Strong vocational education - a safe way to the labour market? : A case study of the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11410%2F15%3A10294882" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11410/15:10294882 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131881.2015.1030853" target="_blank" >http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131881.2015.1030853</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2015.1030853" target="_blank" >10.1080/00131881.2015.1030853</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Strong vocational education - a safe way to the labour market? : A case study of the Czech Republic

Original language description

In its communications, the European Commission stresses the importance of vocational education and endorses apprenticeship training. Educational systems that have dual tracks of academic alongside vocational learning routes have been shown to generate better labour market outcomes for school leavers and smooth the school-to-work transition. On the other hand, dual tracked educational systems can reinforce the effect of social origin on educational performance. In addition to these general tendencies, the content and organisation of vocational education differ in individual countries, as do its strengths and weaknesses and impacts on the labour market prospects of young people. This paper studies vocational education in the Czech Republic: specifically,its apprenticeship track leading directly to the labour market. It seeks to answer questions about whether the Czech apprenticeship education system provides its students with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the modern

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GBP402%2F12%2FG130" target="_blank" >GBP402/12/G130: The relationships between skills, schooling and labor market outcomes: A longitudinal study</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Educational Research

ISSN

0013-1881

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

57

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

168-181

UT code for WoS article

000353725700005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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