PROGRAM
Days: Friday, June 28th Saturday, June 29th Sunday, June 30th
Friday, June 28th
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12:30-13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30-14:45 Session 2: Plenary 1
Plenary session - Stephanie Allais:TVET in African Countries- Why is sytematic reform so hard?
Chair:
Location: O'Reilly Theatre
13:30 | TVET in African Countries: why is systematic reform so hard? (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3A: Paper Session
Chair:
Location: Seminar Room 1
14:55 | ‘The conduct of conduct’ of vocational teachers: Governmentality and teacher professionalism in VET (abstract) |
15:25 | Understanding English FE professionalism as a strategic action field (abstract) |
15:55 | ‘Anti-intellectualism’ in the VET sector in Australia: Manifestations and explanations (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3B: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 2
14:55 | Can human capital be supplied as a club good? An analysis of apprenticeship under-investment in advanced manufacturing, England (abstract) |
15:25 | The ‘truth’ behind dual apprenticeship: looking at its cultural foundations (abstract) |
15:55 | Apprenticeship Practice in England: New roles and professional formation (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3C: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 3
14:55 | Researching characteristics of outstanding leadership and governance in vocational education using Q-method: findings from England, India and South Africa (abstract) |
15:25 | Governing for quality and social justice: the processes and practices of governing in UK further education colleges (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3D: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 4
14:55 | Learning Outcomes for Credit Transfer in VET and Higher Education: International Policy Considerations and Conflictions (abstract) |
15:25 | Learning to think alike: Using Sociocultural Discourse Analysis to explore examiners’ standardised professional discourse (abstract) |
15:55 | Setting and maintaining standards in Applied General and Tech Level qualifications in England: what can we learn from empirical evidence? (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3E: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 5
14:55 | Embodied Learning in Vocational Education and Training (abstract) |
15:25 | The Story of Distrust in Further Education: the role of narrative identity, positionality and metamorphosis in the construction of an authentic self (abstract) |
15:55 | Digital poverty and vocational education (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3F: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 6
14:55 | Transition from lower secondary school to vocational education (abstract) |
15:25 | How do vocational qualifications fit into students’ programmes of study following recent governmental reforms to 14–18 education? (abstract) |
15:55 | ‘Jumping through hoops’: UCAS, BTEC and barriers to university entry and success. (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3G: Paper Session
Chair:
Location: Pusey Room
14:55 | Learning For Work: A Survey Among Engineering Associate Professionals In The Construction Industry (abstract) |
15:25 | Training strategies of German companies in India, China and Mexico: a qualitative analysis involving 103 subsidiaries (abstract) |
14:55-16:25 Session 3H: Paper Session
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Location: Douglas Price Room Room
14:55 | Task Composition and Vocational Education and Training – A Firm Level Perspective (abstract) |
15:25 | Amateurs, apprenticeships and college education: The teaching and learning of classical guitar makers in post-war Britain. (abstract) |
16:25-16:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:45-18:15 Session 4A: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 1
16:45 | Vocational teachers in Sweden and Finland – a comparative study on their educational pathways (abstract) |
17:15 | Development of an innovative programme: ‘Master of Education for Vocational Education and Training’ (abstract) |
17:45 | Video-based competence assessment in the vocational teacher training course in metal technology (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4B: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 2
16:45 | The impact of digital innovation on education, training and skills - some initial thoughts (abstract) |
17:15 | The Fourth Industrial Revolution - Implications for VET (abstract) |
17:45 | How digitization affects professions – a closer look at two different occupations (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4C: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 3
16:45 | Assembling Apprenticeship in Aotearoa (abstract) |
17:15 | Understanding apprenticeships in Europe. A new conceptual framework for the changing notion of apprenticeship (abstract) |
17:45 | The social status of apprenticeships: Retail and bricklaying apprentices’ construction of valuable occupational identities. (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4D: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 4
16:45 | The effects of neoliberalism on the agency of vocational students in China (abstract) |
17:15 | VET, democracy and philanthropy: exercising ministerial responsibility (abstract) |
17:45 | Sustaining the neoliberal ideology: modes of regulation, control and evaluation in FE inspection policy (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4E: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 5
16:45 | Typical education histories and career paths – competition and complementarity between vocationally and academically qualified employees (abstract) |
17:15 | Agency versus structure: TVET college students talking about their career choices (abstract) |
17:45 | How rational is occupational choice? – Or: Do market conditions contribute to expectancy beliefs? (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4F: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 6
16:45 | Shifting perspectives: A realistic approach to integrate work-based learning and college-based learning (abstract) |
17:15 | Developing technical/disciplinary knowledge: the case of project-based learning in engineering (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4G: Paper Session
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Location: Pusey Room
16:45 | TEACHER TEAM DEVELOPMENT IN THE VET-SECTOR. Towards team-oriented HRM in VET institutions. (abstract) |
17:15 | A socio-technical approach to dealing with heterogeneity in the vocational classroom: the Teachers' Diagnostic Support System (TDSS) (abstract) |
17:45 | Developing competencies in VET teachers in Vietnam (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session 4H: Paper Session
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Location: Douglas Price Room Room
16:45 | Vocational education and training (VET) policy in four European countries (abstract) |
17:15 | Differences in getting access to the field as an expression of different VET cultures in England and Germany – results from an ethnographic comparative study (abstract) |
17:45 | Pedagogical Convergence Across Borders: an analysis of the impact of international standardisation and regulation on aircraft apprenticeships in England and Germany. (abstract) |
Saturday, June 29th
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09:15-10:45 Session 6A: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 1
09:15 | Praxis and phronesis in further education; uncovering the scholarship of further education lecturers. (abstract) |
09:45 | Conditions for Instructor Professional Learning in Vocational and Professional Education in Western Canada (abstract) |
10:15 | Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? Interrogating the reductionist approach to find new ways of conceptualising ‘good’ VET teaching. (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6B: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 2
09:15 | Inclusion in Germany’s dual system of VET (abstract) |
09:45 | Increasing female participation in IT Apprenticeships in Ireland (abstract) |
10:15 | Apprentice to Artisan: Trials and tribulations of apprentices in a dual system apprenticeship programme in South Africa (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6C: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 3
09:15 | Exploring internal assessment in national technical and vocational qualifications (abstract) |
09:45 | Empirical comparability study of paper and computer vocational examinations (abstract) |
10:15 | Work-based Assessment for Catalysing Continuous Professional Learning of Aspiring Freelance Adult Educators (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6D: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 4
09:15 | Policy waves in mathematics for vocational education and training (abstract) |
09:45 | Educating for dynamic vocations: designing responsive VET (abstract) |
10:15 | Identifying the vocational curriculum via knowledgeable practice (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6E: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 5
09:15 | Bridge for those who were left behind: success and limitations of a Hungarian VET program (abstract) |
09:45 | Networks and support in low-threshold Swiss VET programs’ premature interruptions (abstract) |
10:15 | Responsibility, Initiative and Trust – VET in the Swiss telecommunication industry (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6F: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 6
09:15 | Vocational Education and Training: Diversion or Safety Net? A Comparative Study of Four Vocational Education Systems in Central Europe (abstract) |
09:45 | Great expectations - The effect of future returns and opportunity costs on separations in dual VET in Germany (abstract) |
10:15 | Is there a need for a ‘third route’ in post-16 education in England? (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6G: Paper Session
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Location: Pusey Room
09:15 | Neo-Corporatism in a Voluntaristic System: Vocational Education and Training and the Swiss Organisations of the World of Work (abstract) |
09:45 | The expansion of apprenticeship systems in the G20 countries: What is happening and will it be successful? (abstract) |
10:15 | Bringing the apprentice voice into debates on policy and practice: A recent doctoral research project using qualitative methods (abstract) |
09:15-10:45 Session 6H: Paper Session
Chair:
Location: Douglas Price Room Room
09:15 | The Contribution of Vocational Skills Development to inclusive Industrial growth and Transformation: An analysis of the South African Clothing, Textile Footwear and Leather Industry (abstract) |
09:45 | Examining the contribution of vocational programmes to inclusive industrial growth and transformation - a case study of automotive sector in South Africa (abstract) |
10:15 | Vocational Education and Training and African Development: Towards VET Africa 4.0 (abstract) |
11:15-12:30 Session 7: Plenary
Alison Wolf: VET in an age of mass higher education
Chair:
Location: O'Reilly Theatre
11:15 | VET in an age of mass higher education (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8A: Paper Session
Chair:
Location: Seminar Room 1
13:45 | Learning to mediate: the role of the employer in shaping the development of recently qualified in-service teachers in English VET (abstract) |
14:15 | The Second Apprenticeship: Learning and Identity in the Transition from Tradesperson to Teacher (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8B: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 2
13:45 | A role for colleges in higher level vocational? The impact of different policy contexts in England & Scotland (abstract) |
14:15 | Using the capabilities approach to think about public vocational education institutions (abstract) |
14:45 | A role for colleges in restructuring occupational knowledge (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8C: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 3
13:45 | An innovative approach in higher education: Preparation for employment at the National Software Academy, Wales (abstract) |
14:15 | The Value of Sub-bachelor Degree Qualifications in Vocational Institutions in the UK and Australia (abstract) |
14:45 | Higher vocational education – what does it mean for vocational education? (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8D: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 4
13:45 | Investigating Goals, Achievements, Resources, and Challenges of TVET in Australia, England, and Taiwan: A Quantitative Analysis (abstract) |
14:15 | Ten years of training markets in Australia: What has been the impact on young peoples’ opportunities? (abstract) |
14:45 | Aligning Vocational Curriculum with Current Industry Practices: How this differs for Regulated, Accredited and Unregulated Programs in Ontario, Canada (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8E: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 5
13:45 | Should the Market Coordinate the Supply and Demand of Skills? A Realist Evaluation of the Market Model of Skill Formation in Chile (abstract) |
14:15 | 'El baile de los que sobran': Chilean vocational education and the reproduction of neoliberal identities (abstract) |
14:45 | Critical Analysis of Vocational Education Policy in Israel (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8F: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 6
13:45 | VET, Expertise and Work: from a retrospective to prospective perspective (abstract) |
14:15 | ‘Signs of the times – Reviewing a decade of postgraduate TVET research in South Africa’ (abstract) |
14:45 | Reimagining the institutionalization of technical and vocational education in Australia (abstract) |
13:45-15:15 Session 8G: Paper Session
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Location: Pusey Room
13:45 | Missing the Target? Predicting NEET status and the risks of early intervention for vulnerable young people (abstract) |
14:15 | Digital technology and the development of professional identity by VET teachers in training (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9A: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 1
15:45 | How to professionalize teachers and trainers in the context of " Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable Development (VET-ESD)"? (abstract) |
16:15 | Subject-specialist pedagogy and the failure of policy in English Further Education (abstract) |
16:45 | The role of ‘tacit pedagogy’ in practice-based learning and innovation in one FE college workplace: the importance of informal interactions within and beyond specialist teaching teams. (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9B: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 2
15:45 | The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area's Integrated Development of Vocational Education:Challenges and Opportunities (abstract) |
16:15 | The Brazilian Federal VET network: building the first steps towards internationalization (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9C: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 3
15:45 | DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES IN VET TEACHERS OF VIETNAM (abstract) |
16:15 | A political economy of TVET professionalisation: A case study of chefs at a Canadian polytechnic (abstract) |
16:45 | Using cultural-historical activity theory to study the professionalisation of policing. Towards a framework for professional practice. (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9D: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 4
15:45 | How can VET close the gender gap and address other inequalities? (abstract) |
16:15 | Indigenous Education and Reconciliation in Canada (abstract) |
16:45 | Inclusive vocational education and situation definition (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9E: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 5
15:45 | Spatial stories of im/possibility: Undergraduate experiences of college-based Higher Education (abstract) |
16:15 | Female Participation in Vocational and Higher Education Programs for Software Engineering: Much Room for Improvement (abstract) |
16:45 | Insights, risks and limitations: using an ideographic data collection technique to understand non-normative, vocational career routes in education. (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9F: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 6
15:45 | Occupational qualifications for trades in South Africa: the elusive quest to connect education and work (abstract) |
16:15 | Recontextualizing Fields in Vocational and Professional Education (abstract) |
16:45 | Exploring the complexities of workplace knowledge: the case of RPL (APEL) (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9G: Paper Session
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Location: Pusey Room
15:45 | The Effects of Praise for Intelligence on Students at Risk in Vocational Education (abstract) |
16:15 | Understanding the Experience of International Community-College Graduates Seeking Employment and Residency in Canada: A Bourdieusian Approach (abstract) |
16:45 | ‘Achieving Skills’? Discourses of employability and exclusion on an employability programme for pre-vocational learners (abstract) |
15:45-17:15 Session 9H: Paper Session
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Location: Douglas Price Room Room
15:45 | The role of education and training in the development of technical elites (abstract) |
16:15 | “You just do what you want to do”: Archives of experience and selecting higher vocational education in Australia (abstract) |
17:30-18:45 Session 10A: Early Career Researchers Meeting
To be chaired by Gavin Moodie
Chair:
Location: Seminar Room 3
Sunday, June 30th
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09:30-11:00 Session 11A: Paper Session
Chair:
Location: Seminar Room 1
09:30 | VET-teachers` professional development in assessment for learning (abstract) |
10:00 | Reflection of teachers and in-company trainers in vocational education and training (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 11B: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 2
09:30 | Lived livelihoods: Vocational education advancing entrepreneurial livelihoods (abstract) |
10:00 | Viewing pathways through bifocals. The link between educational and occupational levels in selected fields in Canada (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 11C: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 3
09:30 | Careers Colleges and the strategy of vocational enhancement – emergent curriculum models (abstract) |
10:00 | Factors Influencing Life and Career Skills Development among young people studying Vocational Education and Training (VET) at school. (abstract) |
10:30 | Paths in Education: choices made between vocational and academic courses among 16 -19 year olds. (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 11D: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 4
09:30 | Learning from life: VET student “voices” towards a humanising vocational pedagogy (abstract) |
10:00 | General Studies in Technical Colleges (Ministry of Education: 1962) (abstract) |
10:30 | The experiences of teachers of Liberal Studies and General Studies in English technical and further education colleges (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 11E: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 5
09:30 | A strong structurational approach to understanding the marginalisation of informal apprentices in Ghana’s VET system (abstract) |
10:00 | Pride And Prospects: Promoting more sustainable and socially just transitions through vocational education for low-attaining young people (abstract) |
10:30 | Through the Aspirations Window: A capabilities-social justice lens for framing TVET learners’ aspirations (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 11F: Paper Session
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Location: Seminar Room 6
09:30 | The impact of the apprenticeship levy (abstract) |
10:00 | Why is the employment outcome of vocationally training youths so poor in Punjab and Haryana, India? (abstract) |
10:30 | Framing a Sustainability lens on VET: an Absence and Emergence Laminated System Analysis (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 11G: Paper Session
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Location: Pusey Room
09:30 | Former YTS trainees’ historical experiences of the Youth Training Scheme (abstract) |
10:00 | Policies, Values and Offa’s Dyke: a relational approach to FE and Skills in Wales (abstract) |