Helping people with schizophrenia to gain competitive employment is a key to improving their quality of life and facilitating their recovery.1 Through a combination of individual placement and support, work-related social skills training, and cognitive remediation training (CRT), our earlier studies demonstrated that 78.8% of people with severe mental illness succeeded in getting competitive em...

Nowadays in the light of technological, economical and social changes, the problems of overall occupation of people and continuous growth of economy become more important and complex. Continuous development of people’s knowledge and skills, investment in education and vocational training are the main factors stimulating the economical and social development of the state. This paper analysis the...

In The Netherlands a curriculum project is carried out in which a new mathematics program is developed for vocational education (engineering, age group 16-20). Because mathematics should really support the vocational courses, it was decided to develop mathematical concepts starting in the context of engineering. Many mathematical issues that are taken for granted in general education are of no ...

Aiming at identification of the components of competence-based vocational training, and its status in textbooks used in technological high schools, a content analysis of five textbooks on non-technological competencies, commonly used in all fields, was undertaken utilizing a check list considered as valid by curriculum experts. Furthermore, a perusal of related texts and documents revealed thre...

Multi-sensory stimulation provided in a Snoezelen room is being used increasingly for individuals with mental retardation and mental illness to facilitate relaxation, provide enjoyment, and inhibit behavioral challenges. We observed aggressive and self-injurious behavior in three groups of 15 individuals with severe or profound mental retardation and mental illness before, during, and after bei...

Vocational education refers to the training of specific skills or trades. It is often done part time or in personal time over a lengthy period (months to years). As such, it requires persistence, self motivation and self regulatory skills including goal setting, planning and time management. A growing body of evidence suggests that these self-regulating skills are a key determinant in learning ...

Many studies have been conducted, mainly in a university environment, and researchers have identified both advantages and disadvantages of e-learning. Very little is known about the applicability and suitability of e-learning to vocational and skills-based training. The research presented in this paper evaluates an adaptive e-learning model (INNOVRET) which combines skills-based learning by mea...

Over the past decade, there has been growth in the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services globally, as countries seek to control disability-related expenditure, yet there has been minimal research outside the United States on competencies required to work in this area. This study reports on research conducted in Australia to determine current job function and knowledge areas in terms of...

This paper discusses technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as well as skills development in rural areas, mainly pertaining to agriculture and related activities and explores existing gender differences. TVET has suffered from a focus on basic, and especially primary education, which led to the neglect of post-basic education and training and their non-inclusion in the UN Millen...

The essential procedural skills that newly graduated doctors require are rarely defined, do not take into account pre-vocational employer expectations, and differ between Universities. This paper describes how one Faculty used local evaluation data to drive curriculum change and implement a clinically integrated, multi-professional skills program. A curriculum restructure included a review of a...