Pathology of the development of technical and vocational branches in Tabriz

Asghari, M.; Hashemi, T.

doi:10.22061/jte.2019.5071.2164

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

M. Asghari ¹
T. Hashemi ²

¹ Department of Higher‌ Education‌, Faculty of Educational Sciences, ShahidBeheshti University, Tehran, Iran

² PsychologyDepartment, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/jte.2019.5071.2164

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Technical and vocational training play an important role in the formation of human capital with Preparation of skilled workers in the market work needs of the world. These trainings in the developing countries are not only responsible for training the workforce but also help solve the problem of unemployment by preparing the ground for self-employment. These trainings also have the advantage of short-term or medium-term efficiency, which is the reason that countries are paying more attention to technical and vocational training. Considering the role of expansion of technical, professional and vocational branches in production boom, job creation, and reduction of unemployment, it is very important to study the factors influencing this field. The aim of the study was investigating the injuries of spread technical and vocational branches in the education system of the Tabriz city, In order to identify the existing damages, future decisions should be made scientifically and expertly.
Methods: The research was done using a mixed method. The teachers of vocational schools in Tabriz (n=1028) was selected as the population of quantitative research and Students of this branches were selected as the research community (n=14464). Twenty of the experts were interviewed in the qualitative section. The sample of students based on the Cochran's formula (373) who were selected using a targeted sampling method. Quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics by using SPSS software. The research instrument was a researcher made questionnaire with 17 questions which was confirmed‌its validity by faculty members positively and its reliability was calculated with Cronbach's alpha (0/82).
Findings: After reviewing the interviews of the expert group, the six main components were considered as the location of all branches damages, which include1-Curriculum (Teaching Methods, Educational, Evaluation System, Textbooks)2-Management (Attraction In the job market, motivation interest relative to Education in this branches, force evaluation, communication with industry, existence of effective upstream documents, decentralization) 3-cultural field (media, group of friends and family perspective) 4- Equipment and resources ( Existence of workshop facilities, safety) 5- financial budget (attention to the needs of the audiences and the amount of equipment upgrades) 6-teacher training (relationship between training and real life, Proportion of training and adequacy of tests(
Conclusion: In the equipment field, According to Pearson correlation coefficient (0/683%), from the audience's point of view fundamental damage, related to the lack of safety equipment. In terms of curriculum and content, Response To needs of the audiences, was Undesirable (23/7%).in the field of education Improvement of human resources, lack of connection between trainings and real life (3/1%) and in the cultural dimension, inappropriate attitude of groups of friends and parents (21/1%) were recognized as damage. In terms of financial resources. In terms of facilities, finances and equipment, the amount of budget allocated to meet the needs of technical workshops has been very low (25%). the results of Pearson correlation coefficient in the student population showed that about (90%) of the damages of these branches depend on the management methods., Therefore, it is necessary to train and improve the directors of vocational schools and to design appropriate mechanisms in their selection according to their expertise and efficiency in this field.

Keywords

20.1001.1.20080441.1399.15.1.13.4

Main Subjects

TVET

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