Building a quality system of technical and vocational education in Slovakia towards a European labour market

Hrmo, Roman; Krištofiaková, Lucia; Miština, Juraj

doi:10.1109/icl.2015.7318032

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“…For instance, for employers, problem-solving is the most crucial skill for an IT specialist (Titko et al, 2016). Hence, HEIs need, as a primary challenge, to evaluate which educational innovations are essential to meet industry’s needs (Hrmo et al, 2015) and by consequence to increase their awareness of the role that IT professionals play in economic competitiveness and social inclusion.…”

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Balancing skills in the digital transformation era: The future of jobs and the role of higher education

Goulart

Liboni

Cezarino

2021

Industry and Higher Education

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Developing human resources and matching job profiles are essential tasks to promote economic and social growth. The technology-related job market has undergone significant changes over recent years, mainly due to technological advances that have pushed industry toward new demands for skilled professionals. This change in required skills and competencies has led to a gap between what companies need and the professional profiles that are available in the job market. Technology companies are often unable to find an employee who meets the required profile, resulting in financial loss and extra training expenses. It is therefore essential that higher education in technology is reconsidered to address job market demands. Thus the goal of this work is to evaluate the relationship between the professional profile required by information technology (IT) companies and what students are taught on IT-related programs in higher education institutions (HEIs). The authors adopt a systemic perspective in three different qualitative approaches. They cross-check and link data on educational curricula acquired from interviews with IT human resource managers (HRMs) and student focus groups. The analysis reveals that HEIs must go beyond the transfer of knowledge and technical qualification in IT, promoting a comprehensive education that incorporates personal development goals, with a focus on developing social and emotional skills. The study focuses on the emerging economy of Brazil and presents findings from which other developing countries can learn. The results reveal the critical role of soft skills in the professional development and employability of students and the associated challenge for technical education. In conclusion, the authors also highlight the importance of partnerships between HEIs and HRMs as a fundamental strategy to fulfill the current skills gap.

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Goulart

Liboni

Cezarino

2021

Industry and Higher Education

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“…They will know the rules of life on the Earth, and they will understand all relations between the development of the human population and environment in different parts of the world. At the same time, they will be able to understand that there exists a relation between the global problems and their responsibility to the environment [17], [25], [31].…”

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Implementation of Environmental Issues in Teaching the Subject of Technical Education at Primary Schools

Tureková¹,

Bilčíková²,

Bilčík³

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Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Nowadays, environmental issues belong to frequently discussed topics. Our article focuses on the implementation of environmental issues in teaching the subject of Technical education at primary schools in the Slovak Republic. Our research sample consisted of 123 students, graduates of primary schools in Trnava, Trenčín and Bratislava regions after they started to study at secondary vocational schools. We wanted to find out more information about their experience related to working with tools, instruments and machines, to developing their creativity, designing and manufacturing of their hand-made products. Our main questions dealt with environmental issues and their acquisition in the subject of Technical education. Up to 55.5 % of respondents stated that they did not learn, or they did not remember the area of environmental issues within the given subject. 7.8 % of respondents remembered mainly the topic of waste sorting out of all environmental issues discussed at the lessons of Technical education. In general, environmental aspects as cross-cutting topics of the educational process can be adequately demonstrated and implemented in the subject of Technical education. However, this implementation also requires a new conceptual approach to the teachers` education and the lifelong education of the whole society, as well.

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“…Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) makes a significant contribution to the economic competitiveness and welfare in a global knowledge-based economy. The main challenge for vocational education and training is to meet the requirement for new skills of individuals and respond to changes in the world of work in Acta Educationis Generalis volume 8, 2018, issue 1 accordance with the principles of lifelong learning (Hrmo, Krištofiaková & Miština, 2015). The most important prerequisite for achieving this goal is to provide high-quality preparation for individuals' future careers.…”

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Efficiency of Teaching Based on the Comparison of Textbooks

Kmecová

2018

Acta Educationis Generalis

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Introduction: The paper’s introduction contains a set of notes concerning high-quality preparation of pupils and students and doing best to achieve adequate efficiency related to the educational process, where pupils’ or students’ personality development and activation together with their key-competence and self-cultivation development, as well as preparation for the labour market, successful versatility plays a role of great importance. The pupils’ or the students’ capability to work with information included in the natural language test is considered to be of a great importance for their further professional or private life. Therefore, any school is responsible for the quality of education and teachers should work with adequate and up-to-date, high quality teaching and learning aids.Purpose: The purpose of the study was to monitor and verify the didactic efficiency of the proposed chapters for the Economics textbook at a technical secondary school in Hlohovec, as well as to check the quality of the proposed textbook in relation to the outputs of the educational process.Methods: The following methods and techniques related to the investigation of a developed Economics textbook have been applied: natural pedagogic experiment; questionnaire; cloze test; didactic test and statistical methods for data processing.Conclusions: The research has shown that the created textbook for Economics is appropriate for students. We believe that introducing newly developed textbooks/teaching materials into the teaching process (despite modern types of media) may contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of the educational process.

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Building a quality system of technical and vocational education in Slovakia towards a European labour market

Cited by 6 publications

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Balancing skills in the digital transformation era: The future of jobs and the role of higher education

Balancing skills in the digital transformation era: The future of jobs and the role of higher education

Implementation of Environmental Issues in Teaching the Subject of Technical Education at Primary Schools

Efficiency of Teaching Based on the Comparison of Textbooks

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