The Inculcation of Generic Skills among Juveniles through Technical and Vocational Education

Autor/inn/en	Wan-Mohamed, Wan Azlinda; Yunus, Mohamed Hafis
Titel	The Inculcation of Generic Skills among Juveniles through Technical and Vocational Education
Quelle	6 (2009) 4, S.56-61 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-6613
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Labor Force Development; Vocational Education; Technical Education; Skill Development; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; Questionnaires; Delinquency; Juvenile Justice; Rehabilitation; Youth; Adolescents; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitskräftebestand; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Technikunterricht; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Fragebogen; Kriminalität; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz
Abstract	Generic skills are skills which contribute towards individual's effective and successful participation in the workplace. For juveniles, Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) is one of the platforms that provide them generic skills which enable them to compete for job market. The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of generic skills that has been inculcated through TVE on juveniles in one of the juvenile schools in Malaysia, the time the teachers spent on inculcating the skills, and the challenges the instructors face in the process. There are four focuses of the generic skills that are of interest in this study: communication, teamwork, problem solving and technology. Eight teachers and 119 juveniles were chosen as the respondents from the Juvenile School (JS). The data collected was through a set of questionnaires from the respondents, and these were analyzed by using frequency, percentage and mean score. The findings from this research show that the level of generic skills inculcated as perceived by the juveniles is at a moderate level. The perceived moderate level of skill acquire of the juveniles is justified by the moderate amount of time that the teachers believed they spend in instilling the generic skills. The teachers also suggested that the lack of understanding on what generic skills are is the main reason for not inculcating generic skills at its highest level. In conclusion, generic skills inculcation on juveniles through TVE in Juvenile School is at an average level. Measures have to be taken so that inculcation of generic skills can be increase to a higher level, as these generic skills will benefit juveniles in the labor force market. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10