Has Employer Satisfaction with Vocational Education and Training Changed Between 2005 and 2007?

Has Employer Satisfaction with Vocational Education and Training Changed Between 2005 and 2007?

Author: Louise Brooks

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 9781921412660

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This paper investigates large differences in employer satisfaction with vocational education and training (VET) between 2005 and 2007. Employer satisfaction was measured using the Survey of Employer Use and Views of the VET System, which was first conducted in 2005 and repeated in 2007. It measures employer satisfaction with vocational qualifications as a job requirement, apprentices and trainees, and nationally recognised training. Differences in weighted estimates of employer satisfaction were examined in light of sample sizes and the distribution of employers' responses to the survey. A model-based approach to estimation was used, which accounted for the relationship between satisfaction and the size and industry of the employer. Key findings included: (1) In three out of five cases, the large differences in employer satisfaction between years were found to be real and not as a result of the structure of the sample; (2) In the remaining two cases, the differences in employer satisfaction were found not to be significant. This suggested that the structure of the sample had the potential to reveal differences that did not hold up under closer scrutiny; and (3) Survey estimates of large differences between years need to be treated with some caution and a model-based approach to estimation provides a tool to give assurance that large differences are real and not a result of peculiarities in the sample. An appendix, comprising the majority of the report, provides the regression results. (Contains 7 tables.) [This work has been produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) as a joint initiative of the Australian Government and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.].


Technical College Responsiveness

Technical College Responsiveness

Author: Michael Cosser

Publisher: HSRC Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9780796920379

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This text analyses how technical colleges have responded to the emerging field of further education and training (FET) in South Africa. The data and theories presented are the result of research conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council, including surveys of technical college graduates and employers on their satisfaction with college graduates and institutional profiles of local labor markets. The international case studies of vocational and technical education demonstrate the interrelatedness of education and training systems.


Evaluating Employer Satisfaction; Measurement of Satisfaction with Training and Job Performance of Former Vocational Education Students

Evaluating Employer Satisfaction; Measurement of Satisfaction with Training and Job Performance of Former Vocational Education Students

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Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Manual on evaluation techniques for assessing employer satisfaction with vocational education in the USA - discusses the rationale, trends and issues in employer evaluation of former vocational students' training and job performance, and includes data collecting methods, a model questionnaire and a glossary. Selected and annotated bibliography pp. 57 to 79, illustrations and references.


The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training

The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training

Author: David Guile

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 1119098599

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A collection of the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training written by international experts The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions from a panel of leading international scholars, the Handbook contains 27 authoritative essays from a wide range of disciplines. The contributors present an integrated analysis of the complex and dynamic field of VET. Drawing on the most recent research, thinking, and practice in the field, the book explores the key debates about the role of VET in the education and training systems of various nations. The Handbook reveals how expertise is developed in an age of considerable transformation in work processes, work organization, and occupational identities. The authors also examine many of the challenges of vocational education and training such as the impact of digital technologies on employment, the demand for (re)training in the context of extended working lives, the emergence of learning regions and skill ecosystems, and the professional development of vocational teachers and trainers. This important text: Offers an original view of VET’s role in both the initial and continuing development of expertise Examines the theories and concepts that underpin international perspectives and explores the differences about the purposes of VET Presents various models of learning used in VET, including apprenticeship, and their relationship with general education Explores how VET is shaped in different ways by the political economy of different countries Reviews how developments in digital technologies are changing VET practice Discusses the challenges for universities offering higher vocational education programs Draws on both recent research as well as historical accounts Written for students, researchers, and scholars in the fields of educational studies, human resource development, social policy, political economy, labor market economics, industrial relations, sociology, The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training offers an international perspective on the topic of VET.


Handbook of Vocational Education Evaluation

Handbook of Vocational Education Evaluation

Author: Theodore Abramson

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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Monograph on the evaluation of vocational training in the USA - provides a guide for evaluators incl. Historical aspects and legal aspects, evaluation techniques and models, cost benefit analysis of vocational training, job analysis procedures, and measurement of attitudes, job satisfaction and attainment appraisal. Annotated bibliography pp. 579 to 592, flow charts, graphs, references and statistical tables.