Issue 4

Mitigating TVET quality and standards as a basis for harmonising its systems at the national and regional levels

Editorial Issue 4: Mitigating TVET quality and standards as a basis for harmonising its systems at the national and regional levels

by Paryono Paryono, Georg Spöttl, Phil Loveder, Wei Keh Chin

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East and Southeast Asia are experiencing a rapid pace of economic development that call for continuous review of education and training systems. TVET reform processes at the national and regional levels are addressing the question of quality and standards. During the past decades a vast variety of different approaches in TVET were developed or introduced. These approaches were often inspired through transfer or adoption from other regions of the world. In consequence, a vast variety of TVET-systems were implemented in different countries in the region and may require continues review and adaptation. Some states have no coherent national TVET-system with a common underlying concept of quality. A vast variety of TVET approaches consequently employ different concepts of quality and quality management in TVET.

About TVET@Asia

TVET@Asia is an open content online journal for scientists and practitioners in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Vocational Teacher Education (VTE) in the East and Southeast- Asian region.

Its main purpose is to provide access to peer reviewed papers and thus to enhance the dissemination of relevant content and the initiation of open discussions within the TVET community.

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Securing quality in TVET – A compendium of “best practices”: fourteen main principles for the improvement of Technical and Vocational Education and Training

by Gert Loose, Georg Spöttl

Worldwide high-tech work-processes require well trained individuals and industrial nations compete in designing concepts of training which can match the challenges of successful performance at the place of work. For the basic design of these concepts we need a symbiosis of assessment-oriented and experience-oriented training as the presently two leading models of training worldwide. Or in other words: we need to employ “intelligent standards” as reliable benchmarks and we need to involve practical experience in training as the target level for acquiring the competences required today.

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Transforming TVET in Malaysia: Harmonizing the Governance Structure in a Multiple Stakeholder Setting

by Mohamad Sattar Rasul, Zool Hilmi Mohamed Ashari, Norzaini Azman, Rose Amnah Rauf Abdul

Malaysia is in need for highly-skilled human resources to close the present demand-supply gap in various industries, particularly those driving economic transformation. The government has determined that the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector as the main route in providing highly-skilled human resources and also one of the key drivers of the economy for Malaysia to become a high-income nation. While this study recognizes that initiatives have been taken to continuously improve the sector through the TVET transformation programs, it is imperative that the governance issues faced by the key stakeholder are systematically addressed to ensure that the operating and delivery system can be optimized.

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Research management in Vocational Higher Education in Indonesia: policy and practice in Bandung State Polytechnic

by Carolina M. Lasambouw | Issue 4

Polytechnic as a Vocational Higher Education is under pressure to increase quality of research in order to fulfill industrial and societal demand, as well as to strengthen the quality of its teaching and learning activities. The setting in which research grants and contracts are offered to the research proponents through proposal completion and bidding process is very selective and competitive in nature. Therefore, managing a research is no longer an individual’s obligation; rather, it has become more of an institution’s responsibility. This study was designed to explore the current research management process in Bandung State Polytechnic (POLBAN) in Indonesia. The focus of the research is to answer the question: what are the factors that support good research management in vocational higher education and what are the barriers, especially focusing on the current situation in Indonesia.

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Quality Management System in School (QMSiS ): an Indonesian example for improving quality at vocational schools

by Mustafa, Stefanie Petrick | Issue 4

For Indonesia, as the most populous ASEAN country, improving and assuring TVET quality is one major goal of educational policy. Different strategies are in place to bring learning outcomes closer to labour market requirements and to even out regional disparities. This article presents QMSiS as a practical example from a vocational high school in Makassar. Prior to the introduction of this quality management system (QMS), school quality was deterred by problems such as a lack of customer orientation, incoherent teaching activities, inefficiencies in school administration and a lack of student involvement. QMSiS combines characteristics of ISO 9001:2008 with the concept Q2E against the background of the eight Indonesian education standards.

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E-portfolio indicator for competency assessment and virtual learning in Malaysia Skills Certification

by Mohd Bekri Rahim | Issue 4

The use of e-portfolios which provides a more effective method for recording and managing competency achievement has become increasingly popular. For Malaysian Skills Certification (MSC), students are required to create paper-based portfolios to demonstrate their knowledge and competence level. Nevertheless, existing literature indicated that paper-based portfolios were problematic i.e. they tend to be static, had limited portability, active management and evaluation and were difficult in updating information. E-portfolios have the potential to address these problems. This paper investigates the pontential of e-portfolios for competency assessments and virtual learning in accordance with the standards stipulated in MSC. A modified delphi study was conducted with a panel of 11 experts who are competent and experienced in the use of portfolios and ICT in TVET.

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Quality enhancement and assurance in research work via scientific coaching: a theoretical basis for inter-institutional and cross-regional research activities in East and Southeast Asia

by Thomas Schröder

The Regional Cooperation Platform for Vocational Teacher Education in Asia (RCP) was set up in 2009 with funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) under the aegis of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). In June 2011 the Secretariat of the RCP was established at the Tongji University Institute for Vocational Education in Shanghai, China. Among the Secretariat’s main tasks was to support cross-regional reform-oriented research projects to fulfil international scientific quality standards, carrying out capacity building measures and supporting research-based reforms.

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