Evaluation of Strengths of Dual Vocational Educational Training in Andalusia (Spain): A Stake on the Future
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Dual vocational educational training Evaluative research Strengths Opportunities
Date
2020-12-19Referencia bibliográfica
Pozo-Llorente, M. T., & Poza-Vilches, M. D. F. (2020). Evaluation of Strengths of Dual Vocational Educational Training in Andalusia (Spain). A Stake on the Future. Education Sciences, 10(12), 392. [doi:10.3390/educsci10120392]
Résumé
Dual Vocational Training was introduced in Spain in 2012 with the purpose to reinforce
training based on employment requirements and to promote youth employment within the labour
market. Since its implementation, there has been continuous growth of the presence of this modality
across every Autonomous Community, with Andalusia being one of the latest regions to dualize the
Vocational Educational Training (hereinafter VET) educational scheme. From the outset however,
this modality has faced a number of obstacles that question its sustainability. Without losing sight
of these obstacles, and with the purpose of providing arguments that justify the suitability of this
model in Andalusia, this study aims to identify—from the unique perspective of three Andalusian
educational institutions—the strengths of this modality and the opportunities that the Andalusian
context o ers. To this end, we have used the SWOT technique to analyse the opinion of a group of
teachers regarding their thoughts on the Andalusian Dual VET system, from both an internal and
external perspective. Workforce insertion and the quality of skills gained through training are some
of the strengths that characterize this model, with the greatest opportunities derived from the needs
of the Andalusian business and productive sectors. Based on the scenarios drawn, we have suggested
a number of guidelines to capitalize on some of the identified strengths and take advantage of the
opportunities observed.