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In a series of virtual bilateral workshops held from February to April 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and their partner ministries in seven countries - Costa Rica, Ghana, Israel, Italy, Russia, South Africa, and USA - discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Vocational Education and Training (VET), employment, and youth. GOVET (German Office for International Cooperation in VET) asked policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to share their experiences, first lessons learned, best practices, and response strategies. This publication documents the outcomes. The contributions range from hands-on practical reports to in-depth VET research findings, from rather analytical perspectives to policy consultancy and strategic ideas.
Contents
Preface
Ralf Hermann, Hannelore Kress, and Julia Olesen
Introduction: Responses to the global pandemic.
Analyses, best practices, and experiences in Vocational Education and Training
Costa Rica
Ileana Arce Valerio
Vocational orientation in Costa Rica: strategies and actions towards the
educational challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
Germany
Sepehr Shahin and Ralf Hermann
Government response to the pandemic
Tobias Maier
Does the COVID-19 crisis mark a turning point on the apprenticeship market?
A forecast of the possible development of new apprenticeship contracts up until 2030
Verónica Fernández Caruncho
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people during the transition from
school to training and work in Germany
Michael Härtel
The design of the digital transformation in Vocational Education and Training -
new demands to company training staff
Ghana
Fred Kyei Asamoah
The eff ect of the COVID-19 pandemic on TVET providers and programmes in Ghana
Christina Boateng
Increasing teachers' technological skills with a nationwide project
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Israel
Benjamin Bental, Alex Weinreb, and Avi Weiss
Government involvement in Vocational Training during the COVID-19 pandemic -
the case of Israel
Orit Vaknin-Shiloh and Shai Hen-Gal
The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the mental health of students in vocational schools
Italy
Alessandra Biancolini and Andrea Simoncini
Rethinking training and active labour policies in Italy: exercises in resilience
in times of COVID-19
Russia
Vladimir Blinov
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the practice-oriented education
sector and assessment methods
Natalya Victorovna Lomovtseva
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on further learning in Vocational Education:
analysis and best practices
Igor Sergeev
Career guidance in times of the pandemic
Oksana Sidorenko
Digital competencies of educators. Before and aft er the pandemic:
experience report from Chita Pedagogical College
South Africa
Stephanie Allais
Embedding skills policy in economic development policy: reflections on the
COVID-19 skills strategy adopted in South Africa
Carina Adam
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Vocational Education and Training.
A best practice example: lecturer development project TRAINME
USA
Robert B. Shepard, Li Zhao, and Randall Denison
Comparative discussion on apprenticeships before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Miriam Farnbauer and Diana Elliott
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on VET in the U.S.
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