Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process
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Resumo: | This paper presents a systematic framework of the most needed Vocational Education and Training (VET) reforms in The Azores, a Portuguese outermost region. Our report is based on a participatory research approach involving the perspectives of five different groups of stakeholders. Our data was collected in 18 virtual world-café sessions (n=164 participants—58 trainees; 21 trainers; 42 institutional representatives; 21 unemployed people registered at local public employment agencies; and 22 businesspersons; M age=45.20; 60.37 women). Based on content analysis, we identified three main priorities to restructure vocational training policies: (a) VET perception and valorization, comprising strategies to disseminate a more positive social representation of VET in the region; (b) horizontal coordination between stakeholders, including effective ways of coordinating and sharing information; and (c) vertical coordination in terms of VET improvements of curricula, funding models, and investments in the sector’s human capital. Our correspondence analysis did not show significant differences regarding the prevalence of the three priorities across the five groups of stakeholders. We interpret and contextualize our results according to relevant publicly available data about the region, and an integrated governance lens to inform policy design in outermost territories. |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory processVocational education and trainingParticipatory researchIntegrated governanceOutermost regionsPublic policiesThis paper presents a systematic framework of the most needed Vocational Education and Training (VET) reforms in The Azores, a Portuguese outermost region. Our report is based on a participatory research approach involving the perspectives of five different groups of stakeholders. Our data was collected in 18 virtual world-café sessions (n=164 participants—58 trainees; 21 trainers; 42 institutional representatives; 21 unemployed people registered at local public employment agencies; and 22 businesspersons; M age=45.20; 60.37 women). Based on content analysis, we identified three main priorities to restructure vocational training policies: (a) VET perception and valorization, comprising strategies to disseminate a more positive social representation of VET in the region; (b) horizontal coordination between stakeholders, including effective ways of coordinating and sharing information; and (c) vertical coordination in terms of VET improvements of curricula, funding models, and investments in the sector’s human capital. Our correspondence analysis did not show significant differences regarding the prevalence of the three priorities across the five groups of stakeholders. We interpret and contextualize our results according to relevant publicly available data about the region, and an integrated governance lens to inform policy design in outermost territories.SAGE2023-12-13T11:57:06Z2023-01-01T00:00:00Z20232023-12-13T11:56:38Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/29994eng1474-904110.1177/14749041231157445Bettencourt, L.Simões, F.Fernandes, B.Fonseca, J.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-17T01:17:54Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/29994Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:54:39.949519Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process Bettencourt, L. Vocational education and training Participatory research Integrated governance Outermost regions Public policies |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process |
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Bettencourt, L. |
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Bettencourt, L. Simões, F. Fernandes, B. Fonseca, J. |
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Simões, F. Fernandes, B. Fonseca, J. |
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Bettencourt, L. Simões, F. Fernandes, B. Fonseca, J. |
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Vocational education and training Participatory research Integrated governance Outermost regions Public policies |
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Vocational education and training Participatory research Integrated governance Outermost regions Public policies |
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This paper presents a systematic framework of the most needed Vocational Education and Training (VET) reforms in The Azores, a Portuguese outermost region. Our report is based on a participatory research approach involving the perspectives of five different groups of stakeholders. Our data was collected in 18 virtual world-café sessions (n=164 participants—58 trainees; 21 trainers; 42 institutional representatives; 21 unemployed people registered at local public employment agencies; and 22 businesspersons; M age=45.20; 60.37 women). Based on content analysis, we identified three main priorities to restructure vocational training policies: (a) VET perception and valorization, comprising strategies to disseminate a more positive social representation of VET in the region; (b) horizontal coordination between stakeholders, including effective ways of coordinating and sharing information; and (c) vertical coordination in terms of VET improvements of curricula, funding models, and investments in the sector’s human capital. Our correspondence analysis did not show significant differences regarding the prevalence of the three priorities across the five groups of stakeholders. We interpret and contextualize our results according to relevant publicly available data about the region, and an integrated governance lens to inform policy design in outermost territories. |
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