Building a skilled workforce: Public discourses on vocational education in Thailand

Chalapati, Nakarin; Chalapati, Supaporn

doi:10.13152/ijrvet.7.1.4

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“…Of course, in doing so, vocational workers have been emphasized for greater preparation for entering the workforce (Fuller, 2015;Hanushek et al, 2017;Jacobs & Hawley, 2009) Over the years, Thailand has improved access to education for young people to reduce disparities, but it was found that there are still problems with a gap between skills and labor requirements (International Labour Organization [ILO], 2019). This includes a shortage of professional skilled workers that meet the industry's needs (Chalapati & Chalapati, 2020). This challenge influenced the mechanisms for creating effective training courses to improve the quality of education (Japan International Cooperation Agency [JICA], 2018).…”

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Guidelines for Driving Vocational Workforce into Target Industries for Economic Development in Thailand

2023

KJSS

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The objective of this study was to suggest guidelines for driving vocational workforce into target industries for economic development in Thailand. Data were collected from interviews with executives of vocational institutions and related government agencies to create a diagram. The study found that the labor force in the EEC area was insufficient to meet the needs of the target industries. It must consider from the readiness of family institutions, educational institutions, enterprises, and related agencies to determine the direction of joint operations. However, consideration must be given to the dynamics of technology that affect the formulation of courses, training, and the creation of new jobs to accommodate foreign advanced technologies. Therefore, preparation is required in all dimensions. In particular, the vocational workforce plays an important role in the target industries in enhancing competitiveness for the country's sustainable economic development.

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Guidelines for Driving Vocational Workforce into Target Industries for Economic Development in Thailand

2023

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“…This research offers insight into the design development and implementation of online design thinking-based entrepreneurship courses at the vocational college level. Vocational education has been recognized as an effective tool to reduce unemployment and increase the firms' productivity, which is necessary for the country's development (Chalapati & Chalapati, 2020). This uncertain era requires students in vocational education to develop entrepreneurship skills and Woraphiphat and Roopsuwankun Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2023) 12:10 innovation to promote the country's economic growth.…”

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The impact of online design thinking-based learning on entrepreneurial intention: the case of vocational college

Woraphiphat

Roopsuwankun

2023

J Innov Entrep

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Entrepreneurial intention is fundamental to decision-making and the behaviors needed to become entrepreneurs, with subsequent effects on economic development. However, the COVID-19 pandemic calls for a novel approach to teaching entrepreneurship owing to the shift to online learning. The current study explores entrepreneurial intention and the satisfaction derived from the entrepreneurship education program. In particular, we offer a framework that explains students’ satisfaction and entrepreneurial intention by integrating the theory of planned behavior with design thinking-based entrepreneurship courses, peer interactions, and speaker interactions. The entrepreneurship education program was for vocational college students located in Southeast Asia. The online questionnaire was distributed to participants (N = 263, MAGE = 18.64) at the end of the online entrepreneurship education program. The model was tested using a structural equation model analysis. Attitude, subject norm, and satisfaction were found to predict higher entrepreneurial intention among vocational college students. Moreover, design thinking-based entrepreneurship courses, peer interaction, and speaker interaction indirectly affect entrepreneurial intention through satisfaction. This research extends the literature on entrepreneurship education by proposing a novel learning approach, that is, the online design thinking-based learning approach, which could be applied to entrepreneurship education programs to enhance students’ entrepreneurial intention.

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“…In the context of Thailand, which is a developing country situated in Southeast Asia, the mechatronics and robotic programme of the Thai VET has become essential to the procurement of the manpower necessary for Thailand 4.0's technology-driven economy ambitions (Chomsuwan et al, 2020). However, a thorough policy discourse analysis has indicated that there has been a shortage in vocationally skilled workers in Thailand despite various policies aiming to increase the number of skilled labour workforce have been implemented over the past few decades (Chalapati and Chalapati, 2020). Our study further emphasises that the quality of vocational workers is also an important concern, because even if the number of vocational students can be increased, the problem of a skilled workforce shortage is likely to remain if those students do not have adequate relevant skills and knowledge required to work in their occupations.…”

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Skills That Matter: Qualitative Study Focusing on the Transfer of Training Through the Experience of Thai Vocational Students

Thianthai

Sutamchai

2022

Front. Educ.

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Ensuring the transfer of training and preparing students to gain skills required for their specific professions are at the heart of vocational education and training (VET). Accordingly, school-work alignment is a key determinant in the transfer of training. Today, vocational graduates with mechatronics-based skillsets are highly sought-after. It is thereby crucial for VET to develop relevant pedagogies that can equip students with the skills they need to ensure the transfer of training. Literature has suggested that soft skills are increasingly important, yet rarely has there been research focusing on the lived experiences of vocational students in this field. This study aims to understand the important skills—both hard and soft skills—for vocational mechatronics and robotics students in Thailand through their own experiences, by exploring what skills they acquired from school that are significant to them, and what skills they need when they practise their jobs. The study employed qualitative methods, drawing from 40 semi-structured interviews with vocational mechatronics and robotics students, who are in their last year in dual vocational training programmes from two prominent technical schools in Thailand. Findings reveal that the most significant skills that students acquired from mechatronics and robotics programme were technical knowledge and skills, creative and innovative thinking, teamwork, and perseverance. The most important skills for their future work, interestingly, were all soft skills considered to be necessary when it comes to practical work, namely, language and communication, adaptability and interpersonal skills, willingness to learn, and innovative thinking. Our data also yielded an understanding of some relations across skillsets and the culturally specific meanings ascribed to certain skills and skillsets. This research not only identifies important skills for vocational mechatronics students, but also why those skills are perceived as important and how they are applied in practice. Vocational mechatronics and robotics curriculum should pay more attention to soft skills development to ensure adequate skills of students for their work settings. We recommended that VET across different cultural contexts should explore the meaning and values of skills requirements according to their respective cultural group to make suitable curriculums for their specific contexts.

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Building a skilled workforce: Public discourses on vocational education in Thailand

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Guidelines for Driving Vocational Workforce into Target Industries for Economic Development in Thailand

Guidelines for Driving Vocational Workforce into Target Industries for Economic Development in Thailand

The impact of online design thinking-based learning on entrepreneurial intention: the case of vocational college

Skills That Matter: Qualitative Study Focusing on the Transfer of Training Through the Experience of Thai Vocational Students

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