Open science is described as a paradigm whereby scientific research and data are made publicly accessible and disseminated. As an aspect of open science, ORD is intended to facilitate the ac...
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The legal basis for the recognition of prior learning exists in Switzerland. However, there is a lack of transparency as to how to put this into practice, especially at the tertiary level. T...
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Dual models of vocational education and training (VET), such as those established in Switzerland and in other European countries (e.g., Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Denmark), are the fo...
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This dissertation project is part of the SERI-sponsored Leading House ‘Governance of Vocational and Professional Education and Training (GOVPET)’. The project is led by P. Emmenegger (Univer...
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The Leading House ‘Vocational Didactics’ is funded by the Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education, which is part of the Swiss Conference of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions (swi...
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Digitalisation in VET is undoubtedly not a new phenomenon. The private sector is a major driver of innovation in this area as it is often the first to embrace digital technologies before the...
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Although host companies play a decisive role in dual-track VET programmes at upper-secondary level, not much research has been done on them and in particular little is known about those who ...
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This project addresses the question of whether the concept of competence-based vocational education and training, as it is defined in Western Europe, is transferable from one cultural contex...
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The Swiss Science and Technology Council (SSTC) asked the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET to conduct an expert study to analyse and assess the Swiss pro...
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For many years, the dropout rate in VET programmes in Europe has remained at an unacceptably high level. This has been the case both in countries that use a dual approach to VET as well as i...
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This research project describes the public knowledge infrastructure of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerlandand assesses its impact. The term 'public knowledge infrastructur...
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