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Program
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Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Martin Carnoy, Stanford University, United States
- Dr. Simone Volet, Murdoch University, Australia
- Dr. Etienne Wenger, United States
- Dr. James W. Pellegrino, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Last update: 4 June 2009
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Wednesday, 25th March 2009
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Room
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11:00 –
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Registration
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Piazza
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11:45 – 13:15
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Lunch
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Piazza
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13:15 – 13:45
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Welcome Address
Ursula Renold
Director, Federal Office for Professional Education and
Technology OPET, Switzerland (Presentation, Video Clip)
Opening Address
Ursula Scharnhorst
Chair of the Congress, SFIVET, Switzerland
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Aula
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13:45 – 14:45
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Keynote
Martin Carnoy
Stanford University, United States (Abstract, Presentation, Video Clip)
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Aula
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15:15 – 16:45
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THEMATIC SESSION 1
An integrated learning approach for the effectiveness of technologies in a dual VET system across contexts (Abstract)
Chair: Friedrich Hesse, University of Tübingen, Germany
Discussant: Heinz Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg, Germany
Using DBR and mobile technology to assess apprentices’ help-seeking at the workplace and to foster their autonomy (Abstract, Presentation)
A. Cattaneo, J.-L. Gurtner & E. Motta
“Let’s Write Together”: Computer supported writing to learn in VET (Abstract)
M. Gavota, M. Betrancourt, A. Cattaneo, C. Arn, D. Schneider & U. Richle
Boundary objects in the design of education interventions (Abstract, Presentation)
P. Jermann, G. Zufferey, A. Lucchi, M. Sanz & P. Dillenbourg
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Aula
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15:00 – 17:00
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THEMATIC SESSION 2
Identity dynamics in transitions (Abstract)
Chair: Tania Zittoun, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Discussant: Laurent Filliettaz, University of Geneva, Switzerland
From school to work: interaction and participation in vocational educational and training situations (Abstract)
B. Duc
Is a technical school a bridge between school and work? A case study.
(Abstract, Presentation)
A.-N. Perret-Clermont & J.-F. Perret
Dropping out of vocational education and training: Identity dynamics and relational issues. (Abstract, Presentation)
J. Masdonati & N. Lamamra
The place of work in the transition to professional life (Abstract)
T. Zittoun
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214
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15:00 – 16:00
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PAPER SESSION 1
Training decisions of firms
Chair: Jürg Schweri, SFIVET, Switzerland
Apprenticeship training in Germany – Is there a change from an investment- towards a production-oriented strategy? (Abstract, Presentation)
H. Pfeifer, G. Schönfeld & F. Wenzelmann
Complementarities between apprenticeship training and firm sponsored continuing training? (Abstract)
J. Mohrenweiser
A German-Swiss comparison of the firm’s training decision (Abstract)
S. Mühlemann, H. Pfeifer, F. Wenzelmann, G. Walden & S. Wolter
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N106
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16:05 – 17:05
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PAPER SESSION 2
Models and measures of identity and competence development
Chair: Lars Balzer, SFIVET, Switzerland
Valued and valuable professional identity in vocational education and training (VET): collective representations among trainees, trainers and teachers. (Abstract)
D. A. Castelli Dransart, V. Perriard, V. Zbinden Sapin, J. De Puy, B. Gay-des-Combes & M.-C. Monin
Motivation, identity and competence development (Abstract)
L. Heinemann
Output quality of in-company vocational education and training from a stakeholders’ point of view (Abstract, Presentation)
M. Ebbinghaus
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N106
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17:15 – 17:30
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POSTER SESSION
Skills development: Attitudes and perceptions (Abstract)
M. Gosling, K. Shoesmith & T. Kennedy
The transition to VET and the future evolution of the number of VET beginners in Switzerland (Abstract, Poster)
L. Gaillard & J. Babel
The Swiss VET System
SFIVET (Posters) / OPET (Posters)
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Piazza
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17:30 – 19:00
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Welcome reception
(Sponsored by ERVET)
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Piazza
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Thursday, 26th March 2009
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Room
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08:30 – 09:30
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PAPER SESSION 3
Aspects of matching skills, labour market needs and outcomes in VET
Chair: Annina Eymann, SFIVET, Switzerland
Skill obsolescence, vintage effects and changing tasks (Abstract, Presentation)
S. Janssen
Labour market outcomes: the relationship between education types and literacy scores
(Abstract)
J.-M. Falter & C. Pasche
Money matters – Evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training (Abstract, Full Paper)
S. Wolter & D. Messer
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Aula
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08:30 – 09.30
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PAPER SESSION 4
The impact of different systemic changes in VET
Chair: Christoph Arn, SFIVET, Switzerland
Examining the impact of a systemic change professional development initiative for vocational education and training (VET) trainers in Western Australia (Abstract)
R. Saunders
Transition and permeability in vocational education and training in Germany and Switzerland – a comparative perspective (Abstract, Presentation)
B. Siecke
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214
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08:30 – 09.30
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PAPER SESSION 5
Aspects related to individual differences and diversity in VET
Chair: Hansruedi Kaiser, SFIVET, Switzerland
Smart heads and golden hands. An empirical study on educational processes of gifted juveniles in the Swiss vocational education system (Abstract)
M. Stamm, M. Niederhauser & R. Müller
Impact of precocity in mathematics and reading on the transition from compulsory to post-compulsory education and beyond (Abstract, Presentation)
M. Stutz & M. Stamm
Cultural diversity and gender in VET: Identification and analysis of organisational and pedagogical arrangements for cultural diversity and gender integration (Abstract)
B. Pfister Giauque, E. Flamigni & Romaine Schnyder
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N106
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09:45 – 10:45
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Keynote
James W. Pellegrino
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
(Abstract, Presentation, Video Clip)
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Aula
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11:00 – 12:30
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THEMATIC SESSION 3 (Abstract)
Informative contributions to VET research from sociological perspectives
Chair: Christian Imdorf, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Discussant: Christian Imdorf, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Access to company-based dual apprenticeships or fully school-based education. Effects of social inequality at the transition from compulsory school to upper secondary education and training in Switzerland (Abstract)
S. Hupka-Brunner, S. Sacchi & B. Stalder
System formation in the Swiss vocational education and training system using the example of commercial and business education (Abstract, Presentation)
S. Burren, L. Criblez & M. Späni
Vocational education and training dropout from the perspective of professional socialization (Abstract, Presentation)
N. Lamamra & J. Masdonati
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Aula
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11:00 – 12:00
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THEMATIC SESSION 4 (Abstract)
Using ethnography to further understandings of quality and its assessment in VET
Chair: Ingrid de Saint-Georges, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Discussant: Stephen Billett, Griffith University, Australia
The efficiency of communication training in the service industry: some answers from a critical ethnography perspective (Abstract)
A. Duchêne
A qualitative approach to vocational training and education: what can we learn about “consequential transitions” from ethnography? (Abstract)
I. de Saint-Georges
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214
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11:00 – 12:20
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PAPER SESSION 6
Support and perspectives for at-risk students in VET
Chair: Nicole Grolimund, SFIVET, Switzerland
Factors for success in the vocational education of at-risk adolescents
(Abstract, Presentation)
K. Häfeli & C. Schellenberg
Well prepared for the labour market? Employment perspectives and job careers of young people after a two-year basic training course with Basic Federal Certificate: the case of the retail sales and hotel sectors in Switzerland
M. Kammermann (absent)
How to help young people at risk entering the world of work: The project LIFT
(Abstract, Presentation)
L. Balzer
«Illiteracy and New Technologies» (INT) – New media and basic adult literacy (Abstract, Presentation)
A. Hollenstein, A. Sturm & R. Hilbe
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N106
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12:30 – 14:00
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Lunch
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Piazza
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14:00 – 15:00
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Keynote
Simone Volet
Murdoch University, Western Australia (Abstract)
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Aula
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15:15 – 17:15
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SYMPOSIUM 1
The bottom-up way: How to formulate, model and measure competencies of teachers and trainers, responsible for apprentices (Abstract)
Chair: Sarah Heinzer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Discussants: Richard Shavelson, University of Stanford, United States
Gerhard Minnameier, University of Aachen, Germany
Individual intentions as a source for the social configuration of knowledge, competence and performance and their impact on learning and teaching (Abstract, Presentation)
D. Sembill
The advocatory approach to diagnose teaching quality: a contradiction to a bottom-upprocedure? (Abstract, Presentation)
F. Oser
Research- and evidence-based teacher training within the fields of VET (Abstract)
S. Weber & F. Achtenhagen
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Aula
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15:15 – 16:15
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PAPER SESSION 7
Job demand and mobility after initial VET
Chair: Barbara Müller, SFIVET, Switzerland
Matching the supply of and demand for young people graduating from the vocational track in Spain
O. Marcenaro & A. Vignoles (absent)
German apprenticeship training and the skill weights approach – An empirical analysis
(Abstract)
U. Backes-Gellner, J. Mure & R. Geel
The returns to occupation-specific human capital. Evidence from mobility after apprenticeship (Abstract)
B. Müller & J. Schweri
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15:15 – 16:15
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PAPER SESSION 8
Specific modes and domains of learning in VET
Chair: Ursula Balmer, SFIVET, Switzerland
Mathematics for construction workers (Abstract, Presentation)
H. Kaiser
Effect of a metacognitive intervention on mathematics problem solving in vocational students with learning difficulties (Abstract)
N. Kipfer, J.-L. Berger & F. Büchel
Learning with collaboratively generated graphical representations in the domain of economics and business education (Abstract, Presentation)
C. Aprea & H. G. Ebner
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N106
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16:25 – 17:25
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PAPER SESSION 9
Factors determining VET returns: Wage dispersion and wage growth
Chair: Annina Eymann, SFIVET, Switzerland
Decomposing the dispersion of earnings to analyze the impact of on-the-job training
(Abstract, Presentation)
J. Silber, A. Dumas & S. Hanchane
Differences in wage growth by education level: An empirical analysis of the Swiss dual education system (Abstract, Presentation)
S. Weber
Knowledge society and the returns to VET for individuals. A multilevel analysis of the German labour force (Abstract, Presentation)
D. Rohrbach
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214
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16:25 – 17:05
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PAPER SESSION 10
Technology-supported learning in VET
Chair: Christoph Arn, SFIVET, Switzerland
Collaborative computer-supported writing activities to foster professional procedures learning in vocational education (Abstract, Presentation)
M. Gavota, M. Betrancourt & D. Schneider
Using a national learning management system in Swiss vocational education
(Abstract, Presentation)
D. Petko, T. Moser & A. Frey
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N106
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19:30 – 23:00
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CONGRESS DINNER
Restaurant Goldener Schlüssel Bern
Rathausgasse 72, 3011 Berne
www.goldener-schluessel.ch
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Berne
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Friday, 27th March 2009
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Room
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09:45 – 11:45
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SYMPOSIUM 2
Exploring the potentialities and limitations of workplaces as learning sites for newcomers in the profession (Abstract)
Chair: Laurent Filliettaz, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Discussant: Etienne Wenger, United States
Becoming at work: Building occupational capacities and identity through work
(Abstract)
S. Billett
The distributed nature of guidance at work: a learning resource for apprentices?
(Abstract)
L. Filliettaz
Why do more advanced apprentices ask more questions and request more help than others at the workplace? (Abstract, Presentation)
J.-L. Gurtner, L. Mauroux & A. Cattaneo
Cooperation between school and companies so as to frame students’ workplace activities – the case of a cooperative program in an industrial engineer school in France
(Abstract)
L. Veillard
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Aula
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10:00 – 11.30
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THEMATIC SESSION 5
Competence Profiles and Conceptions as Steering Knowledge for Professionals of Vocational Education and Training (Abstract)
Chair: Fritz Oser, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Discussant: James W. Pellegrino, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Development of competence profiles of responsibles for in-company training
(Abstract, Presentation)
C. Joho & S. Heinzer
What sports teachers should do and should be able to do: About competence profiles of sports teachers in technical high schools (Abstract, Presentation)
M. Baumgartner
How competencies develop and how to foster steering professional knowledge
(Abstract, Presentation)
P. Salzmann & T. Bauder
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09:30 – 10.30
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PAPER SESSION 11
Competencies in specific VET domains
Chair: Marianne Stäubli, SFIVET, Switzerland
From evaluation to assessment? – Approaches in aeronautics (Abstract, Presentation)
A. Saniter & R. Bremer
The role of domain competencies for employability in the IT sector (Abstract)
S. Ziebarth, S. Schröder, N. Malzahn, S. Zeini & U. Hoppe
Competing with skills for clothing: A comparative case study on the skill-formation regimes for the garment industry in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
(Abstract, Presentation)
M. Maurer
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N106
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10:45 – 11:45
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PAPER SESSION 12
Educational choices at upper secondary level: Patterns and paths leading to VET or to general academic education
Chair: Marc Fuhrer, SFIVET, Switzerland
Intergenerational links and upper secondary track choice: Pattern and consequences
(Abstract, Presentation)
J.-M. Falter, G. Ferro Luzzi & F. Sbergami
Risk-return trade-offs to complete educational paths: Vocational, academic and mixed
(Working Paper)
S. Tuor & U. Backes-Gellner
SCELTO: Go for the apprenticeships (Abstract, Presentation)
E. Boldrini, L. Bausch, F. Mulatero & S. Guidotti
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N106
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12:00 – 13:00
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Keynote
Etienne Wenger, United States (Abstract, Presentation, Video Clip)
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Aula
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13:00 – 15:00
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Lunch
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Aula
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15:00 – 21:00
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EXCURSION
In the herdman’s cottage, dating from 1741, we will be offered an insight into the historical and cultural development of cheese making. On prior request, we can make our own cheese over an open fire and enjoy a Swiss Fondue for dinner.
www.showdairy.ch
15:00 Departure (car park in front of the SFIVET)
16:00 Arriving at the Emmental Show Dairy
16:00 – 17:00 Guided tour
17:00 – 18:00 Making our own cheese on the open fire
18:00 – 20:00 Dinner
20:00 Trip home
21:00 Arriving at Berne
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