Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025
10:00am Registration
Location: Reception Hall
11:30am Welcome Aperitif
Location: Reception Hall
12:30pm
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1:00pm
Welcome & Opening
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
1:00pm
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2:00pm
Keynote: Stephanie Matseleng Allais - "Does public VET have a future? Reflections from Africa"
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
2:00pm
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2:05pm
Short Break
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
2:05pm
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3:05pm
Keynote: Jim Hordern - "Alternation models: different relationships between education and work"
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
3:05pm
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3:30pm
Coffee-Break
Location: Reception Hall
3:30pm
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5:00pm
Paper session 1A: Alternation - "Disabilities and integration measures"
Location: Room 2218
 

The Impact of Visual Impairement on Youth Career Choices

Aline LEAVY1,2

1: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Fondation Asile des aveugles, Lausanne, Suisse



Young people with disabilities in the world of work – Success factors for a successful training programme: Survey of professional organisations (OdA)

Claudia Patricia SCHELLENBERG, Claudia HOFMANN

University of Teacher Education in Special Needs (HfH), Switzerland



Compensation for disadvantages in vocational education and training: implementation, opportunities and challenges in the D-A-CH region and their transferability

René WÜTHRICH

Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung, Switzerland

Paper Session 1B: Choice - "Reorientation, reforms and social bias in career choices"
Location: Room 2212
 

The Career Guidance and Aspirations of Vocational High School Students in France: Towards New Educational and Social Polarizations?

Noémie OLYMPIO1, Eric TORTOCHOT2, Caroline HACHE3

1: Aix Marseillle University, France; 2: Aix Marseille University, France; 3: Aix-Marseille University, France



When Top-Down Imposition Meets Bottom-up Scepticism – The Relative Attractiveness Deficit of VET in Europe

Patrick Emmenegger1, Matthias Haslberger1, Anna Margareta WILSON2

1: SEPS, HSG, Switzerland; 2: IDHEAP, UNIL, Switzerland



Les défis du changement de carrière professionnelle pour les professionnels de la santé : une étude de cas

Fernando César de SOUZA

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Paper Session 1C: Choice - "Gender I"
Location: Room 2420
 

From School to Work: Gender Inequalities and Segregation Following an Apprenticeship in Switzerland

Matteo LACALAMITA1, Matthias STUDER1, Julie MANCINI1, David GLAUSER2

1: University of Geneva, Switzerland; 2: University of Bern, Switzerland



How to Reduce the IT Gender Gap in Occupational Preferences?

Scherwin Michael BAJKA, Patrick EMMENEGGER

Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland



ICT Interest and Self-concept as Determinants of Adolescents’ Vocational Choices: Implications for Gender Segregation in the Labor Market

Leo Röhlke1, Jessica M. E. Herzing1, Andrés Gomensoro1,2, Dominique Krebs-Oesch1,3

1: University of Bern, Switzerland; 2: University of Geneva, Switzerland; 3: Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zurich)

Symposium 1
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

Migrants’ vocational guidance, and transition into VET in Switzerland

Chair(s): Alexandra FELDER (SFUVET, Switzerland)

Discussant(s): Alexandra Felder (SFUVET, Switzerland)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Trajectories of Involuntary Career Change Following Migration: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study

Caroline Éliane Brazier, Roxane Coquoz, Jonas Masdonati
University of Lausanne

 

Vocational Choices and Career Trajectories Under Constraint: Exploring Refugee Integration in the Swiss Labor Market

Stéphanie Cardoso
University Lausanne

 

Tensions during the implementation of integration policy in Switzerland: The challenges surrounding “fast and sustainable” integration

Ihssane Otmani
Haute école de travail social, Fribourg

 

What do you want to do in 10 years? Exploring refugees' career aspirations

Barbara E. Stalder
Bern University of Teacher Education

5:10pm
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6:40pm
Paper session 2A: Alternation - "Digital learning support tools"
Location: Room 2218
 

What challenges do nurses face when using digital technologies in their daily work, and how can they get prepared in nursing education?

Patrizia Salzmann, Kezia Löffel, Andrea Carla Volpe, Maria-Luisa Schmitz

Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Switzerland



Enhancing Knowledge Transfer in Professional Education and Training (PET) through Large Language Models (LLMs): Towards an AI-Augmented Learning Paradigm

Alberto BINDI SCOPONI

Sic Ticino, Switzerland



How Swiss VET-School Principals Justify Digital Transformation

Philipp GONON

UZH, Switzerland



Find the apartment’s flaws! The impact of virtual reality on vocational students’ performance in general education classes

Gaby Walker, Christopher Keller, Francesca Amenduni, Alice Tela, Alberto Cattaneo

SFUVET, Switzerland

Paper session 2B: Transferability - "Public-private partnership"
Location: Room 2212
 

Public-Private Partnership in TVET: A case study of collaboration between the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia and businesses in Cambodia

VA ROS

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Cambodia, Cambodia



Leveraging Private Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Work-Based Learning: Insights from the ASEAN-Swiss TVET Initiative in Cambodia and Lao PDR

Siegfried Dr. Berg, Bunthan Tep, Ursin Marius Saxer

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH



DUAL VET in Nepal

Rabindra SINGH

Helvetas Nepal, Nepal

Paper session 2C: Choice - "Gender II"
Location: Room 2420
 

Exploring University-to-Vocational-Education transfer intentions among first-year students in STEM and non-STEM majors.

Iván DIEGO-RODRÍGUEZ1, Ana B. BERNARDO GUTIÉRREZ2, María José BEZANILLA-ALBISUA1

1: University of Deusto; 2: University of Oviedo



Promoting STEM among women: Evaluating the Impact of STEM interventions in Switzerland

Shagini UDAYAR1, Mathilde GOBET2, Jérôme ROSSIER1, Edith SCHNAPPER3, Olivier NAEF2

1: Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Domaine Ingénierie et Architecture, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Suisse; 3: Académie Suisse des Sciences Techniques SATW, Suisse



Career Choice: The Impact of Vocational Role Models on Occupational Aspirations within Social Contexts

Eva Boehle, Janina Beckmann, Mona Granato

BIBB, Germany

Symposium 2
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

Immersive, Adaptive, and Reflective Technologies in Vocational and Professional Education and Training: Innovations, Applications and Challenges

Chair(s): Francesca AMENDUNI (SFUVET, Switzerland), Alberto Cattaneo (SFUVET, Switzerland)

Discussant(s): Juliette Desiron (Université de Fribourg)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Improving Oral Examination Performance with a 360° immersive environment

Francesca Amenduni, Christopher Keller, Franziska Wettstein, Alberto Cattaneo
SFUVET, Switzerland

 

The Evolution of Interaction Concepts in XR in the Era of AI - From procedural interactions to socially demanding conversations

Thomas Keller, Elke Brucker-Kley
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

 

Workplace Learning for Safe Production: The development and validation of a digital tool to support the learning and training of Supervisors in the mining industry

Stephanie Macmahon
The University of Queensland

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)

Discussant(s): To be announced (_)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

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6:00pm City Tour
Location: Lausanne
8:00pm Congress Dinner
Location: Lausanne
Date: Friday, 05/Sept/2025
8:30am
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9:30am
Keynote: Sandra Hupka - "The Consequences of Vocational Early Choices: Illustration based on Transitions from Education to Employment in Switzerland (TREE)"
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
9:30am
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10:15am
Poster session
Location: Reception Hall
 

Leveraging Private Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Work-Based Learning: Insights from the ASEAN-Swiss TVET Initiative in Cambodia and Lao PDR

Siegried Dr. Berg, Bunthan Tep, Ursin Marius Saxer

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH



“Quand on veut, on peut” ? : Perceptions de futur·es enseignant·es concernant les facteurs influençant l’orientation des élèves vers la voie de la formation professionnelle

Taïs Foretay1,2, Noria Baur1, Joan Guillaume-Gentil1, Marine Hascoët1, Manuela Scelsi Guler1, Patrick Bonvin1

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



Understanding the instructional methods employed in teaching practical skills for harnessing TVET job opportunities in Nigeria

Sampson Venatuis ARIKPO, Ebeten Bassey Otu, Ogumbe Bonface Ework

University of Cross River State, UNCROSS, Nigeria



Empowering High-School Students from Deprived Background in Career Decision Self-efficacy

Amy Kung Wai-Ying CHAN, Margaret Xi Can YIN

Child Development Initiative Alliance, China, People's Republic of



BIM house model in Metaverse: Collision detection in interprofessional collaboration teams.

Gaby Walker1, Livio Marretta2, Daniel Staehli2, Jan Van Oesens3, Christopher Keller1, Marc Aebersold2, Alberto Cattaneo1

1: EHB, Switzerland; 2: gibb, Switzerland; 3: bs08, Hamburg



Enhancing Public-Private Partnership in TVET: The Case of Dual Apprenticeship Training in Nepal

Rabindra SINGH

Helvetas Nepal, Nepal



Understanding the policy implementation process: The role of street-level bureaucrats in VET(vocational education and training) transitions

Gulay MAMMADOVA

Gent University, Belgium



Apprenticeship as Critical Transition in Vocational Education – the Role of Training Agencies

Torberg FALCH, Anna Cecilia RAPP

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway



From Precarious Work to Meaningful Careers: The Role of VET in Empowering Low-Qualified Young Adults

Nada Kallciu1, Eralda Zhilla1, Artemisi Shehu/Dono1, Jonas Masdonati2, Laurence Fedrigo2

1: University of Tirana, Albania; 2: University of Lausanne



ITS Academy: Challenges and Opportunities

Agostino SORBARA

Università di Macerata (Italia); Università Magna Græcia di Catanzaro (Italia), Italy



Choosing vocational training by students with limited formal education: An action research study on the implementation of an approach that enhances reading comprehension

Chantal OUELLET1, Amal Boultif2

1: Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; 2: Université d'Ottawa



Monitoring Trends in Vocational Education and Training

Belinda Aeschlimann, Lukas Graf, Miriam Hänni, Jörg Neumann, Filippo Pusterla

SFUVET, Switzerland



Match or Mismatch? The role of the reputation of occupations and the attractiveness of the training firm, when filling offered VET places. A firm-level analysis.

Kathrin WEIS

Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany

10:15am
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10:40am
Coffee-Break
Location: Reception Hall
10:40am
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12:10pm
Paper session 6A: Transferability - "Transfering and implementing VET in several contexts II"
Location: Room 2218
 

Bridging the Gap: Implementing Work-Based Learning through the ASEAN-Swiss TVET Initiative (ASTI)

Dr. Siegried Berg, Bunthan Tep, Ursin Marius Saxer

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH



DUAL VET in Nepal

Rabindra Singh1, Lekhraj Pokharel2

1: Helvetas Nepal; 2: Confederation of Bagmati Chamber of Industries (CBPI)



La place des langues dans la formation professionnelle et technique (VET/PET)

Abdelmoundir LARBI DAOUADJI

Collège BENCHABANE MOHAMED, Algeria

Paper session 6B: Alternation - "Effects of VET reforms"
Location: Room 2212
 

Between economic boom and equal opportunities: the reforms of post-obligatory education in Switzerland in the context of the “educational expansion” (1960-1980)

Bettina BLATTER1, Lorenzo BONOLI1, Sarah BIZZINI1, Daniela DUTHALER2, Philipp EIGENMANN2

1: SFUVET, Switzerland; 2: PH Thurgau, Switzerland



Hiring chances and employers‘ perception of job candidates with a Federal VET Certificate

Miriam Grønning, Lara Thörner, Irene Kriesi

Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Switzerland



The Role of the “Third Year in School” in Norway’s Dual VET System: An Equity Perspective

Anna Cecilia Rapp, Torberg Falch

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway



EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF CEMETS REFORM LABS: ALUMNI PERSPECTIVES ON KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE

Iryna Chernysh, Patrick McDonald, Marit van Dekken, Michelle Augustine Palayil, Katie Caves

ETH Zürich, CES, Switzerland

Paper session 6C: Choice - "Environmental concern and sustainability in education: impact on aspirations"
Location: Room 2420
 

Apprentices' environmental concern in relation to their vocational activities and their experiences with sustainability education in Swiss vocational education and training (VET)

Kerstin DUEMMLER, Agathe Delanoë, Lona Widmer

SFUVET, Switzerland



The role of green skills and green campus in students’ behaviour toward green careers

Sidita DIBRA1,2, Sonja HOFSTETTER1

1: University of Tirana; 2: Swisscontact



Environmental Awareness and Occupational Choices of Adolescents

Patrick LEHNERT1, Harald PFEIFER2,3

1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Bonn, Germany; 3: ROA at Maastricht University, Netherlands

Symposium 6
Location: Audience Hall (1216)
 

The Role of Transversal Competences for Successful School-to-Work Transitions: Insights and Interventions

Chair(s): Marina FIORI (SFUVET, Switzerland)

Discussant(s): Piera Gabola (Haute Ecole Pedagogique de Lausanne)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Navigating the School-to-Work Transition: the role of soft skills in a life-course perspective

Sandra D'Agostino
Istituto nazionale per l’analisi delle politiche pubbliche (Inapp)

 

The Socio-Emotional Profile of Apprentices in Healthcare and Social Work: Key Competences for Future Careers

Marina Fiori, Matilde Wenger, Yoann Favre
Haut Ecole Federal en Formation Professionnelle

 

The link between empathy and teaching styles in Swiss VET teachers

Matilde Wenger1, Jean-Louis Berger2, Marina Fiori1
1Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, 2University of Fribourg

 

Becoming a Professional Learning Community: The Role of Transversal Skills in the Identity Development of Future Art Teachers

Mario Bottinelli1, Loredana Addimando2
1SUPSI, 2Pegaso University, Italy

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