This article details the design and validation of the Students’ Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education Programmes (SPUSEP) instrument, developed to explore Portuguese students’ experiences of transitioning into upper secondary education. The instrument was developed based on a literature review an…
This study analyses an initiative in the city of Ceuta to use life coaching to improve the skills, motivation, resilience and socio-emotional capacity of basic vocational training students specialising in hair and beauty training. Students at this level demonstrate low motivation and a high rate of …
Following the profound changes higher education institutions have undergone in recent years, students are now considered the main protagonists of their own training and viewed as active agents in their learning process. In this new context, the suitability and level of competences students are expec…
Among the most pressing social challenges today is the formation of individuals in a complex and unstable social and labor world. Organizations should enhance collaboration as an element for the social transformation and development of the individuals linked to them. In this regard, vocational train…
Workplace training (WT) is currently one of the most important components of vocational training. This paper explores WT modules from both a theoretical and empirical approach in a sample of schools offering initial vocational training in the fields of Hair & Beauty and Administrative Services. A qu…
This article analyzes how the general prescriptive guidelines on cross-curricular competencies are being implemented in vocational training centers of the Basque Autonomous Community. A case study is carried out by means of a quantitative and qualitative analysis of good practices in which competenc…
