dual system of vocational education and training"? What are the main considerations of German companies and private sector institutions when financing t ...

UNESCO-UNEVOC set specific result areas to guide its work during 2006-2007: within the context of its overall mission, recent achievements, and the priorities mandated by the UNESCO General Conference. The work of the Centre was focused around these ...

China and Germany – two traditions, two systems, two possible solutions? Both countries are in the middle of the globalisation process and face new challenges. China is celebrated as the booming future market and Germany is acknowledged as one of t ...

28 May 2007, Nairobi (e-Learning Africa)
- What are the benefits of e-learning for TVET? - What is the current status of e-learning in African TVET? Who is active in the field? Who are the pioneers on the ground? - What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of e-learnin ...

Final Report/Rapport final (Tunis 2006)
Regional Symposium on Development of Teaching and Learning Methods in TVET Programmes through the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), summary report. Tri-lingual publication in English, French and Arabic (pdf for download only ha ...

Conceptualizing a Holistic Approach to TVET Planning and Programming in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Discussion Papers facilitate the dissemination of crucial research and innovative ideas in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). They are shorter documents that aim to stimulate debate about TVET issues and promote the field. Th ...

Engaging the Corporate Sector
How can education and training for sustainable development be integrated into corporate sector training and capacity building programmes? This was the main question addressed at a consultative meeting with corporate sector firms and organizations on ...

Advancing the Partnership
A key outcome of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development was the establishment of a special United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, from 2005 to 2014. This decade has the primary goal of making sustainable development ...

Teaching staff in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) not only directly influence the quality of the workforce, but also take on additional societal functions, such as the support of regional learning and innovation processes and t ...

This book stresses learning and teaching, rather than teaching and learning. The contention of the contributors is that the focus in all educational endeavours should not be primarily on teachers and teaching, but on learners - how to best facilita ...

This book is the fifth volume of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series “Current Developments in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects”. It brings together international theory and empirical research that deals with ...

A Study Tour for UNEVOC Centres
With a growing role of the private sector in creating employment opportunities for youth and job seekers in the MENA countries and a simultaneous shrinkage of the role of what used to be a public sector’s enterprises, the notion of private-public ...

Review of Psychological Foundations and Selected Teaching Concepts of Action Learning
The ever changing world of work demands new educational approaches, such as a stronger action focus in TVET and in initial TVET teacher training. This publication, jointly published by UNESCO-UNEVOC and Capacity Building International (InWEnt), o ...

Final Report, 19-24 August 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Forty TVET experts from 17 countries, including Canada, Australia, China, Thailand and Vietnam, discussed ways in which sustainability can be integrated into TVET teacher education and capacity building programmes in the Asia-Pacific region at the me ...

Final Report of the Seminar 23 - 30 January 2007
The seminar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training “From School to Work: Contemporary Regional Experiences” was convened by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) of Japan from 23 – 30 January 2007 in Tokyo. T ...

TVET Teacher Education towards Sustainability
Forty TVET experts from 17 countries, including Canada, Australia, China, Thailand and Vietnam, discussed ways in which sustainability can be integrated into TVET teacher education and capacity building programmes in the Asia-Pacific region at the me ...

Engaging the Corporate Sector
How can education and training for sustainable development be integrated into corporate sector training and capacity building programmes? This was the main question addressed at a consultative meeting with corporate sector firms and organizations on ...

Advancing the Partnership
A key outcome of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development was the establishment of a special United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, from 2005 to 2014. This decade has the primary goal of making sustainable development ...

Experts meeting proceedings 3–4 October 2006 Adelaide
What are and will be implications of ageing societies for TVET? The ageing population is a major factor that is transforming societies, including the ways in which work is organised and carried out. This significant, worldwide phenomenon was the subj ...

This edited volume on Identities at Work brings together international theory and empirical research that deals with continuity and change of identity formation processes at work under conditions of modern working processes and labour market flexibil ...

Understanding Learning through Working Life
In recent years, efforts to understand learning for and throughout working life have moved away from a focus on workplace training to concerns about learning as a component and outcome of engaging in work and work-related activities and interactions. ...

This book provides insight into the history and current status of teaching in technical and vocational education across a broad range of countries. It contains studies of the profiles of teachers and lecturers and their educational practices in: Germ ...

An Initial Statistical Study
The report "Participation in Formal Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programmes Worldwide - An Initial Statistical Study" aims to stimulate an important process to fill the information gap existing in the area of comparable quantitativ ...