scholarly journals "From terrible teen to terrific trainee": Norwegian cases of innovative workplace-school collaboration to educate young people to become skilled workers in modern manufacturing industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisbeth Øyum ◽  
Linn Thøring ◽  
Dorothy Sutherland Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
The Future

Contemporary debates over "the factory of the future" show that industries will need vocational workers that are empowered and skilled to act as decision-makers and controllers, holding technical and social skills of a high standard. Further, industrial development demands enough supply of skilled vocational workers. In Norway, a parallel concern is drop-out rates from upper secondary education. Consequently, it is of joint concern for the manufacturing industries, the secondary education system and the welfare state alike to ensure that young people choose vocational education and that they finish their education with skills and motivation needed to contribute in the "future manufacturing factory". The research question is the following: How can lower secondary schools or vocational colleges collaborate with industrial companies as to motivate young people to become vocational workers who are educated in the technical and generic skills needed for future manufacturing industries? With an action research approach, we explore on experiments of such innovative collaboration. We find that workplace-learning motivates young people to learn both trade specific and generic competencies. Thus, we argue that the lower secondary school-system must be included in what traditionally has been vocational education-workplace collaboration. Further, we find that the learning of future skill requirements presupposes collective learning processes and authentic problem solving. Finally, we argue that competencies fit well as an inclusion in both the social- and technological dimensions of socio-technical systems design, but more research is needed on the mechanisms by which competencies become "inputs" and "outputs" of future work designs.

scholarly journals Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Young Women's Economic Justice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imogen Davies ◽  
Anam Parvez Butt ◽  
Thalia Kidder ◽  
Ben Cislaghi
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Agents Of Change

The tool’s methodology is rooted in a feminist and youth-led participatory action research approach to diagnosing social norms. It uses participatory and transformative methods to engage young people and other community members not just as research participants, but as agents of change identifying solutions to arising issues. The exercises recognize and examine unequal power inequalities through questions around who makes key decisions, whose opinions matter the most, who the most influential people are and the nature of their influence. hese exercises were developed for Oxfam’s Empower Youth for Work (EYW) programme for primary research from 2017-2019. This version of the tool was originally developed for use in the EYW programme in Bangladesh.

An attitude of high school pupils to innovative professions of ecological profile

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Ермаков ◽  
Dmitriy Ermakov
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Work Location ◽  
Conscious Choice ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ecology And Environment ◽  
Future Work

The conscious choice of future occupation by students is one of the most important goals of general secondary education. Professions of ecological profi le have the important social implications, which are to further increase in the future. Meanwhile, this area of professional activity is hardly any popular among the young people. The paper features the innovative environmental professions, identifi ed based on foresights of the Russian and foreign experts. Presented are the results of surveying the 9th–the 11th grades students concerning their choice of the future professional activity area and the future work location, as well as the importance of ecological occupations for the national economy and the degree of the students’ readiness to master such professions. It was found, that the certain percentage of students (both boys and girls) are interested to get environmental-related professions. However, it is very desirable, that ecology and environment-related professions would be well paid, and, most importantly, satisfy the students’ personal interests and inclinations.

scholarly journals Assessing Master Students’ Competencies Using Rubrics: Lessons Learned from Future Secondary Education Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9826
Author(s):  
Rosa Isusi-Fagoaga ◽  
Adela García-Aracil
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Teaching Music ◽  
Teaching Learning

The aim of this paper is to provide insights into the appropriateness of teaching-learning and evaluation processes using rubrics, for student self-assessments. We studied students enrolled on the Master’s in Secondary Education Teaching—Music Specialism course. In the Spanish secondary education system, music is seen as increasing equity and improving student performance in line with the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The training of new teachers and the ongoing professional development of the current teaching force are critical for improving the quality of education. We adopted an action-research approach and obtained feedback from the Masters’ students via questionnaires administered at the start and end of the process (pre- and post-test). Our results show that using rubrics as formative and shared assessment tools has a positive influence on students’ perceptions of their acquisition of both transversal and specific competencies, as well as demonstrating the utility of rubrics for their future professional practice. However, rubrics on their own are not sufficient to increase the facility for learning and awareness among students.

scholarly journals THE OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES OF SCHOOL PATHS OF FINNISH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (ID)

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Anneli Hermanoff ◽  
Kaarina Määttä ◽  
Satu Uusiautti
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Special Education School ◽  
Vocational Special Education

The experiences and perceptions that people with intellectual disability (ID) who have participated in vocational education have about their study paths is a less studied theme in Finland and also internationally. The purpose of this research was to find out whether their transitions from basic education to vocational education have been successful in their opinion and how their parents perceived the study paths. The purpose of this research was to analyze the study paths of young adults with ID and their school experiences as described by themselves and their parents. The focus was on memories of basic education, transition to vocational education, and studies at the vocational special education school. The research participants comprised 14 young adults with ID (aged 17-23, 10 boys and 4 girls) and their parents (N= 14). They all had personal study plans in basic education, and except for one, they all had completed basic education according to their study plans. The research leaned on the narrative research approach. The youngsters and their parents were interviewed personally in 2012 and 2014. The study paths of young people with ID could be grouped into three narratives: the fluent, complex, and interrupted study paths. Study success in young people with ID is a sum of many factors. The study illustrates four core factors directing the study processes: the student, school community, curriculum, and teacher. In addition, support from home is extremely important to the fluency of study paths. The purpose of education should be to prepare train, rehabilitate, and guide students with ID into good life that includes work, health, and relationships. Based on this study, educational options for people with ID are limited and should be developed so that secondary education would educate future experts to work markets and promote learning and societal participation in the young who need special support. Key words: intellectual disability, narrative research, vocational special education, personal study plan, study path.

scholarly journals Inovasi Teknologi Beras Sehat Analog Fungsional Untuk Kesejahteraan Masyarakat

Jurnal PEPADU ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Satrijo Saloko ◽  
Sri Widyastuti ◽  
Rumiyati Rumiyati ◽  
Rosmilawati Rosmilawati ◽  
Mita Eka Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Livelihood Improvement ◽  
Functional Analog ◽  
Processing Enterprise

Ketergantungan masyarakat akan bahan makanan pokok berupa beras padi perlu dikurangi dengan cara diversifikasi pangan. Salah satu program yang tepat untuk diimplementasikan yaitu dengan memproduksi beras analog yang terbuat dari pangan lokal NTB dan memiliki sifat kimia, fisik dan mutu tanak mirip dengan beras padi. Dengan memanfaatkan program CARED bertemakan “Smallholder Livelihood Improvement through Small Scale Functional Analog Rice Food-Base Processing Enterprise: An Action-Research Approach to Smallholder Agribusiness and Food Processing Industrial Development in East Lombok – West Nusa Tenggara Province”yang melibatkan kerjasama antara Universitas Mataram, (Fakultas Teknologi Pangan dan Agroindustri dengan Fakultas Pertanian)- New Zealand (Massey University)- Universitas Gadjah Mada (Fakultas Farmasi, Fakultas Biologi dan Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian), tim peneliti berhasil mengembangkan Beras Sehat Analog Fungsional dengan menggunakan teknologi ekstrusi modern. Hasil Analisa laboratorium menunjukkan formula beras sehat analog fungsional menghasilkan beras analog yang memiliki Indeks Glikemik (IG) sebesar 64,01, lebih rendah dibandingkan IG beras biasa sebesar 95.96. Sehingga, beras sehat analog fungsional dapat dikonsumsi oleh penderita diabetes dan obesitas. Selain itu, berdasarkan hasil uji organoleptik dan hasil survey di lapangan, tingkat kesukaan terhadap beras sehat berada pada tingkat baik yang membuat permintaan beras sehat analog fungsional meningkat setiap bulan. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa beras sehat analog fungsional dapat menjadi solusi alternatif dalam diversifikasi pangan dan dapat mengatasi permasalahan kesehatan masyarakat karena mudah diproduksi dan kandungan  gizi yang bisa disesuaikan sesuai dengan kebutuhan masyarakat

scholarly journals Computational Thinking and Robotics: A Teaching Experience in Compulsory Secondary Education with Students with High Degree of Apathy and Demotivation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belkis Díaz-Lauzurica ◽  
David Moreno-Salinas
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Pedagogical Techniques ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Degree

In present and future society, all individuals must be able to face the problems, risks, advantages and opportunities that will arrive with new paradigms in the labour market, social relations and technology. To reach this goal, a quality and inclusive education together with a proper and complete formation in technology (communications, robotics, programming, computational thinking (CT), etc.) must be imparted at all educational levels. Moreover, all individuals should have the same opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge, as stated in Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Education. Following this trend, in the present work, a practical experience about how to teach CT using robotics is developed, showing the results and evaluation of the lessons on robotics taught to students in their 4th year of compulsory secondary education, and where the students showed a high degree of apathy and demotivation. The teaching unit was based on an action research approach that includes a careful selection of pedagogical techniques and instruments to attract and keep the attention and interest of the students. In addition to the robotics lessons, a previous computational thinking training with Blockly Games was carried out, which contributed to noticeably increase the students motivation and to introduce them to the programming of robots. Moreover, gamification was used to motivate and evaluate the individual knowledge, and the students were required to present the work performed through a final project. The individual needs of the students were fulfilled with a daily monitoring. The results show that the pedagogical techniques, instruments and evaluation were adequate to increase the motivation of the students and to obtain a significant learning, showing how the teaching of CT may attract students that have lost interest and motivation, while providing them with abilities that will be essential for the learning throughout life.

scholarly journals “I’ll use it differently now”: using dual-systems theory to explore youth engagement with networked technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 1033-1040
Author(s):  
Valerie Michaelson ◽  
Valerie Steeves
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Objectives Many young Canadians experience high levels of networked connectivity, which some suggest may negatively impact their health. Adult monitoring has not been shown to be an effective long-term strategy for supporting young people in healthy engagement with tech. In this study, we explore the benefits of empowering young people to set healthy goals and monitor themselves. We engage with Shapka’s (2019) critique of dual-systems theory, and consider the relationship between the neurological and behavioural systems in relation to adolescent internet use. Methods Using a youth participatory action research approach, we co-designed a project with six adolescents to explore the ways that their use of networked technologies was affecting their lives by disconnecting and observing how the lack of networked connectivity changed their experiences. The youth used a media diary to track their use of devices both before and after disconnecting. Results The main benefit of disconnecting appeared to be having the opportunity to reflect on one’s own use of networked devices. This enabled the participants to reconnect in a more intentional way. Findings support Shapka’s speculation that dual-systems theory, with a focus on regulation, may not be the most useful way of supporting adolescents in developing healthy habits around their wired tech. Conclusion Adolescent experiences of networked technologies are complex, yet they are able to navigate this landscape with intelligent strategies. Their self-directed exploration of disconnection helped them to become reflexive practitioners who were able to revisit their use of networked technologies with new insights and self-control.

scholarly journals Structure and Agency: Exploring Aspirations of Youth Trainees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Leah Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Future Aspirations ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
The Future ◽  
Youth Training

<p>This case study explores the aspirations of young people in a youth training programme and how structure and agency shape their aspirations. Transition policy is currently based on the pathways framework which provides many different educational and training ‘pathways’ to assist young people to move from school to work. The pathways framework uses the ‘pathways metaphor’ as a response to the knowledge-wave economy where the individual is responsible for creating their own ‘pathway’ in a flexible and complex labour market. For youth in Youth Training their ‘pathway’ is often non-linear and complex; not having followed conventional or mainstream transitional markers they are easily labelled problem-youth and ‘at-risk’ or vulnerable to failure. This study endeavoured to move beyond the labels of young in Youth Training to explore their stories in the context of the lived-experiences. It gave them the opportunity to voice their aspirations for the future and considered the structure or societal constraints associated with their transitional experience. A case study was undertaken with a group young people in Youth Training aged between 16 and 17 years old. Eight semi-structured interviews and two focus groups were held with four male and four female participants, of which the interview questions gave the opportunity to explore how young people felt about their future aspirations, the relevance of their training to their aspirations and how the students exercise their agency during training. Themes were drawn from the data and interpreted using choice biography, youth agency frameworks and discourse theory. The discussion of the data also explored the structural constraints within which the data sits. Findings showed that the future aspirations of young people in youth training are shaped by their lived-experiences. These lived-experiences are mediated by structural constraints and their ability to use agency. Structural constraints negatively affected their lived-experiences; and therefore, at times impacted on their future aspirations. The young people in this study described many complex and unique stories that exhibited the use of agency. Agency was exercised in the context of their lived-experiences to move beyond structural constraints and pursue their future aspirations. This study recommends the use of the contextual research approach when exploring youth transition research.</p>

scholarly journals VET in the Marine Higher Education – Some Challenges and Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-102
Author(s):  
Galina Ilieva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Future Career ◽  
The Future ◽  
Strong System

AbstractVocational Education Training (VET) programs offer much more than just training and a vision to the future career path of young people. It is a serious step to broaden professional horizons, competitiveness and personal development. VET systems in Europe are based on a well-developed network of various governmental structures, industrial employers and trade unions, supported by strong system of laws, rules and legislations. VET system was introduced in Bulgaria in 2016, pilot projects are being implemented in cooperation with Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Since October 2017 the Technical University of Varna (TUV) is a key partner in project DYNAMIC. It aims at development, implementation, test and validation of programs for VET for students from the TUV.

Understanding the Dominance and Advocacy of the Design-Oriented Research Approach in the Business Informatics Community: A History-Based Examination

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz J Heinrich ◽  
René Riedl
Keyword(s):  
Close Relationships ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Interpretive Analysis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Business Informatics ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Oriented Research

The objective of this article is to explain the dominance and advocacy of the design- oriented research approach in Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Informatics or BI), one of the major Information Systems (IS) communities. To this end, we employed a research approach based on autobiographical material. Sixteen well-known BI scholars served as informants, and provided career autobiographies in which they document their perceptions and observations regarding the genesis and development of BI. The average age of this sample of contemporary witnesses is 70 years, signifying a rich body of experience. Based on an interpretive analysis of the data, we find that the design of IS is deeply rooted in BI's history, and our results also show that there have always been close relationships with practice. As a consequence, we conclude that the success of BI as an academic community is inseparably associated with systems design, implementation, and engineering. Against this background, we argue that it is unlikely that BI will weaken its design orientation in the future, although external forces signify a shift to a more behaviouristic research approach. In order to balance the internal strength of the community and the external forces, we suggest a ‘theory-driven design approach’ as a viable strategy for the future orientation of the community.

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