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Jan 16, 2017 | Uncategorized

Call for Papers

Enhancement of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) through cooperation of TVET Institutions, Companies, and Universities

Editors:
Tutin Aryanti (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Ade Gafar Abdullah (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Ana (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Sven Schulte (Technical University of Dortmund)

ASEAN gradually develops into an economically more dynamic and competitive region. Accordingly, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will have to further develop its functionality, its systems, and its didactical concepts. TVET aims to prepare learners for a labour market and society that is rapidly changing. It is widely acknowledged that the involvement of industry in TVET leads to advanced quality of TVET programmes. This in turn is directly related to the requirements of the labour market and a specific workplace. Furthermore, modern didactical approaches explore and develop the workplace as a learning venue that aims at goal-oriented competence development. The successful organization of modern learning arrangements in TVET and beyond depends on a close cooperation and coordination of the various learning environments. In their various forms they exist in TVET institutions, business organizations, and universities. Each of these must be involved in vocational teacher education and in research on vocational education, if vocational education is to be established as a scientific discipline.

It is inevitable that TVET systems in Southeast Asia and worldwide have to undertake efforts to adapt national and regional requirements in terms of harmonization and regionalization. Furthermore, the cooperation of the formal TVET-systems and companies is a political objective of high priority. WIL obviously contributes to more praxis- and labour market orientation and emerged a few years ago as a didactical trend in Southeast Asia, even to its utilization in higher education institutions. Action-oriented research conducted by universities in cooperation with vocational schools and companies should support continuous development and provide recommendations for national policies. Several questions emerge with respect to the issue of enhancement of work-integrated learning. The following list of questions illustrates issues discussed at recent conferences and within the TVET community with respect to policies, research and practical implementation.

How can the cooperation of TVET Institutions, Companies and Universities be strengthened and aligned?
What approaches of WIL currently exist and what learning concepts are included?
How can WIL be regionally standardized and harmonized?
What research can be undertaken in the field of WIL and can the results be framed in national policies?
What policies do exist and how are they implemented?
What learning approaches, curricula and standards exist for WIL and how were they developed?
How can social and cultural specifics be respected through WIL?
How are inclusion and sustainability addressed in WIL-concepts?
What best-practices are implemented and what problems have been encountered?
How is WIL integrated in concepts of vocational teacher education?
How do universities include WIL in research projects?
What methods are available to evaluate and assess the effectiveness and outcome of WIL?

We invite scholars, scientists, practitioners and TVET teachers in TVET to contribute to the upcoming issue #9 of TVET@Asia, addressing the questions being discussed and the topics below:

Development and implementation of standards and curricula for enhancement of WIL
Educational objectives, methodical and didactical concepts of WIL
Enhancement of cooperation of learning venues through WIL
Best-Practice-Examples of practical implementation of WIL
The changing role of teaching personnel (vocational teacher and in-company trainer) in WIL
Innovative concepts of assessment for WIL
WIL as a bridge between formal and informal learning through validation of competences and accreditation of prior learning experiences
Regional and national approaches and policies for an enhancement of WIL

Call for Papers: 30^th of January 2017

Authors:

Open to any interested author.

Timeline:

Please send an abstract of no more than one page, a short CV/profile (half page) and a list of selected publications to the editorial board via issue9@tvet-online.asia by January 30^th, 2017;
Please use “form-abstract_tvet-online.docx” which you find with other forms for download at https://www.tvet-online.asia/preview
Notification of abstract acceptance: February 10^th, 2017
Submit a draft full paper by March 31^st, 2017;
Notification of acceptance and peer review until April 30^th, 2017
Send the finalised and formatted paper by Mai 31^st, 2017;
Tentative publication date: June 30^th, 2017