Employment issues in South Africa (SA) are a significant problem. There are ongoing discussions revolving around the employability challenges facing South African graduates, particularly in the Information Technology (IT) sector. The preparedness of these IT graduates has been questioned with many looking towards skill sets and employability status while others have scrutinised the validity of the IT curriculum meeting industry needs. The research focuses on a case study of graduates from an accredited, private higher education institution in SA. The study followed a qualitative approach using questionnaires and interviews to understand the experiences of employers, employed graduates and recruitment personnel upon employment of the graduates. This study investigated, determined and confirmed recommendations to adapt the South African higher education IT curriculum to improve the productivity of IT graduates upon employment. / School of Computing / M. Sc. (Computing)

From April to June 2016 a new and exclusively virtual teaching format – the international STEM1 Summer School – was provided at the University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg. The paper presents the approach, didactical design, and results of evaluation. The international STEM Summer School was developed and tested within the project „Holistic International STEMs - Learning with case studies and real-life industry experiences“. The aim was to better prepare STEM students for challenges in the current professional world that are characterized by in-ternationalization and digitalization. The project offers some ideas on how to teach the currently re-quired skills and competencies by industry in higher education. The conceptualization of the project was made possible with funding from the Donors\' Association for the Promotion of Humanities and Sciences in Germany2. The exclusively virtual collaboration is due to the different geographical distances and locations of the participating students, which generates specific challenges. On the one hand, technical conditions at the particular places of residence have an impact on virtual collaboration. On the other hand, cultural, lingual, and occupational differences, as well as the differing media literacy, play an important role. In addition, the setting of objectives and provision of incentives is decisive for the shared virtual work. The results of the first round of the international STEM Summer School indicate possible solution strategies based on the three areas of media use, interaction, and task orientation. During the Summer School, students from ten different countries solved real-life job case studies in small interdisciplinary teams. The exchange took place with the help of various e-learning tools like the virtual classroom, wiki, forum and e-portfolio. The participants were mentored by national and international industry partners, STEM professors, and e-tutors. After nine weeks work in intercultural teams they presented their results and learning outcomes during a web conference. The following article focusses on the evaluation results as well as selected insights and challenges.

Globalisation, technological advancements and changing social needs result in virtual work arrangements becoming more prominent. Virtual work is conducted away from the traditional office setting and usually occurs in employees’ personal home environments. Virtual work has been called virtualling in this study, and virtual employees are referred to as virtuallers. A phenomenological orientation was adopted in studying completely virtual workers in a completely virtual context; sourcing of participants and data collection were also conducted completely virtually. This study presented new ways of conducting research in the modern, virtual world of work. An autoethnography was included, as the researcher is also a virtualler and insider of virtualling. Four key case studies are presented to provide a holistic picture of virtualling and virtuallers. Thematic results indicate key influencing factors that originate from virtualling, as well as factors and mindset requirements that pertain to the virtualler personally. It was further found and proposed that the resulting virtual environment changes virtuallers’ ways of doing things and viewing the world, hence results in changes in their lifestyle and career identity. The abstract psychological structure as it resulted from the thread of meanings was presented as virtualness. Authentic psychological identification with virtualling and adopting a boundarylessness employability mindset oriented towards psychological success are highlighted as key requirements in order to experience virtualness. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Comm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

De nombreuses études ont montré que l'intelligence émotionnelle (IE) permet de prédire différents comportements cognitifs émotionnels et sociaux (Di Fabio, Palazzeschi, Asulin-Peretz et Gati, 2013; Fugate, Kinicki & Ashfort, 2004; Joseph & Newman, 2010; Salovey et Mayer, 1990; Van Rooy & Viswesvaran, 2004) le bien-être psychologique et physique ainsi que la santé mentale (Martins, Ramalho & Morin, 2010; Schutte, Malouff, Thorsteinsson, Bhullar & Rooke, 2007). En outre, les recherches étudiant les effets des formations en Compétences Émotionnelles (CE) montrent que ces dernières permettent d’améliorer certaines dimensions cognitives, émotionnelles et comportementales liées à la santé (Schutte, Malouff & Thorsteinsson, 2013). Notre recherche examine si (a) les CE peuvent être développée chez les adultes chômeurs, (b) si ces effets de formation sont modérés par la durée du chômage et (c) si les changements en CE contribuent aux changements de bien-être physique et psychologique (étude 1). Nous faisons par ailleurs l’hypothèse que les perspectives d'employabilité des chômeurs adultes peuvent être améliorées après la formation (étude 2). La recherche d'emploi est testée, comme un possible facteur déterminant des effets de l'intervention, de même que nous examinons si les changements en CE sont associés aux des ressources et des stratégies d'adaptation (étude 3). Les résultats montrent un impact différentiel de la formation en fonction de la durée du chômage et de la recherche d'emploi. En outre, le changement dans la CE prédit de façon significative des changements dans le stress perçu, les plaintes somatiques, la santé mentale, les deux dimensions de l'humeur, la satisfaction avec la vie, l'optimisme, la qualité des relations sociales ainsi que les stratégies d'adaptation orientées vers les problèmes. En outre, l'intervention a eu des effets positifs sur l'employabilité perçue, l’employabilité réelle et l'auto-efficacité entrepreneuriale. Les résultats sont discutés au regard du potentiel de développement des CE et de l'efficacité de l'intervention en CE pour les chômeurs. / Numerous studies showed that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is related to and can predict variety of cognitive and behavioural outcomes (Di Fabio, Palazzeschi, Asulin-Peretz & Gati, 2013; Fugate, Kinicki & Ashfort, 2004; Joseph & Newman, 2010; Van Rooy & Viswesvaran, 2004) and psychological and physical well-being and mental health (Martins, Ramalho & Morin, 2010; Schutte, Malouff, Thorsteinsson, Bhullar & Rooke, 2007). Besides, the results of previous EI or Emotional Competences (EC) trainings showed that EI/EC and different cognitive, behavioral and health-related aspects can be improved and developed (Schutte, Malouff & Thorsteinsson, 2013). Expanding the results of the previous studies, the present study examines whether EC can be developed among unemployed adults, whether the training effects are moderated by the unemployment duration and whether changes in EC can predict changes physical and psychological well-being (Study 1). Second, it is hypothesized that the EC intervention can increase employability prospects of unemployed adults (Study 2). Finally, job search is tested, as a possible determinant of the intervention effects, and whether changes in EC after the intervention can predict changes in positive psychological strengths and adaptive coping strategies (Study 3). The results showed a differential impact of the training depending on the unemployment duration and job search. Besides, change in EC significantly predicted changes in perceived stress, somatic complaints, mental health, two mood dimensions, satisfaction with life, optimism, quality of social relationships and problem oriented coping strategies. Besides, the intervention had positive effects on self-perceived employability, reemployment success and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The results are discussed focusing on the potential of EC development and the effectiveness of the EC interventions for different life outcomes of unemployed people. / Numerosos estudios han demostrado que la Inteligencia Emocional (IE) está vinculada y que puede predecir la variedad de resultados cognitivos y conductuales (Di Fabio, Palazzeschi, Asulin-Peretz y Gati, 2013; Fugate, Kinicki y Ashfort, 2004; José y Newman, 2010; Van Rooy y Viswesvaran, 2004) y el bienestar físico, psicológico y la salud mental (Martins, Ramalho y Morin, 2010; Schutte, Malouff, Thorsteinsson, Bhullar y Rooke, 2007). Además, los resultados de los entrenamientos anteriores basados en la IE o las Competencias Emocionales (CE) mostraron que la IE/CE y diferentes aspectos cognitivos, conductuales y de salud pueden ser mejorados y desarrollados (Schutte, Malouff y Thorsteinsson, 2013). Ampliando los resultados de los estudios previos, el presente estudio examina si las CE se pueden desarrollar entre los adultos desempleados, si los efectos del entrenamiento son modulados por la duración del desempleo y si los cambios en las CE pueden predecir los cambios en bienestar físico y psicológico (Estudio 1). En segundo lugar, se plantea la hipótesis de que la intervención en las CE puede aumentar las perspectivas de empleabilidad de los adultos desempleados (Estudio 2). Por último, se analiza la búsqueda de empleo, como un posible factor determinante de los efectos de la intervención, y si los cambios en las CE después de la intervención pueden predecir los cambios en las fortalezas psicológicas positivas y estrategias de afrontamiento adaptativo (Estudio 3). Los resultados mostraron un impacto diferencial del entrenamiento en función de la duración del desempleo y de la búsqueda de trabajo. Además, los cambios en las CE predijeron significativamente los cambios en la percepción de estrés, quejas somáticas, salud mental, dos dimensiones del estado de ánimo, satisfacción con la vida, optimismo, calidad de las relaciones sociales así como las estrategias de afrontamiento orientadas al problema. Además, la intervención tuvo efectos positivos en la percepción subjetiva de la empleabilidad, el éxito real en encontrar empleo y en la autoeficacia emprendedora. Los resultados se discuten centrando en el potencial de desarrollo de las CE y de la eficacia de la intervención en CE para diferentes resultados de la vida de las personas desempleadas.

Local employers believe the lack of prerequisite soft skills is inhibiting the graduates from a local community college from securing employment. The rationale of this phenomenological study was to investigate the perceptions of students and employers related to the soft skills needed to be successful in future employment. The theoretical framework was based on Mezirow's transformational and Daloz's mentorship theories. Individual face-to-face, semistructured interviews were used to gather data from 12 business and computer students and 7 employers (N=19) who were selected using purposeful random sampling. The typewritten transcripts of participants' responses were imported in MAXQDA 11, then were open coded and analyzed for emergent themes. According to emergent findings among these 19 participants, for entry-level jobs, communication was the most important and the most lacking soft skill. The recommendations informed the creation of a mandatory 3-day professional development training program, which was developed to help students enhance their soft skills before entering their future careers. This study directly affects positive social change by enhancing the quality of soft skills for future employees who enter the local work force.

[pt] No contexto do processo de redemocratização do Estado brasileiro, a Aprendizagem Profissional - modelo de formação técnica-profissional, de caráter inicial, implementada por meio de um contrato de trabalho -, institucionalizada como política pública, na década de 1940, como veículo do processo de industrialização nacional, será reconfigurada e emergirá, após retração de sua oferta nacional, como o principal vetor do direito à profissionalização dos adolescentes e jovens, em especial daqueles em situação de vulnerabilidade social e de baixa renda. Tomando como ponto de partida a análise histórica dos processos de surgimento, institucionalização e reconfiguração da aprendizagem profissional, esta tese tem como objetivo central investigar a constituição, ainda em curso, de seus novos sentidos e finalidades, social e educacional, no contexto de sua expansão e consolidação, ao longo das duas últimas décadas, como a mais perene e única política pública nacional centrada no processo de transição escola-trabalho. A realização desta investigação teve como norte a análise das distintas apropriações, interpretações dos atores estatais e sociais envolvidos na implementação da política acerca da sua nova finalidade: constituir-se como vetor de garantia do direito à profissionalização. Com base na teoria do Modelo de Coalizões de Defesa, esta tese concentrou a sua análise na investigação das ideias, valores e proposições do subsistema da política, constituído pelo conjunto dos diversos atores, estatais e sociais, que lidam com a Aprendizagem Profissional, destacando as suas crenças, os seus conflitos e os seus impasses em torno das definições acerca de quais problemas precisam ser enfrentados e dos objetivos e dos impactos a serem alcançados pela nova política de Aprendizagem Profissional. Deste contexto de análise, buscou-se evidenciar a relação entre tais definições e os resultados e alcance da nova política; avaliar o quanto a nova feição finalística emergente do processo de implementação da política se distingue e se assemelha dos modelos correcionais, assistencialistas e tecnicistas que marcaram a Aprendizagem Profissional ao longo da história brasileira; e apontar os novos rumos que a política vem tomando. / [en] Apprenticeship – a system of technical-vocational training implemented through work contract in which someone learns a trade by working under a certified expert - was institutionalized in Brazil as a public policy in the 1940s, as a vehicle for the process of national industrialization. In the context of the process of redemocratization of the Brazilian State in the 1980s, it was reconfigured and, after decades of retraction of its national offer, emerged as the main vector of the right to professionalization of adolescents and young people, especially those in situations of social vulnerability and low income. Taking as a starting point the historical analysis of the processes of emergence, institutionalization and reconfiguration of apprenticeship, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate the constitution, still in progress, of its identity, its new meanings and its social and educational purposes. It will focus on the context of its expansion and consolidation, over the last two decades, as the most perennial and only national public policy centered on the school-work transition process. This investigation about the constitution of the new identity of the learning policy was guided by the analysis of the different interpretations held both by the state and the social actors involved in the implementation of the policy regarding its new purpose, which is to constitute itself as means to guarantee the right to professionalization. Based on Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), this thesis focused its analysis on the investigation of ideas, values and propositions of the policy subsystem, which is constituted by the set of different actors, state and social, that deal with the apprenticeship. The analysis highlights their beliefs, their conflicts and their impasses around the definitions about which problems need to be faced and the objectives and impacts to be achieved by the new learning policy. From this context of analysis, we sought to highlight to what extent this new identity, that emerges from the process of implementing the policy, is different from and similar to the correctional, assistance and technical models that marked learning throughout Brazilian history, and to point out the new directions that the policy is taking.

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to illustrate how Work-based Learning (WBL) is handled in Special Education High Schools. With this purpose in mind, four questions have been formulated and they focus on what proportion of the total amount of high school students in the Special Education High School National Program who is completing their WBL according to governmental regulations, what challenges the WBL managers experience in working with WBL, what reasons the WBL managers see as decisive for students not completing their WBL and what benefits the WBL managers see with WBL. To answer the study’s purpose and questions, a survey was conducted, where we looked for respondents on a nationwide level. Data from the survey was analyzed with the help of a theoretical basis that we chose. This theory was based on three different perspectives on special education; the compensatory, the critical and the dilemma perspective by Nilholm (2007). A total of 127 respondents were included in the study and there were respondents from all three parts of Sweden; Norrland, Svealand and Götaland. The majority of respondents work as vocational teachers, Special Ed teachers working with the developmentally disabled and high school level teachers. The results showed that compulsory WBL education is an important part of the Special Education High School National Program, but at the same time difficult to implement due to lack of time, lack of internships and students’ individual abilities to complete a WBL. / SammanfattningSyftet med denna studie är att belysa hur styrdokumentens krav när det gäller arbetsplatsförlagt lärande (APL) hanteras i gymnasiesärskolan. Kopplat till syftet har fyra frågeställningar formulerats och de fokuserar på hur stor andel av det totala elevantalet på gymnasiesärskolans nationella program som genomför sin APL enligt styrdokumentens krav i dagsläget, vilka utmaningar de APL-ansvariga upplever sig möta i arbetet med APL, vilka orsaker de APL-ansvariga ser som avgörande för att eleven inte genomför sin APL, vilken nytta de APL-ansvariga ser med APL. För att besvara studiens syfte och frågeställningar genomfördes en enkätundersökning, där vi sökte efter informanter på ett rikstäckande plan. Data från enkäten analyserades med hjälp av en av oss vald teoretisk utgångspunkt. Denna teori utgick från tre olika perspektiv på specialpedagogik; det kompensatoriska, det kritiska och dilemmaperspektivet av Nilholm (2007).  Det var sammanlagt 127 informanter som ingick i enkätstudien och det fanns informanter hemmahörande från alla tre landsdelar i Sverige, Norrland, Svealand och Götaland. Majoriteten av informanterna arbetar som yrkeslärare, speciallärare mot utvecklingsstörning och ämneslärare på gymnasienivå. Resultatet visade att den obligatoriska APL utbildningen är en viktig del av ett nationellt program i gymnasiesärskolan, men den är samtidigt svår att genomföra på grund av tidsbrist för uppdraget, brist på APL-platser och elevernas individuella förutsättningar att klara av en APL.

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In dieser Dissertation werden die Themen Studienstrukturreform, Beschäftigungsfähigkeit und die besondere Situation der Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften untersucht. Im Theorieteil wird entlang der Modernisierungstheorie nach Ulrich Beck eine Analyse des gesellschaftlichen Wandels der Teilbereiche Arbeit und Bildung vorgenommen. Die Modernisierung, die als multidimensionaler Vorgang beschrieben wird, ist als Ursache und Motor für die Bologna-Reform zu verstehen, so die Grundthese der Arbeit. Beschäftigungsfähigkeit stellt ein zentrales Ziel der Bologna-Reform dar. Im Rahmen der Untersuchung wird entlang eines Diskurses um den Begriff und dessen Verwendung untersucht, welche Fähigkeiten, Kompetenzen und Kenntnisse Studierende der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften vermittelt bekommen sollen, damit sie Beschäftigungsfähigkeit erwerben. Ein dritter Schwerpunkt des theoretischen Abschnitts kennzeichnet die Beschreibung der Bologna-Reform. Im Rahmen des empirischen Teils wurden die an der Bologna-Reform beteiligten Akteure unter Verwendung von quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung untersucht. So brachte die Dokumentenanalyse relevanter Bologna-Dokumente hervor, dass auf allen Ebenen der Hochschulpolitik Beschäftigungsfähigkeit thematisiert wird. Ein weiteres zentrales Ergebnis der empirischen Untersuchung ist, dass sowohl die befragten Absolvent/innen der Philosophischen Fakultäten der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin als auch die Arbeitgeber/innen die Integration von praxisrelevanten Elementen ins Hochschulstudium begrüßen. An der praktischen Umsetzung wird jedoch Kritik geübt. Trotz Thematisierung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit und Einführung praxisrelevanter Elemente in die Curricula bleibt die Akzeptanz des Bachelorabschlusses insbesondere in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften auf dem Arbeitsmarkt eher gering. / This graduate thesis is analysing the reform of structur regarding to studies, employability as well as particular circumstances of graduates in humanities and social sciences. Regarding to the theory of modernization according to Ulrich Beck the social change with its parts of labor and education is analysed it the theoretical part. You need to understand modernisation - which is described as multidimensional event - as cause and influential force of the (educational) so called Bologna reform, so the main thesis of this paper. Employability is a chief aim of Bologna reform. To analyse how students of humanities and social sciences are getting skills, expertise and knowledge so they’ll acquire employability there is a discourse about the term and its utilisation (of employability). The third focus within the theoretical part is the description of the Bologna reform. In the context of the empirical part involved parties of the Bologna reform has been analysed based on quantitative and qualitative methods of empirical social research. To impart employability is an aim that you can find within discussions at the European Higher Education Area via higher education policy in Germany to the point of practical study regulations at HU Berlin. On the one hand both the polled graduates of the faculty of philosophy at HU Berlin and the employer are acclaiming/welcoming the integration of practical oriented units into university studies; on the other hand they are finding fault with the implementation. Even though employability is picked out as a central theme as well as practical oriented units are integrated into curricula the acceptance of a bachelor degree on labour market is still on a low level in particular within humanities and social sciences.

一直以來，職業教育的使命，是為幫助青少年提升未來就業及社會所需的能力，同時讓他們由學校教育過度至就業階段作好準備。隨着全球經濟環境在迅速轉變，知識成為衡量勞工價值的工具。香港的高中職業教育提供的適切性受到質疑，認為職業教育應結合知識的學習與能力的培養。直至2003年，應用學習課程引入高中教育階段，課程兼備職業知識與能力的培養，為學生提供更多元化的學習機會，並為他們在學術及職業方面都提供了進階途徑。職業課教師透過其教師實踐與師生互動的過程，直接影響着學生的升學及就業抉擇。本研究試圖去理解如何培養學生的可就業能力時，不能不從教師的角度去理解他們對培養可就業能力的看法，與適用於職業教育的教學法。 / 本研究發現，縱使高中的職業教育得以發展，修讀的人數一直較預期的少，且多是由一些學業成績差及學習動機弱的學生選讀。就應用學習而言，第三組別學校基於成本效益的考慮，也不會向學生積極推廣應用學習課程。加上外判式教育提供的方式，使導師的教學質素良莠不齊，標誌着中學職業教育的發展正處於邊緣化的狀態。 / 對於能力的理解與培養的看法，「美容學基礎」及「旅遊與款待」的教師皆認為，溝通能力是相關行業內最重要的能力元素。畢竟旅遊與款待業及美容業均存在獨特的專業性，各科教師對其相關行業的可就業能力的理解也有異。要成為美容師就需具備自我推進的能力，而從事旅遊與款待業，就需具備學習能力以適應不斷轉變的工作環境。這些分析發現不但為建立香港的可就業能力架構提供了參考基礎，還顯示了基本知識與能力的學習對發展出自我推進及學習能力扮演着關鍵的角色。然而，教師對於能力為本及問題為本教學取向中，重視解難能力及自主學習能力的培養，關注比較不足。 / Historically, vocational education has borne the mission to improve the skills of young people for work and life and to remain relevant to the shifting needs of young people in school-to-work transitions. In alignment with the recent global economic changes, knowledge is now seen as a defining characteristic of valuable workers. The appropriateness of the vocational education in senior secondary schooling is questioned in the light of the changing work environment and the need in the future for knowledgeable and competent workers. In Hong Kong, curricula in vocational courses are also expected to incorporate an emphasis both on knowledge and on the development of competences in relation to that knowledge. In order to comply, Applied Learning with curricula providing a knowledge base and offering breadth for the development of various generic skills was then launched in 2003 to provide young people with diversified learning opportunities for further studies and work. Through teaching and social interaction with students, vocational teachers exercise the form of agency to influence students on the plans and decisions of school-to-work pathways. As this thesis intends to explore how employability skills are nurtured in the course of teaching, the study is focused on teachers’ perceptions about nurturing students’ employability skills and the appropriate teaching pedagogy to adopt for vocational education. / Although the development of vocational education in senior secondary schooling was noticeable, it was not popular and tended to attract fewer students than expected. The low academic achievers and students of less motivation comprised the majority of students. Even the low banding schools did not promote Applied Learning due to concerns about cost effectiveness. The practice of outsourcing the teaching responsibilities to external agencies caused the inconsistency of teaching standards across the course delivered. All these signified the marginalized status of vocational education in secondary schooling. / Regarding teachers’ perceptions about nurturing students’ employability skills, both instructors of “Fundamental Cosmetology and school teachers of “Tourism and Hospitality identified communication skills as the most important competence for the novice in the beauty industry, tourism and hospitality industries. There still was a demand for distinct competences for different workplaces. Cosmetologists were required to obtain a sense of responsibility with a shown desire to improve. Those who intended to work in tourism and hospitality were expected to learn how to help themselves better adapt to the changing needs of the workplace. These findings not only were construed as a basis to develop the employability skills framework in Hong Kong, but also revealed that learning basic knowledge and skills in schools played a key role in helping students to develop the above competences. Nevertheless, vocational teachers should raise their awareness of nurturing students’ problem-solving skill and self-regulated learning that is the pedagogical objective of the competency-based and problem-based instructional approaches to achieve. / For understanding the teaching pedagogy of vocational education, instructors of “Fundamental Cosmetology basically adopted the primitive apprenticeship approach to teaching and focused mainly on the practical skills of the related profession. They were experienced practitioners in the beauty industry and could frame the classroom activities and skills practices by its work culture; whereas school teachers of “Tourism and Hospitality emphasised preparing students for achieving high grades in the public examination. They even tried to foster learning through organizing various creative, authentic activities such as a virtual enterprise programme, tour guide training and a practice programme. Students were inspired to learn knowledge, knowledge application and pay more attention to obtain competences. These findings showed that school teachers could construct the authentic school learning environment in the sense sharing a similar work culture in workplace. However, school teachers were overloaded with administration work, and diverted by those trivial and unnecessary non-teaching tasks. They needed to spare time for a more productive and effective teaching approach and for nurturing students’ complex reasoning skills. / Our research indicated that teachers faced great problems in motivating the low-motivated students due to the marginalized status of vocational courses. Teachers organized the authentic activities that were used concrete problems as a context for students to learn. However, the essence of problem-based pedagogical approach emphasizes the ideals of deep, sustained and self-directed learning through exposure to authentic problems. This creates a more stimulating learning environment and cultivates in students problem solving skill and other high order thinking skills. The findings of this study show that vocational teachers need to underscore the positive results of incorporating problem-based learning into curriculum development. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 在教與學的理解上，美容導師採用傳統的學徒學習模式，以職業實用技能為主要的教學內容。由於導師具有豐富的美容工作經驗，她們能營造具有工作文化的真切活動。相反地，旅遊教師則是考試主導教學，主要協助學生爭取良好公開試成績。他們甚至安排一些具創意的真切活動如成立虛擬旅行社、領隊訓練與實習計劃，以引導學生學習知識、知識的應用與關注能力的培養。本研究發現學校的學習是可以透過安排真切活動而提供職場學習的工作文化體驗。不過，學校教師的行政與非教學工作繁重，確實需要釋放教學空間以發展新的教與學環境，讓學生達致有效的學習，同時培養不同的高階思維。 / 從受訪教師描述的教學狀況分析，發現教師基於職業課程收取學習動機較弱的學生，為了提升他們的學習興趣，費盡心思安排的真切活動，重視提供情境導向，但在形式以外，如何深化問題為本課程強調的學生的自主學習，自行界定討論問題，重視學習過程中培養學生解難能力等方面。本研究建議可進一步深化以上方面的思考。 / 陳家兒. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 301-316). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Chen Jia'er. / 摘要 --- p.I / Abstract --- p.II / 目錄 --- p.IV / 圖表目錄 --- p.VIII / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 研究背景 / Chapter 一、 --- 工作改變與可就業能力的培養 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 應用學習 --- p.25 / Chapter 第二節 --- 研究目的 --- p.27 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究問題 --- p.28 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻綜述 / Chapter 第一節 --- 技能發展 / Chapter 一、 --- 技能概念的爭議 --- p.30 / Chapter 二、 --- 技能發展的趨勢 --- p.32 / Chapter 第二節 --- 職業教育的發展概況 / Chapter 一、 --- 國際上中學職業教育的發展概況 --- p.43 / Chapter 二、 --- 香港的中學職業教育發展概況 --- p.47 / Chapter 第三節 --- 中學職業教育的教與學 --- p.50 / Chapter 一、 --- 教與學的背景理論 --- p.51 / Chapter 二、 --- 教學法與教學內容的關係 --- p.63 / Chapter 三、 --- 職業教育的教與學 --- p.68 / Chapter 四、 --- 職業教育課程的最新發展 --- p.92 / Chapter 五、 --- 普通教育與職業教育的融合 --- p.93 / Chapter 第四節 --- 資歷架構的發展 / Chapter 一、 --- 資歷架構發展的背景 --- p.96 / Chapter 二、 --- 香港的資歷架構發展概況 --- p.100 / Chapter 三、 --- 總結 --- p.104 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究設計 / Chapter 第一節 --- 研究的概念架構 --- p.105 / Chapter 第二節 --- 具體研究問題的闡述 --- p.106 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究法 / Chapter 一、 --- 質化研究的取向 --- p.107 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究法的確定 --- p.108 / Chapter 第四節 --- 研究對象及選取 / Chapter 一、 --- 職業課程的選取 --- p.109 / Chapter 二、 --- 訪談對象的選取 --- p.112 / Chapter 第五節 --- 資料收集的方法 --- p.114 / Chapter 第六節 --- 資料的整理與分析 --- p.115 / Chapter 一、 --- 閱讀原始資料 --- p.116 / Chapter 二、 --- 在資料中尋找意義 --- p.116 / Chapter 三、 --- 編碼 --- p.116 / Chapter 四、 --- 歸類 --- p.116 / Chapter 第七節 --- 研究意義 --- p.117 / Chapter 第八節 --- 研究限制 --- p.118 / Chapter 第四章 --- 「職業教育發展」、「美容學基礎」與「旅遊與款待」的概述 / Chapter 第一節 --- 香港中學職業教育的發展概況 --- p.120 / Chapter 第二節 --- 應用學習課程 --- p.128 / Chapter 一、 --- 發展概況 --- p.128 / Chapter 二、 --- 應用習的發展分析 --- p.130 / Chapter 第三節 --- 「美容學基礎」的概述 --- p.133 / Chapter 一、 --- 學習目標 --- p.134 / Chapter 二、 --- 課程大綱 --- p.136 / Chapter 三、 --- 教與學 --- p.139 / Chapter 四、 --- 施行模式 --- p.140 / Chapter 五、 --- 評估 --- p.141 / Chapter 六、 --- 學歷認證 --- p.142 / Chapter 第四節 --- 「旅遊與款待」的概述 --- p.143 / Chapter 一、 --- 宗旨與目標 --- p.143 / Chapter 二、 --- 課程大綱 --- p.144 / Chapter 三、 --- 教與學 --- p.145 / Chapter 四、 --- 評估 --- p.146 / Chapter 五、 --- 升學及就業的銜接 --- p.147 / Chapter 第五章 --- 教師對能力的理解及能力教授的意識 / Chapter 第一節 --- 教師對科目相關行業的能力的理解 --- p.149 / Chapter 一、 --- 對教授「旅遊與款待」的教師而言--能力是緊繫於科本與基本知識 --- p.149 / Chapter 二、 --- 對教授「美容學基礎」的教師而言--尤其重視工作關能力與態度 --- p.153 / Chapter 三、 --- 教師對科目相關行業的能力的看法--旅遊業與款待業vs美容業 --- p.155 / Chapter 第二節 --- 能力與知識的微妙關係 / Chapter 一、 --- 對教授「旅遊與款待」的教師而言--培養能力是學習科本知識的副產品 --- p.156 / Chapter 二、 --- 對教授「美容學基礎」的教師而言--能力與成績沒有必然關係 --- p.158 / Chapter 三、 --- 對能力的理解主哉能力的培養--「旅遊與款待」vs「美容學基礎」 --- p.160 / Chapter 第三節 --- 教師對教授能力的看法與實踐 / Chapter 一、 --- 「旅遊與款待」教師沒有刻意去培養能力 --- p.161 / Chapter 二、 --- 「美容學基礎」導師有計劃地從活動中培養能力 --- p.164 / Chapter 三、 --- 能力的教授--沒有刻意的培養vs有計劃的培養 --- p.167 / 本章結語 --- p.168 / Chapter 第六章 --- 主導教師教學的主要元素 / Chapter 第一節 --- 一切從教師對課程的理解開始 / Chapter 一、 --- 對教授「旅遊與款待」的教師而言--課程屬入門理論並需配合考試的評核要求 --- p.174 / Chapter 二、 --- 對教授「美容學基礎」的教師而言--課程需配合文憑試及銜接資歷架構 --- p.178 / Chapter 三、 --- 教師對課程的理解--「旅遊與款待」vs「美容學基礎」 --- p.181 / Chapter 第二節 --- 個人的知識及經驗影響對教學的理解 / Chapter 一、 --- 對教授「旅遊與款待」的教師而言--沒有相關學歷與工作經驗，勝在有興趣與教學熱誠 --- p.182 / Chapter 二、 --- 對教授「美容學基礎」的教師而言--有相關學歷及工作經驗，享有高度的課程與度 --- p.185 / Chapter 三、 --- 個人的知識及經驗影響對教學的理解--「旅遊與款待」vs「美容學基礎」 --- p.187 / Chapter 第三節 --- 學生的學習期望對教師教學的影響 / Chapter 一、 --- 「旅遊與款待」的學生--少談心，多談不用讀與成績 --- p.188 / Chapter 二、 --- 「美容學基礎」的學生--想學一技之長有助就業，滿足個人需要 --- p.197 / Chapter 三、 --- 學生的學習期望與對教師教學的影響--「旅遊與款待」vs「美容學基礎」 --- p.204 / Chapter 第四節 --- 學校政策的兩面刃 / Chapter 一、 --- 「旅遊與款待」--選修、必修、退修 --- p.205 / Chapter 二、 --- 「美容學基礎」--沒有一刻不被邊緣化 --- p.208 / Chapter 第五節 --- 主導教師教學的元素 / Chapter 一、 --- 「旅遊與款待」--一切以考試主導 --- p.211 / Chapter 二、 --- 「美容學基礎」--大多以職業技能為主導 --- p.212 / 本章結語 --- p.214 / Chapter 第七章 --- 職業相關課程的教與學 / Chapter 第一節 --- 教學內容重心 / Chapter 一、 --- 「旅遊與款待」教師：考試主導、成績為先--教授學科理論知識與應試技巧是最重要 --- p.223 / Chapter 二、 --- 「美容學基礎」教師：大多以職業技能為主導--職業技能訓練是教學的重心 --- p.227 / Chapter 三、 --- 教學內容重心：總離不開基礎知識與能力的元素 --- p.233 / Chapter 第二節 --- 教學取向 / Chapter 一、 --- 「旅遊與款待」教師：考試主導、成績為先--所教知識是切身的、重複鍛鍊語文表達力 --- p.234 / Chapter 二、 --- 「美容學基礎」教師：職業技能為主導--保留傳統師徒式的職業技能傳授 --- p.250 / Chapter 三、 --- 「旅遊與款待」與「美容學基礎」--情境學習與營造工作文化的啟示 --- p.263 / 本章結語 --- p.265 / Chapter 第八章 --- 結論 / Chapter 第一節 --- 本研究的主題 / Chapter 一、 --- 中學職業教育的發展困局 --- p.272 / Chapter 二、 --- 中學職業教育的教學問題 --- p.275 / Chapter 三、 --- 可就業能力培養的問題 --- p.279 / Chapter 第二節 --- 本研究的理論貢獻 / Chapter 一、 --- 回應可就業能力的討論 --- p.283 / Chapter 二、 --- 中學職業教育的教學法 --- p.285 / Chapter 第三節 --- 本研究的實踐意義 / Chapter 一、 --- 香港中學推行職業教育的政策建議 --- p.294 / Chapter 二、 --- 中學職業教育的教學實踐建議 --- p.297 / Chapter 第四節 --- 研究限制 --- p.299 / Chapter 第五節 --- 未來研究方向 --- p.300 / 參考書目 --- p.301 / Chapter 附錄一： --- 訪談提綱 --- p.317 / Chapter 附錄二： --- 1863年至2010年12月香港職業教育/中學職業教師發展大事紀錄 --- p.318