Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.
This week we ask how are school leaders in your context justifying digitalisation?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
This week we share ‘The training of full-time in-service teachers in Further Education’ by T.A. Hempstock (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 4. Issue 9.
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
Dates for your diary!
JVET CONFERENCE 2027
Following the success of our last conference, the team is busy planning the next Conference due to take place on 15 - 17 July 2027, in Oxford.
Please hold the date - we will provide more details later this Spring!
This week we share ‘How school leaders justify digitalization in vocationally oriented Swiss upper-secondary schools: a qualitative content analysis through the lens of convention theory in education’ by Maria-Luisa Schmitz, Philipp Gonon, Juliette Désiron, Tessa Consoli & Chiara Antonietti (2026).
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This week we ask what do we miss about young people’s aspirations when we treat academic and vocational tracks as fundamentally different pathways?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
This week we share ‘Education for Social Change in England 1600–1660’ by W.H.G. Armytage (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 4. Issue 9.
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
This week we share ‘Constructing life projects in a comprehensive secondary school: experiences from secondary students in Chile’ by
Jorge Prado & Leandro Sepúlveda (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
This week we ask if VET is meant to support a “just transition,” what happens when the everyday practices of a vocation (like beekeeping) clash with the strategic priorities of the VET system built to train it?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘The M.K.S. system’ by W.G. Clouter & L.S. Powell (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 4. Issue 8.
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
This week we share ‘Tensions and symbiosis for vocational education and training and just transitions: a practice theoretical analysis of beekeeping practices in Aotearoa New Zealand’ by John P. Howse (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
This week we ask is vocational training becoming too segmented, with some occupations offering far better conditions than others?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘The impact of the General Certificate of Education’ by A.J. Jenkinson (1952).
Vol 4. Issue 8.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
This week we share ‘Skill profiles of training occupations and occupational segmentation of vocational education and training in Germany’ by Filiz Koneberg, Daniela Rohrbach-Schmidt & Anett Friedrich (2025).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.
This week we ask how can vocational teachers better support students who need extra help before they go into work‑based learning?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘Extracts from the history of the teaching of book-keeping’ by Wm. Malcolm (1952).
Vol 4. Issue 8.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘Preparing students in need of support for work-based learning: vocational teachers’ experiences and pedagogical approaches’ by My Olofsson (2025).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This week’s Sunday spotlight shines on the theme introduced during this week’s New Text Tuesday.
This week we ask does Design Thinking count as Work‑Integrated Learning in vocational education, or are we overlooking its potential?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘Extracts from the history of the teaching of book-keeping’ by J.G.C. Jackson (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#ThrowbackThursdays
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘Design thinking: a pedagogical framework for work integrated learning’ by Philip Rose (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
This week’s Sunday spotlight shines on the theme introduced during this week’s New Text Tuesday.
This week we ask do you think vocational lessons benefit from more structured conceptual scaffolding, or does it risk oversimplifying practical knowledge?
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘Activity methods in further education’ by
F.E. Foden (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘Historical foundations of categorical pedagogy in vocational education‘ by Wayne Hugo (2025).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.
This week we ask how important is it that government‑funded projects actively recruit and support under‑represented workers?
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘Introspection and the teaching of craft skill’ by
W.M. MacQueen (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
This week we share ‘Using public procurement to improve apprenticeship outcomes and promote a more diverse construction workforce in Britishmixed-Columbia’ by John Calvert (2025).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.
This week we ask how can vocational colleges better support students facing adverse life conditions without reducing them to attendance statistics?
#SpotlightSundays #JVET
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘ A clinical study of management student groups’ by W.M. Dawson (1952).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘Supporting vulnerable students facing adverse life conditions in vocational education – challenges and possibilities’ by
Thomas Mackrill & Ditte Priebe Jønsson (2025).
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
This week’s Sunday spotlight shines on the theme introduced during this week’s New Text Tuesday.
This week we ask in vocational education, how can lecturers balance academic, participatory, and professional writing practices to better support students?
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘An introduction to ex’ by H.E. Dance (1951).
Vol 3. Issue 7.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
