Two-Year Apprenticeships--A Successful Model of Training?

Autor/inn/en	Kammermann, Marlise; Stalder, Barbara E.; Hattich, Achim
Titel	Two-Year Apprenticeships--A Successful Model of Training?
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 63 (2011) 3, S.377-396 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2011.586130
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Apprenticeships; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Policy; Vocational Education; Models; Training Methods; Comparative Analysis; Time Factors (Learning); Employment Opportunities; Transitional Programs; Low Achievement; Graduate Surveys; Participant Satisfaction; Developmental Studies Programs; Questionnaires; Program Effectiveness; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Analogiemodell; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Fragebogen; Schweiz
Abstract	Educational policy is asked to support young people in their successful transition from education to employment. In Switzerland, a two-year apprenticeship with Federal VET Certificate was established in 2002 aimed at increasing the employability of low-achieving school leavers. It is a low-threshold VET programme offering standardised vocational training to low-achieving youths. It leads to a VET Certificate, which is different from the Federal VET Diploma obtained after a three- or four-year apprenticeship. Data of two Swiss longitudinal studies including a sample of apprentices on a two-year training course with either a special needs (N = 28) or a regular school (N = 261) background at lower secondary, and a sample of graduates on a three-year training course (N = 118) are used to study the success of the two-year apprenticeship from a comparative perspective. The findings confirm that the new apprenticeship offers favourable learning opportunities that foster employability and upward mobility after graduation. However, the findings also indicate limitations of the two-year apprenticeship, such as the least successful learners can only profit from the new form of apprenticeship to a certain degree. (Contains 1 note, 5 tables, and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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