Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.3.2.3
Exports for your reference manager
Context-Driven Entrepreneurial Education in Vocational Schools
[journal article]
Abstract Vocational Education and Training (VET) is offered throughout the world to students of various educational backgrounds and career aspirations in an effort to create a skilled workforce. The structure of VET varies greatly across different fields and countries with high-growth, low-growth, and transi... view more
Vocational Education and Training (VET) is offered throughout the world to students of various educational backgrounds and career aspirations in an effort to create a skilled workforce. The structure of VET varies greatly across different fields and countries with high-growth, low-growth, and transitional economies. However, a com mon critique of many vocational institutions is that they focus on skills training without addressing related business systems. Thus, students may not understand the business strategies related to their field, which stifles job readiness and entrepreneurial potential. To counter this, a more context-driven and integrated entrepreneurial approach is pro posed for VET. Benefits, disadvantages, and exemplars of various types of vocational and entrepreneurial programs are evaluated to determine how their strengths might be leveraged. Such integrated entrepreneurial and vocational training would more suitably address context-specific market needs via both practical and transferrable skills, thus helping to reduce unemployment, particularly among youth in sub-Saharan Africa.... view less
Keywords
entrepreneurship; adolescent; vocational training system; business management training; vocational education; training success; advanced vocational education; part-time vocational school; Africa South of the Sahara; unemployment
Classification
Vocational Training, Adult Education
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 106-126
Journal
International journal for research in vocational education and training, 3 (2016) 2
ISSN
2197-8646
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works