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%T VET workers’ problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments: European approach %A Hämäläinen, Raija %A Cincinnato, Sebastiano %A Malin, Antero %A De Wever, Bram %J International journal for research in vocational education and training %N 1 %P 57-80 %V 1 %D 2014 %K Adults with vocational education and training; Large-scale assessment; PIAAC; Technology-rich environments; Problem-solving; Workplace skills %@ 2197-8646 %~ University of Jyväskylä (Finland), Ghent University (Belgium) %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-423407 %X The European workplace is challenging VET adults’ problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments (TREs). So far, no international large-scale assessment data has been available for VET. The PIAAC data comprise the most comprehensive source of information on adults’ skills to date. The present study (N=50 369) focuses on gaining insight into the problem-solving skills in TREs of adults with a VET background. When examining the similarities and differences in VET adults’ problem-solving skills in TREs across 11 European countries, two main trends can be observed. First, our results show that only a minority of VET adults perform at a high level. Second, there seems to be substantial variation between countries with respect to the proportion of VET adults that can be identified as “at-risk” or “weak” performers. For the future, our findings indicate the variations that can be used as a starting point to identify beneficial VET approaches. %C DEU %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info