, (Methodology Model for Determining the Need of Continuing Vocational Training of Specialists in Social Activities Providing Social Services)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venelin Terziev ◽  
Preslava Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Continuing Vocational Training

scholarly journals Model of Methodology for Determining The Needs of Continuing Vocational Training of Social Work Specialists Providing Social Services

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-380
Author(s):  
Venelin Terziev ◽  
Vanya Banabakova ◽  
Preslava Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Experimental Model ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Continuing Vocational Training

Abstract This study justifies the need for building a system for research, identification and monitoring of the needs of vocational training in compliance to the constantly changing needs of the labour market. When considered in a narrower sense this problem justifies and proves the need for this activity related to social work and social workers. A method for determining the need for continuing vocational training of specialists in social work is developed and an experimental model for its implementation is offered.

From Critical Theory to Critical Pragmatism: Capability and the Assessment of Freedom

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 937-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bénédicte Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Critical Power ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Critical Pragmatism ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Policy Level ◽  
Continuing Vocational Training ◽  
The Individual

This article discusses the implications of the double dimension of the capability concept, which is simultaneously normative and descriptive, in sustaining a critical approach toward freedom. Capability may provide a key concept for critical theory. It may also fuel critical pragmatism as anchored in committed empirical inquiry. Building on John Dewey’s pragmatist account, the article advocates a critical approach that is as much a matter of conceptual yardstick as of empirical inquiry. Taking reforms in the area of French continuing vocational training as a case in point, it demonstrates the analytical and critical power, when it comes to the idea of freedom, of a capability approach confronting three levels of inquiry that are usually investigated separately: the institutional (public policy) level, the organizational (in this case company) level, and the individual (biographical) level.

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