International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET)

2014 - 2025

Current editor(s): Karen Evans, Michael Gessler, Johanna Lasonen, Margaret Malloch, and Martin Mulder

From European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association
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Volume 12, issue 1, 2025

Emphasising self-directed learning in VET-schools: Teachers' convictions and role negotiations pp. 1-19

Anna Keller and Patric Raemy

Crossing borders, opening minds? VET tandem partnerships in a Dutch-German cross-border region pp. 20-47

Stephanie Wilde, H.-Hugo Kremer and Jana Stelzer

The role of higher education through the eyes of Hungarian undergraduate students and graduates: A qualitative exploratory study pp. 48-75

Zsófia Kocsis and Gabriella Pusztai

Self-regulated learning skills in vocational students based on their self-evaluation pp. 76-100

Meidi Sirk

Realizing decent work in a "sandwich" position: Assessing VET trainers' working conditions in times of multiple transformations pp. 101-126

Manuel Nicklich, Marco Blank and Sabine Pfeiffer

Career adaptability and career construction as mediating variables between hardiness and vocational identity pp. 127-150

Enrique Merino-Tejedor, María-José Serrano-Fernández, Maria Boada-Cuerva and Beatriz Sora

Volume 11, issue 3, 2024

Curriculum making across sites of activity in upper secondary school vocational education and training: A review of the research in Sweden pp. 303-333

Daniel Alvunger

Expertise development at work: A workplace curriculum perspective in the domains of sales representatives and leadership coaches in a German context pp. 334-367

Daniel Paul Köhler and Michael Goller

Learning pathways in Dutch VET compared in terms of curriculum design aspects and students' acquired VET diplomas and transitions to higher VET levels pp. 368-395

Harm Biemans, Ellen Klatter, Hans Mariën, Arjan van der Meijden and Frank Kreutz

Teacher, professional or both? A mixed method study of the professional identity of vocational teachers and trainers in Hungary pp. 396-428

Eszter Bükki and Anikó Fehérvári

Introducing green, eco-friendly practices and circular economy principles in vocational education through a novel analysis-synthesis method: Design, implementation and evaluation pp. 429-459

Nikolaos Nikoloudakis and Maria Rangoussi

Simulation exercises in police education, why and how? A teacher's perspective pp. 460-482

David Sjöberg

Volume 11, issue 2, 2024

Emotional intelligence and success in initial vocational education and training: A study among healthcare assistants and social care workers pp. 146-170

Laure Tremonte-Freydefont, Matilde Wenger and Marina Fiori

Fostering innovative learning and satisfaction in virtual teamwork: Shedding light on apprentices pp. 171-199

Frank Hiller and Stefanie Zarnow

Engaging young people in occupations served by vocational education: Case study from healthcare pp. 200-222

Stephen Billett and Anh Hai Le

Apprenticeship reforms in West Africa: An outcome-process evaluation of a pilot dual training model-based apprenticeship reform scheme in Ghana pp. 223-249

Collins R. Nunyonameh, Elizabeth Obinnim and Eric Kodzo Adzivor

Who demands technical and vocational education in Pakistan? A PSLM analysis of socio-economic determinants pp. 250-284

Suhrab Khan and Kazim Ali

Concurrent vocational education through microlearning approaches at higher education, assessing the capacity, awareness and the will of universities in Garowe, Somalia pp. 285-302

Tumwebaze Alicon Auf

Volume 11, issue 1, 2024

Employee training policies of high revenue companies: Analysis of case examples from turkey pp. 1-32

Betül Balkar and Nazife Karadağ

Second chance in vocational education and training of adults in Slovakia: Second or wasted chance? pp. 33-54

Marek Lukáč and Silvia Lukáčová

The relationship between personality factors, vocational identity and career decision-making self-efficacy pp. 55-75

Emanuel Sebastian Turda

Vocational didactics: Mapping the terrain in Swedish upper secondary vocational education and training pp. 76-95

Martina Wyszynska Johansson and Ingela Andersson

Digital skills and the use of digital platforms in the informal sector: A case study among Jua Kali Artisans in Nairobi in Kenya pp. 96-118

Christopher Momanyi, Andrew Rasugu Riechi and Ibrahim Khatete

Students' thriving and well-being in online learning environments in vocational education and training pp. 119-145

Pia Kiikeri, Satu Uusiautti and Sirpa Purtilo-Nieminen

Volume 10, issue 3, 2023

The influence of innovative characteristics, work readiness, and vocational self-concept on employability of vocational college students pp. 288-317

Suhailah Sahul Ahmid, Chia Chun Tiew and Melissa Ng Lee Yen Abdullah

Teacher's agency and the cooperation with entrepreneurs in entrepreneurship education pp. 318-339

Piia Kolho, Anu Raappana, Sanna Joensuu-Salo and Timo Pihkala

Challenges, future and policy orientations: The 1960s-1970s as decisive years for Swiss vocational education and training pp. 340-360

Lorenzo Bonoli and Philipp Gonon

The role of VET in a green transition of industry: A literature review pp. 361-382

Daniel Persson Thunqvist, Maria Gustavsson and Agneta Halvarsson Lundqvist

Volume 10, issue 2, 2023

Could vocational education benefit from augmented reality and hypervideo technologies? An exploratory interview study pp. 138-167

Vito Candido, Patric Raemy, Francesca Amenduni and Alberto Cattaneo

From TPACK to N-TPACK framework for vocational education and training with a focus on nutritional science and home economics pp. 168-190

Carmen Torggler, Susanne Miesera and Claudia Nerdel

An empirical case of education policy implementation in Serbian VET pp. 191-219

Katherine Caves and Maria Esther Oswald-Egg

New higher education model? Degree apprenticeships as a strategy to modernize apprenticeships: rationale, current development in the U.S., and a conceptual framework pp. 220-238

Jooyoung Voeller

Enhancing critical thinking skills and media literacy in initial VET students: A mixed methods study on a cross-country training program pp. 239-257

Francesco Tommasi, Andrea Ceschi, Sara Bollarino, Silvia Belotto, Silvia Genero and Riccardo Sartori

Scoping review of positive mental health research for students in vocational education and training pp. 258-287

Stine Solberg, Øyvind Laundal and Veerle Garrels

Volume 10, issue 1, 2023

Mathematical skills of students with special educational needs in the area of learning (SEN-L) in pre-vocational programs in Germany pp. 1-23

Stephanie Lutz, Nikola Ebenbeck and Markus Gebhardt

How do vocational teachers learn? Formal and informal learning by vocational teachers in Kenya pp. 24-45

Moses Njenga

Effectiveness of collaboration in VET: Measuring skills for solving complex vocational problems with a multidimensional authentic technology-based assessment pp. 46-67

Jessica Paeßens, Beifang Ma and Esther Winther

Psychological capital and job search: A systematic literature review and agenda for future research pp. 68-89

María-Magdalena Fernández-Valera

The implementation of dual vocational education and training in Spain: Analysis of company tutors in the tourism sector pp. 90-112

Josefa-Rosa Marrero-Rodríguez and David Stendardi

Leveling entrepreneurial skills of vocational secondary school students in Indonesia: Impact of demographic characteristics pp. 113-137

Susantiningrum Susantiningrum, Siswandari Siswandari, Soetarno Joyoatmojo and Izza Mafruhah

Volume 9, issue 3, 2022

Workplace learning in China: Transferring training into practice to improve performance pp. 294-315

Xingheng Wang, Weihan Lin, Tianwen Xue, Adam Green, Limin Gu, Yansheng He, XiaoShan Huang, Zilu Jin and Yihua Wu

Profiles in teachers' value-based tensions in senior secondary vocational education and training pp. 316-339

Kennedy Tielman, Renate Wesselink, Perry den Brok and Fadi Hirzalla

Changing skill formation in Greece and Italy: Crisis-induced reforms in light of common institutional legacies pp. 340-362

Fabienne-Agnes Baumann and Janis Vossiek

Sense of coherence among apprentices in vocational education and training in Norway: Exploring general resistance resources in work-based learning pp. 363-389

Grete Hanssen and Britt Karin Utvær

Volume 9, issue 2, 2022

Teacher trainees' experiences of the components of ICT competencies and key factors in ICT competence development in work-based vocational teacher training in Finland pp. 146-166

Jiri Vilppola, Joni Lämsä, Katja Vähäsantanen and Raija Hämäläinen

Collective skill formation regimes in times of Covid-19: A governance-focused analysis of the German dual training system pp. 167-194

Uwe Fassbender

The work of programme managers in state-funded employer-driven Swedish higher VET pp. 195-215

Johanna Köpsén

A processual perspective on whole-class- scaffolding in business education pp. 216-238

Rico Hermkes, Gerhard Minnameier and Manon Heuer-Kinscher

Input from the grassroots level: Reflecting challenges and problems for VET professionals in Germany pp. 239-268

Sebastian Anselmann, Stefan Harm and Uwe Faßhauer

Being a vocational teacher in Sweden: Navigating the regime of competence for vocational teachers pp. 269-293

Sofia Antera

Volume 9, issue 1, 2022

Swedish vocational adult education in the wake of marketisation pp. 1-22

Per Andersson and Karolina Muhrman

The political economy of skill formation in a rentier state: The case of Oman pp. 23-43

Margarita Langthaler, Stefan Wolf and Tobias Schnitzler

The theory of human relatedness as a potential underlying causative mechanism in nursing student placement experiences: A UK-based critical realist study pp. 44-65

Phil Coleman

A grounded theory study on motivational development after detours in young adulthood: How extra-vocational training affects aspirations pp. 66-91

Monique Landberg and Peter Noack

Supporting young immigrants in their transition from school to work? A staff perspective on challenges of vocational integration classes pp. 92-119

Hannes Reinke and Michael Goller

A quantitative cross-regional analysis of the Spanish VET systems from a systemic approach: From a regional comparative VET research perspective pp. 120-145

Monica Moso-Diez, Antonio Mondaca-Soto, Juan P. Gamboa and Mikel Albizu-Echevarría