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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 04/Sept/2025
8:00am Registration
Location: Reception Hall
8:30am
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10:00am
Paper session 3A: Transferability - "Transfering and implementing VET in several contexts I"
Location: Room 2218
 

Implementing a Dual-track VET program in Mozambique: a qualitative study of beneficiaries’ and trainers’ experiences and perceptions.

Milena GREVE1, André BORGES1, Adrien REBORD2, Koorosh MASSOUDI1

1: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation



From Policy to Practice: Navigating Territorial and Quality Challenges in Spain’s Dual Vocational Training System

Elena QUINTANA MURCI, Francesca Salvà-Mut, Maria Tugores-Ques, Antoni Mestre Hernández

Laboratory of Research and Innovation in Vocational Education and Training (LABVET), University of the Balearic Islands , Spain



TVET programme and its effects on graduates

VA ROS

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Cambodia

Paper session 3B: Choice - "Educational aspirations"
Location: Room 2212
 

" j'espère ne plus travailler ” : aspirations des jeunes en formation professionnelle

Taïs FORETAY1,2

1: Haute Ecole Pédagogie Vaud, Switzerland; 2: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland



Decent work: specificity, complexity and influencing factors among VET/PET students in Ticino

Francesca Crotta, Jenny Marcionetti

Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Switzerland



Aspiring to cognitively demanding training occupations – the role of attitudes and performance

Anett FRIEDRICH, Annalisa SCHNITZLER

Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany



Motivations and work-life balance: Understanding burnout among apprentices in the health and social care sector

Yoann FAVRE, Marina Fiori, Matilde Wenger

HEFP, Switzerland

Paper session 3C: Alternation - "On-the-job training perspectives: International perspectives on the institutional level"
Location: Room 2420
 

Comparing the European Centres of Vocational Excellence and the European Universities Alliances – A Systematic Analysis of Transnational Strategic Partnerships

Agata A. Lambrechts1, Lukas Graf1, Marcelo Marques2

1: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Switzerland; 2: University of Luxembourg



STAYING ON BOARD: Exploring the role of in-company vocational training in the retention of HCA apprentices within the training organization

Lucia Barro Fontan, Charlotte de Boer, Nathalie Delobbe

Université de Genève, Switzerland



The Potential of Training Alliances for Establishing New Forms of Alternation in Basic Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Switzerland

Markus MAURER

Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland



An actor-centered Toulmin analysis of arguments for implementing qualifications frameworks

Peter SCHLÖGL1,2, Monika KASTNER1

1: Universität Klagenfurt, Austria; 2: Österreichisches Institut für Berufsbildungsforschung

Symposium 3
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

Récits d’expérience et biographiques : donner du sens aux trajectoires et construire une identité professionnelle évolutive. Partie I

Chair(s): Marcos MALDONADO (HEFP, Switzerland), Sandrine Cortessis (HEFP, Switzerland), Kristine Balslev (UNIGE, Swizerland)

Discussant(s): Kristine Balslev (UNIGE, Swizerland)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Écrits biographiques et réflexifs dans le cadre d’un dispositif de VAE préalable à la formation d’enseignant·es

Saskia Weber Guisan, Geneviève Tschopp Rywalski
HEP Vaud, Switzerland

 

Les récits autobiographiques réalisés par des enseignant·es en seconde carrière : retour sur un parcours aboutissant à une reconversion professionnelle

Sandrine Cortessis1, Kristine Balslev2, Margaux Chehab1, Marcos Maldonado1
1HEFP, Switzerland, 2UNIGE, Swizerland

 

Repenser les dynamiques du développement professionnel dans une perspective rythmanalytique

Michel Alhadeff-Jones
Institut Sunkhronos, Switzerland

 

Mise en mots de l’expérience, construction des sens et émancipation de la part de candidat.es à la VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience)

Martine Morisse
Université de Paris 8-Vincennes à Saint-Denis

10:00am
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10:25am
Coffee-Break
Location: Reception Hall
10:25am
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11:55am
Paper session 4A: Transferability - "Cross-System Comparisons"
Location: Room 2218
 

In-Company Perspectives on School-Based Innovations in Vocational and Professional Education and Training – Learnings from six evaluation projects

Lars BALZER, Véronique EICHER, Marlise KAMMERMANN, Ellen LAUPPER

Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung, Switzerland



Labor-market integration of vocationally trained EU-migrants’ in Germany: the hurdle of institutional (mis-)match between vocational training systems

Janina SÖHN

Sociological Research Institute (SOFI) at Göttingen University, Germany



Analysing VET systems in terms of capabilities theory: paths, issues and perspectives An example with a France Québec comparison

Noémie OLYMPIO1, Jo Anni JONCAS2

1: Aix Marseillle University, France; 2: University of Sherbrooke



New indicators for the comparison of the dual-track VET systems in Austria, Germany and Switzerland – A cross-country monitoring project

Helmut DORNMAYR1, Lukas GRAF2, Jörg MARKOWITSCH3, Daniel NEFF4, Jörg NEUMANN2, Stephan KROLL4

1: ibw, Austria; 2: SFUVET, Switzerland; 3: 3s, Austria; 4: bibb, Germany

Paper session 4B: Choice - "Trajectories & transitions"
Location: Room 2212
 

From DUT to BUT: A New Social Recruitment for New Aspirations?

Robin CASSE, Anne BOITARD, Gilles NICOLET

Université Grenoble Alpes, France



Non-linear trajectories in vocational training: young people's choices and pathway changes after compulsory schooling

Rafael MERINO, Isaac FIERRO

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain



Shaping one’s relationship to initial vocational education and training: between structural constraints and the reconfiguration of aspirations

Andrea Tadeo Granda1,2, Meryl Merran3

1: IRISSO (Université Paris Dauphine - PSL); 2: Giscop 93; 3: Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po - CNRS)



Changing Occupational Aspirations: How Vocational Education Pathways Matter

Sara Alice MÖSER

University Bern, Switzerland

Paper session 4C: Alternation - "Technological applications"
Location: Room 2420
 

From 2D to 3D: Augmented and virtual reality to enhance technical drawing learning

Alberto CATTANEO1, Vito Candido1, Chiara Locatelli2

1: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Switzerland; 2: Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana



Evaluating the Modality and Redundancy Principles in AR for VET: From a Simple Procedure to Real-World Applications

Vito CANDIDO, Alberto CATTANEO

Scuola Universitaria Federale per la Formazione Professionale (SUFFP Lugano), Switzerland



Using an immersive 360° Video to Learn a Medical-Technical Procedure: A Case Study of Operating Room Technicians

Francesca AMENDUNI, Alice TELA, Alberto CATTANEO

SFUVET, Switzerland



Using Immersive 360° Video with Office Clerk Apprentices to Elicit Physiological Stress Response When Training Customer Consultancy

Rita Cosoli1,2, Ulrike Rimmele2, Alice Tela1, Alberto Cattaneo1

1: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET), University of Geneva, Switzerland; 2: University of Geneva

Symposium 4
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

Récits d’expérience et biographiques : donner du sens aux trajectoires et construire une identité professionnelle évolutive. Partie II

Chair(s): Marcos MALDONADO (HEFP, Switzerland), Sandrine Cortessis (HEFP, Switzerland), Kristine Balslev (UNIGE, Switzerland)

Discussant(s): Kristine Balslev (UNIGE, Switzerland)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

L’instruction au sosie en formation : le récit d’un « Soi dialogué » à l’intersection de l’activité et de la subjectivité

Pascal Simonet
CREN, France

 

Les écrits réflexifs, un outil au service du développement de l’identité professionnelle de bibliothécaires en milieu scolaire

Laetitia Mauroux, Soraya De Simone
HEP VD, Switzerland

 

Événement fondateur dans l’évolution professionnelle

Patrick Rywalski, Isabelle Fristalon
HEFP, Switzerland

 

Récits d’expérience et développement progressif d’une identité professionnelle via un portfolio : le cas du dispositif de formation ES des éducateur/trices de l’enfance à l’esede

Amélie Deschenaux, Christine Prudent
École supérieure en éducation de l'enfance, Switzerland

12:00pm
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1:15pm
Lunch
Location: Reception Hall
1:15pm
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2:15pm
Keynote: Fernando Marhuenda - "Putting on hold the transferability of dual training systems"
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
2:15pm
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2:30pm
Coffee-Break
Location: Reception Hall
2:30pm
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4:00pm
Paper session 5A: Choice - "Needs and other influencing factors in career choice"
Location: Room 2218
 

Recognition needs in young people's career choices. Results of the German Applicant Study 2024.

Sabrina Inez WELLER

BIBB, Germany



The social value of dual VET occupations: How do young people perceive vocational occupations and what role do individual and occupational characteristics play?

Nicolai BÖR, Janina BECKMANN, Mona GRANATO

Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB), Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany



The Role of Reflection in Career Planning: Insights from a Longitudinal Study on Adolescents’ Metacognitive Development

Christof Nägele1, Annika Wyss2

1: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland; 2: Bern University of Teacher Education

Paper session 5B: Alternation - "Drop out"
Location: Room 2212
 

The pioneers are dropping out: A study of the trajectories of gender-atypical vocational education and training

Pia WAGNER, Ralf Dorau, Lisa Fournier

Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Germany



VET drop-outs as a system-inherent phenomenon: On the historical persistence of premature contract dissolutions in Switzerland

Thomas RUOSS

SFUVET, Switzerland



Unpacking factors explaining degree transfer and University-to-VET transfer after university dropout in Spain

Iván DIEGO-RODRÍGUEZ1, Juan P. GAMBOA2, Ana B. BERNARDO GUTIÉRREZ3

1: University of Deusto; 2: Orkestra - Basque Institute of Competitiveness; 3: University of Oviedo

Symposium FoBBIZ
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

Dual Apprenticeship Transfer to Bulgaria: A Natural Experiment

Christian Imdorf1,2, Johannes Karl Schmees3

1: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; 2: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; 3: University of Derby, United Kingdom



Transferring dual VET in the context of academic drift: The case of North Macedonia

Markus MAURER1, Ognen Spasovski2

1: Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; 2: Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North-Macedonia



From Passive Recipients to Active Agents: The Unrecognised Power of Learners in Dual TVET Transfers to West Africa

Alexandra Bohra, Felix Meckmann

Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, Germany



Transferability of the Dual-Track VET System: Comparative and Aggregate Insights from Ground-Level Projects

Ingrid PORTENKIRCHNER, Christine VON HARRACH

Donor Committee for dual Vocational Education and Training in Development Cooperation (DC dVET), Switzerland

 
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Paper session 5D: Choice - "Impact of COVID19"
Location: Room 2218
 

Transitions after an Apprenticeship: Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic

Leonhard UNTERLERCHNER, Matthias STUDER

UNIGE, Switzerland



What Role Do I Play? – Perceived Roles of Apprentices in Training Firms during COVID-19

Anina Rachel SINGER

University of Bern, Switzerland



Entering the labour market or staying in education in times of crisis? How COVID-19 influenced education trajectories of VET graduates in Switzerland

Milan Stocker1, Miriam Hänni2

1: University of Bern; 2: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET)

Paper session 5C: Alternation - "Teaching and learning challenges in dual VET"
Location: Room 2420
 

Improve learner transition in alternance training course: an empirical research in France

Laurent VEILLARD1, Claire BONNARD2, Océane VILCHES2, Lucile VADCARD3, Gregory MUNOZ4

1: UR FoAP (CNAM, Institut Agro, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique de Paris); 2: UR IREDU (Université de Bourgogne); 3: UR LARAC (Université Grenoble-Alpes); 4: UR CREN (Université de Nantes)



Challenges in Workplace-Based Skills Training Courses in Vocational High Schools in Türkiye: A Mixed-Methods Research

Serkan BICER1, Ceyda AKILLI1, Nil COKLUK2, Sule BICER3, Özge DELEN ULAS4, Ömer Alp ERDOĞAN2

1: Firat University, Turkiye; 2: Mustafa Kemal University, Turkiye; 3: Ministry of National Education, Turkiye; 4: Inonu University, Turkiye



Alternance et professionnalisation : une grille de lecture à partir des capabilités

Marie BLUTEAU1, Solveig FERNAGU2

1: ANFRA - CNP-R MFR; 2: CESI LINEACT ED SMI 432



The difficulty of integrating occupational health and safety into apprenticeship training: an illustration of the limits of articulation between training sites in the Swiss dual VET system.

Gilles DESCLOUX, Barbara DUC, Nadia LAMAMRA, Mathilde ROMANENS

Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Switzerland

Panel Discussion FoBBIZ
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

Special Format: Bridging research and implementation of Dual VET reforms

Chair(s): Mergim JAHIU (FoBBIZ / SFUVET), Erik Swars (Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET)

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6:00pm City Tour
Location: Lausanne
8:00pm Congress Dinner
Location: Lausanne

 
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