Towards vocational education and training
and skills development for sustainable future
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“The scale and urgency of the climate emergency means that major transformations across a range of human systems are both necessary and inevitable; although what is inevitable and what is necessary may not always correspond. Necessarily, this has profound implications for worlds of work and, hence, for vocational education and training systems. Yet, the mainstream VET literature has been very slow to respond to such challenges, and only a handful of papers have been written.”
Simon McGrath & Presha Ramsarup
JVET Issue 2, 2024 brings together a collection of papers that seeks to open up the debate in this area and gives focus to the immediate challenges to research….
Early Career Researcher Group Update:
On 29th of February, the JVET ECR Group and EERN-VETNET offered the online event “Behind the Scenes – what can we learn from journal publishers?”.
The aim was to introduce publishers’ perspectives regarding the publication processes of international journals, with special regard to the needs and questions of emerging researchers.
Our round table guests were: Stephanie Allais (Journal of Vocational Education and Training), Silke Lange and Christoph Porcher (International Journal of Vocational Education Studies), Elizabeth Knight (special issue editor of International Journal of Training Research), Jay Plasman (associated editor of International Journal of Training and Development from the perspective of a reviewer) and Léna Krichewsky-Wegener (from the perspective of the Editorial Office of International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training).
A warm thanks to all of you, we highly appreciate your openness and honesty!
Questions that were discussed in detail and from different perspectives were, for example: What are the most common reasons for manuscripts being rejected? Did the Editors notice the impact of generative AI in the manuscript submissions lately? In what ways could researchers benefit and use AI? Are there research topics that Editors have been missing/waiting to see among the submissions?
Thanks also to all interested participants! We’re looking forward to our next meetings.
JVET Paper of the Year Award
Expertise as a ‘capacity for action’: reframing vocational knowledge from the perspective of work by David Guile and Lorna Unwin published in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training Vol. 74 (1) and Teaching art and design in a digital age: challenges facing Ugandan teacher educators by Wycliff Edwin Tusiime, Monica Johannesen and Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir published in Vol. 74 (4) have been awarded joint 1st place for the JVET 2022 Paper of the Year award.
Comments on Expertise as a ‘capacity for action’: reframing vocational knowledge from the perspective of work from members of the JVET Editorial Management Committee included:
“A conceptually strong paper, it contributes to aligning theoretical perspective on expertise with changing working conditions.
“A significant contribution to the discussion on professional expertise.”
“A strong theoretical contribution to VET field, with potential for application to different VET contexts.”
“A substantive paper by two major names that reframes a major concern that they have worked on in the light of recent technological changes to offer a new way of seeing.
Comments on Teaching art and design in a digital age: challenges facing Ugandan teacher educators from members of the JVET Editorial Management Committee included:
“This paper addresses an area of key concern for the future of VET in developing countries and offers considered strategies in the face of challenges. I think JVET should be focusing and highlighting, where possible, on the enhancement of VET in such situations.”
“Well designed research informed by theory.”
“A carefully prepared paper offering rich insights into this topic.”
The Paper of the Year prizes are awarded annually by JVET’s Editorial Management Committee.
Celebrating 75 Years of JVET History
At JVET Conference 2023 earlier this year, Editors past and present celebrated 75 years of JVET history with delegates. Led by Editor Jim Hordern, a presentation took the audience through the years followed by a drinks reception to mark the occasion.
The presentation was recorded. Please click on the video link on the right to view.