Vocational education and training - VET

Los estudios de Documentación e Información (Bibliotecología) son un grado versátil que facilita trabajar en múltiples carreras profesionales más allá de una biblioteca. Aquí se recogen algunos de ellos.

to mitigate lasting, multi-generational damage to economies and communities across the continent it’s urgent we begin looking ahead to how African economies can rebuild and rebound even as the pandemic waves keep crashing over the coming months or years.

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hat are the skills needed for the future? This is a question that permeates most conversations or reports about the future of work. There is a general consensus that teaching STEM subjects is not enough but that we should rather focus on STEAM. We even agree that training for technical skills should be complemented by acquiring human (or “soft”) skills. We pour over lists of jobs that are slowly declining and others that are emerging. And we all—in our different fields as educators or employers—scramble to identify and train for the skills that the next generation would need to thrive in the future.

With the job landscape trending towards a global virtual work environment, finding the right talent in this continuously shifting ecosystem has proven difficult for organizations and employers. Indeed, with the unprecedented arrival of a global pandemic suddenly seeing to a forced shift in new remote work models for industries across the board, the ability of current employers, employees, and jobseekers to adapt to this new digital environment will undoubtedly reveal whether or not we are prepared for a truly global virtual work environment.

As institutions deal with the current COVID-19 crisis, they must simultaneously prepare for a recession on the horizon, defined by severe job losses and fundamental economic change. In this interview, Michael Horn discusses how institutions can prepare for the short-term job vacancies, reflects on how remote learning will impact delivering the 60-Year Curriculum vision, and he shares his insights into how physical distancing will shape the way schools will have to redesign their infrastructure to support their learners’ needs in this new normal. 

Reducing Europe’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, as the EU Green Deal calls for, will almost certainly require a continent-wide effort. The scope of that effort has prompted questions about who would benefit and who would not.

We are living in an unprecedented time in history. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting nearly every aspect of our lives and has demanded abrupt changes in the status quo. Nowhere is this more evident than in education. Schools closed virtually overnight and went online for many students. These changes, however, offer an opportunity for policymakers, scientists, and educators to rethink how we might create a system that is designed for the 21st rather than the 20th century—one that will equip students for the jobs of tomorrow and address systemic inequalities.

Un nouveau feuillet d'information diffusé aujourd'hui montre que la proportion de jeunes Canadiens qui n'étaient ni en emploi, ni aux études, ni en formation (NEET) a augmenté en mars et en avril 2020 pour atteindre des sommets sans précédent.

The nature of work and careers is changing fast - and in the future, the right skills will be prized over academic qualifications alone.
The COVID-19 slowdown offers employers an opportunity to reshape their hiring practices around this shifting paradigm.
How well companies can change their mindset will help define their future performance.

Creating decent jobs in line with future expectations requires policies and strategies that increase productivity, absorb labor, and enable workers to move from traditional to modern jobs and sectors. What areas offer the most potential for better jobs in Africa?

Introducing skilled trades in high school and making it easier to pursue training would open doors for students and address a troubling skills gap.

data on distance learning is actually pretty clear: it can be just as good as its in-person counterpart, provided the course is well-designed. In fact, some experts say distance ed can even outperform traditional classroom set-ups, especially for students whose first language isn’t English, whose families experience poverty, or who have learning disabilities.

The COVID-19 crisis has accentuated the need to use data to refine education and career pathways for students and workers, but that need arises out of longer-term trends already well underway.

As many workplaces are changing rapidly with the advent of new technologies such as AI, employers are placing more emphasis on transferrable skills than on college degrees. As knowledge earned from college degrees becomes outdated, employees are looking for versatile “soft skills” such as leadership or creativity. The education sector, however, has not made similar changes, and thus hasn’t been able to effectively prepare students for the workforce.

In this article I discuss the implementation of affirmative action in the Brazilian higher education system and its implications for the anti-racialization struggle in Brazil. Such policy represents one of the main democratic changes of the last decades after the country’s re-democratization.

It does a disservice to students to assume that in-person and online learning is anything similar, so faculty need time and resources to adapt to their new environment. 

Starting the school year 2020/21 in the midst of a pandemic poses a host of new challenges for schools, teachers and training providers.