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Mairéad de Róiste; Scott C. Pool; John H. Lowry – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2025
Geospatial technology is still a growth area and knowledge of these technologies remains essential for a skilled workforce. In higher education, geospatial curriculum design is predominantly determined by educators and is influenced by what educators believe should be taught. Knowledge of national or regional provision can support a richer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Location, Geographic Concepts, Technology
Nick Bailey; Nik Winchester; Neil Ellis – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This paper examines the practice of collision avoidance in Merchant ships to highlight the role of tacit knowledge and collective learning in the formation of professional practice. Analysis of 1,431 recorded VHF radio conversations drawn from real-time ship-to-ship interactions provides a unique window onto professional competence in navigation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transportation, Proximity, Skilled Workers
Marit Lensjø – Vocations and Learning, 2025
This narrative study followed 11 vocational teachers in the Building and Construction program and examined factors that influenced their transition from the construction site to upper secondary school. The recruitment path for most technical vocational teachers means moving directly from the construction site to the school, where they begin work…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Trade and Industrial Education, Construction Industry
Ilmari J. A. Puhakka; Markku Niemivirta; Liisa Postareff; Petri Nokelainen – Vocations and Learning, 2025
This study uses a person-centered approach to investigate construction workers' learning at work, focusing on their approaches to learning, self-efficacy beliefs and work engagement and how these vary according to their goal orientation profiles. Survey data were collected from Finnish construction sector employees (N = 1,280) in June 2021. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construction Industry, Building Trades, Skilled Workers
Manuel Nicklich; Marco Blank; Sabine Pfeiffer – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2025
Context: The German vocational training and education (VET) system is designed to cope with change. Within this system, organizational VET trainers (OVETT) are the main persons of reference for apprentices in the organization, in most cases for the whole three-year training period. Whether training can help to realize or maintain decent work also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, College Students, Apprenticeships