A Special Issue on Digital Transformation: a new challenge for education and training

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Fernando Moreira ◽  
Álvaro Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Education And Training ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals International Vocational Education and Training Research: An Introduction to the Special Issue

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Michael Gessler ◽  
Sandra Bohlinger ◽  
Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Recipient Country ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Training

The seven articles in this special issue represent a wide range of international comparative and review studies by international research teams from China, Germany, India, Russia, Switzerland and Mexico. The presented projects are part of the national program "Research on the Internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).  An adapted version of Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory forms the conceptual framework of the special issue. The four system levels (micro, meso, exo and macro) are addressed by one article each. The article on the microsystem level focuses on the intended and implemented curricula in a cross-country comparison of China and Russia. The article on the mesosystem level aims at the development of a quality management model for vocational education and training (VET) institutions in India. At the exolevel, the regional structures of the education and employment systems in Mexico, particularly the cooperation between schools and companies in the hotel industry, are investigated. At the macrosystem level, the social representation of non-academic labour in Mexico is examined in terms of cultural artefacts. Furthermore, three overarching review studies systematise relevant research developments and approaches. The topics of the three review studies are European VET policy, transfer of VET and VET research. The scope ranges from the development of a comparative research tool to a summary analysis of over 5,000 individual publications. Given the broad scope and heterogeneity of the findings, a summative conclusion would hardly be appropriate. Nevertheless, with regard to the model of the ‘triadic conception of purposes in comparative VET research’ that represents a heuristic for describing the purposes of international VET research, we conclude with an emphasis on a need of more criticality. In this context, one finding can be pointed out as an example: One review study found that most studies (here, with reference to VET transfer) refer to the recipient country without a comparative perspective. Thus, there is a clear demand for more comparative research following a critical-reflective approach. 

Enabling Digital Transformation in Education and Training

2021 ◽  
pp. 228-243
Author(s):  
Tarkan Gürbüz
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Digital Learning Environments ◽  
And Training

The rapid rise of innovation and digital transformation trends have already begun to cause disruptions to the way we live, work, and learn. Education and training are placed at the forefront of this transformation process because of the learning needs to develop the required competencies for enabling a successful transformation. As educators and training experts become more aware of the potential of open and distance learning, it is essential for their educational planning that the opportunities offered by new technologies like disruptive technologies or digital transformation enabling technologies to be realistically examined. It is evident that educational institutions that fail to embrace digital transformation will be left behind in the upcoming years. Therefore, this chapter aims to discuss the digital transformation process in the field of education and training through the innovative solutions for the development of next generation digital learning environments and spaces.

Current tasks of teacher education in the context of digital transformation of education

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
O.F. Bryksina ◽  
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N.N. Kislova ◽  
S.A. Leonov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Russian Education ◽  
And Training

The article deals with the issues of global digital transformation in the field of education and training of teachers in particular. The authors reveal in detail the problem of modern challenges facing the Russian education system. Specific requirements for the competence of a modern teacher are given. The experience of practical application of modern approaches to innovative teacher education on the example of a regional pedagogical university is highlighted separately.

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (13) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Robert Smith
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Training Studies ◽  
Northern Illinois University ◽  
And Training

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this special issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 13 Berna Karakoç, Kilis 7 Aralık University, TurkeyBerna Karakoc, TurkeyCengiz Taskin, TurkeyCevdet Cengiz, TurkeyEnisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, TurkeyFethi Kayalar, Erzincan University, TurkeyHatice Irem Ozteke Kozan, Necmettin Erbakan University, TurkeyIbrahim Can, TurkeyM. Fatih Karahuseyinoglu, Firat Universitesi, TurkeyMehmet Fatih Karahüseyinoğlu, Firat University, TurkeyYerlan Seisenbekov, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, KazakhstanZachary Wahl-Alexander, Northern Illinois University, USA                 Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com

scholarly journals Vocational education, transitions, marginalisation and social justice in the Nordic countries: Reflections on the special issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Avis
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Just Society ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

This paper engages with and reflects on the arguments developed by contributors to the special issue. These papers serve to provide a corrective to English and, on occasion, European perceptions, which often view the Nordic countries as being all of a piece and beacons of progressivism. The contributors provide analyses that not only point to the impact of neo-liberalism upon vocational education and training but also the different ways in which it is delivered across the Nordic countries. They alert us to vocational education and training’s complexity and varied forms. Nevertheless, it appears there are a set of repertoires that can be mobilised to address the relationship between vocational education and training and youth transitions to work and vocational study, which seem to circulate across time and place. The circulation of these models suggests they fail to address the deeper issues facing vocational education and training, namely the relation of it in particular and ‘academic’ education in general to capitalism, and, importantly, the salience of these processes in the current conjuncture. These relations raise questions about the reproduction of class relations and the specificity of the socio-economic contexts. This leads to a consideration of notions of social justice and an interrogation of vocational education and training with this particular question in mind. An important issue that needs to be explored is the way in which the curriculum opens up or closes down access to powerful knowledge. Whilst education, in Bernstein’s words, ‘cannot compensate for society’, can it nevertheless be a resource in the transformative struggle for a just society?

scholarly journals Editorial

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. viii
Author(s):  
Zelda Groener ◽  
Shirley Walters
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
School Education ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Adult And Continuing Education ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Adult And Continuing ◽  
And Training

This special issue of the Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training (JOVACET) presents a collection of research papers on adult learners’ access to learning opportunities in post-school education and training (PSET). It was prompted by a conference entitled, Access, barriers to participation and success for adult learners: Rethinking equity and social justice in post-school education, held in Cape Town on 24–25 November 2018, where early versions of the articles featured were presented.

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