Tuesday 23rd September 2014
09:00 - 09:30 Introduction
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz
Director of the G.R.E.A.T., University of Cologne, Germany
09.30 - 10:15 Keynote Speech III
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
"Economic Aspects of Apprenticeship"
Prof. Dr. Paul Ryan
King's College, Cambridge University, UK
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
[Ground floor]
10:45 - 12:45 Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session II A
[Room S 24, second floor]
Matthias Gehrig | MISSION: Possible – A System for Assessing and Developing Social Competence and Personal Compentence |
Dr. Jim Hordern | Regions and Recontextualisation Capability in the Constitution of Vocational Knowledge |
Dr. Franz Kaiser | Core Qualifications for Business and Administrative Occupations: Findings from Qualitative Content Analyses in Training Regulations and a Survey in Germany |
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Weiping Shi
Parallel Session II B
[Room S 25, second floor]
Dr. Regina Dionisius | Transition After School in Germany: A Trend to Higher General Education? |
Katleen De Rick | The Impact of Vocational Training, Apprenticeship and Guidance Provided by the Flemish Public Employment Service on the Job Search Process of Young Job Seekers |
Moderated by Dr. Antje Barabasch
Parallel Session II C
[Room S 26, second floor]
Prof. Dr. Thomas Deißinger | Generalisation/ Tertiarisation of VET? Current Developments and Challendes for the German VET System |
Dr. Tim Grebe | The Training Module Concept: A Way Towards Quality Improvement and Inclusion in German VET? |
Ioanna Katsikopoulou | Is There a Role for School-Based Vocational Education in Local and National Development? A Comparative Study in Greece and England |
Moderated by Nàder Alyani
12:45 - 14:30 Lunch Break
(Free time to spend as you please. Please see our list (including a map) with restaurant recommendations next to the conference venue)
14:30 - 17:30 Parallel Working Groups
Stationary Coffee table during the afternoon
[Ground floor]
Parallel Working Group A
[Room S 24, second floor]
Dr. Chandrakumar Mani (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India) | Business Education Integrated with Simulations: Creating a Way Ahead for ‘to be’ (Future)Managers |
Prof. Dr. JS Sodhi | Skill Development in India: A Study of Skill Gaps in the Informal Sector |
Dr. Uma Gengaiah | Skill Development in the Informal Sector in India: The Case of Street Food Vendors |
Sylvia Garcia Delahaye | Skills Development and Job Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youths in India |
Moderated by Prof. Dr. G. Palanithurai
Parallel Working Group B
[Room S 25, second floor]
Prof. Dr. Zhiqun Zhao | VET Teachers' Professional Competence Assessment in China Based on KOMET Competence Diagnostic Concept |
Prof. Dr. Weiping Shi | Historical Mission of TVET in China's Economic Transformation |
Yuzhu Li | The Complementary Institution of Enterprise-School-Cooperation in Vocational Education |
Dr. Jun Li | What Does it Mean to be Vocational Teachers in China: An Investigation of their Vocational Identity and Professional Development |
Moderated by Associate Prof. Dr. Christopher Zirkle
Parallel Working Group C
[Room S 26, second floor]
Binaben Akoobhai | Challenges and Opportunities of TVET in South Africa |
Prof. Dr. Simon McGrath | Exploring the Value of the Capability Approach for the Evaluation of Vocational Education and Training: The Development of a New ‘Toolkit’ |
Dr. habil. Stefan Wolf | Policy Transfer in TVET from Germany to Egypt: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Experiences from a R & D-Project in the Egyptian Construction Industry |
Peter Jacobson | Pre-Vocational Programs and Pre-Apprenticeships: The Australian Experience |
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Thomas Deißinger
Parallel Working Group D
[Room S 14, first floor]
Nàder Alyani | Interprofessional Learning and Judgement in Techno-Entrepreneurial Skill Webs: Pragmatic Glances from the Creative Sector Projects in the Gulf |
Dr. Nonthalee Prontadavit and Dr. Sirilak Hanvatananukul | Transferable Skills in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Vocational Teacher Education (VTE) in Thailand |
Associate Prof. Dr. Faruque A. Haolader | The Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing: Current Practices at Polytechnics in Bangladesh and Its Effects in Developing Students' Competences |
Dr. Thomas Schröder | Regional Association for Vocational Teacher Education in East and Southeast Asia (RAVTE): Improvement of Quality in Vocational Teacher Education Through Research and Regional Corporation |
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Dietmar Waterkamp
Stationary Coffee table during the afternoon
17:30 - 18:00 Conclusion: Developments of VET in Times of Economic Crisis: Lessons from Around the World
[Plenary Hall, ground floor]
Moderated by the moderators of each Working Group
18:00 - 18:30 Get-together at German Wine Reception
[Plenary hall, ground hall]
Introduction: Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz
Director of the G.R.E.A.T., University of Cologne
20:00 Conference Dinner
Restaurant “Heising & Adelmann“ (http://www.heising-und-adelmann.de, Friesenstr. 58-60,
50660 Cologne, Tram stop “Friesenplatz”
?Please see the directions and the map in your conference folder)
(Pre-registration to the dinner was required.)