Journal of Technical Education and Training

10.30880/jtet ◽  
2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technical Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
And Training

Towards More Socio-Culturally Sensitive Research and Study of Workplace E-Learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 2026-2042
Author(s):  
Karim A. Remtulla
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Career And Technical Education ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Career And Technical ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
And Training

This article advocates workplace adult education and training researchers and scholar practitioners interested in career and technical education (CTE), adult education and technology, and who are attempting social and cultural critiques of workplace e-learning. The emphasis on the technological and artefactual in workplace e-learning research and study are not producing the expected learning outcomes from workplace adult education and training to the degree anticipated. Given increasingly global and diverse workforces, the research and study of workplace e-learning as a socio-culturally ‘negotiated' space may be an alternate approach toward a more socially and culturally informed understanding of adult learning from workplace e-learning.

Using E-Book for Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 1120-1125
Author(s):  
K. C. Chu ◽  
Queendy Lam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
And Training

The vocational education system in Hong Kong is seen as changing in step with the development in industry (O & Chu, 2003). At the beginning of the ’50s until the late ’60s, Hong Kong was an entrepôt trade economy. However, skills and technology transferred from Shanghai, a steady immigration came from Guangdong, and increasing amounts of local investment had promoted Hong Kong‘s industrial foundation. By the early ’50s, the Education Department of Hong Kong began to recognize “the increasing importance of Hong Kong as a manufacturing and industrial center,” and time and effort were being devoted to the development of technical education. During this period of time, we witnessed the building of a vocational school (1953) and technical college (1957); they had aimed at providing vocational education and training for post-Form 3 and -Form 5 leavers. Successful textile manufacturing, followed by new international investments in other infant industries including electronics through the 1960s and 1970s contributed to the socialization of the workforce. By the early 1960s, there was a widely recognized link between industry and technical education. By the mid-1970s, education discourse and documents professed the need to increase the proportion of the curriculum devoted to “practical education” in general secondary schools (White Paper: Secondary Education in Hong Kong over the Next Decade, 1974). Government land sales, efficient infrastructure planning, and the setting up of the economic zones in China all had contributed to a growth rate averaging 10% each year throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s; these achievements had further improved the investment climate. During this period of time, Hong Kong further expanded technical education at the tertiary level. The link between vocational education and training, and the newer infrastructure and high-technology-related forms of industrialization were clearly outlined in the Report of the Advisory Committee on Diversification of the Economy in 1979. All these changes in the economic environment had been well served by the corresponding changes in the vocational education system as evidenced by the rapid and high economic growth in the ’70s, ’80s, and the early ’90s. The VTC (Vocational Training Council) was established in 1982 under the Vocational Training Council Ordinance to provide and promote a cost-effective and comprehensive system of vocational education and training to meet the needs of the economy. Under VTC, preemployment and in-service education and training are provided by the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE), VTC School of Business and Information Systems (SBI) and its training and development centers. The mission of VTC is to provide cost-effective alternative routes and flexible pathways for school leavers and adult learners to acquire skills and knowledge for lifelong learning and enhanced employability (VTC, 2004). Since the late ’90s, the volatile employment market, declining industry, and desire to become a knowledge-based society have triggered yet another education reform. Two important documents have been published by the Hong Kong government to paint out the education reform and the blueprint for the education system in Hong Kong for the 21st century: Reform Proposals for the Education System in Hong Kong by the Education Commission (2000), and the Report on Higher Education in Hong Kong by Chairman Lord S. R. Sutherland (2002) of the University Grant Committee. In response to the Sutherland report (2002), the Vocational Training Council formulated a strategic plan for the change. The plan is to increase e-learning within the VTC to • promote an e-learning culture and to identify teaching staff who make effective use of the Web for teaching, • encourage staffs to build a learning community on their Web sites, • encourage staffs to provide students with an active Web site, and • encourage staffs to conduct virtual (online) tutorials and virtual help desks.

scholarly journals Curriculum as praxis: Ensuring quality technical education in Singapore for the 21st century.

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Tiew Ming Yek ◽  
Dawn Penney
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Education System ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Small Island ◽  
And Training

Singapore, a small island city-state, has achieved notable economic advancement within 40 years since independence. It is fast becoming a global city and a knowledge society. In education and training, the Singapore system has evolved from its British roots. Macro performance indicators of participation rate, literacy rate and mean years of schooling, show that the current education system can be regarded as highly successful. The contributions of general education as well as technical education and training to the overall success of the nation are often cited. Technical education and training, which is globally perceived as having a lower status than "academic" curricula, has largely overcome its "image" problem in Singapore. Singaporeans have seemingly embraced technical education and training as an accessible, attractive mode of education, which therefore enjoys a high participation rate. The success and quality of technical education and training were affirmed when its main provider, the Institute of Technical Education, became the first educational institution in Singapore to win the Singapore Quality Award in October 2005. This paper provides a review of the contemporary education system and curriculum in Singapore with a focus on technical education and training vis-à-vis a vision of education and training in and for postmodern knowledge societies. Suggestions are made on how the technical education and training sector in Singapore can further develop and thrive in the 21st century, while continuing to be accessible and of high quality.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Teknis Petugas Lapangan Keluarga Berencana Kota Jambi

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
Suwardi Suwardi
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Field Training ◽  
Field Workers ◽  
And Training

The research is based on the increasing target and level of achievement of work plans for family planning or Keluarga Berencana (KB) field officers, so that education and training are needed to improve their competencies. This study aims to look at the effectiveness of technical education and training in family planning field training in improving the quality of family planning services in Jambi City. The study was conducted in qualitative method and data was collected through observation, interviews and documentation. Based on the research that has been done, it is found that 1) education and training for family planning field officers is a program that aims to increase capacity and knowledge so that services to the community increase, 2) there are still many field workers who have not received education and training in program services KKBPK, 3) coverage of the task area is still limited and transportation is minimal.

scholarly journals The role of technical education and training In providing labor market needs In the field of modern technology: Applied Study on Technical Colleges in Gaza Strip

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Alla’a Khalil Al-ukosh ◽  
◽  
Wail Nassar Mahmoud Badah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Technical Colleges ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
And Training

The study aims at identifying the role of technical education and training in meeting the labor market’s needs in the field of modern technology. It is an applied study on the technical colleges in Gaza Strip. The researchers used the descriptive analytical approach on five technical colleges in Gaza by applying the questionnaire as the data collection tool. The stratified random sampling method was applied and the sample of the study included 324 respondents with a recovery rate of 76%. The data was analyzed using SPSS statistical program. One of the most important results was a statistically significant correlation between the dimensions of education and technical training: Technical trainee skill, technical trainer skill, the efficiency of the training curriculum, the modernity of the applied means used; and meeting the labor market needs in the field of modern technology in Gaza Strip technical colleges

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