Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung - Report (May 2018)

The relevance of the «learning field» and «performance field» on the subjectively perceived success of continuing vocational education and training

  • Anita Sandmeier,
  • Ulrike Hanke,
  • Martin Gubler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40955-018-0105-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 1
pp. 41 – 55

Abstract

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Abstract The question how to improve the short-term as well as the long-term success of continuing vocational education and training (CVET) is of great importance for companies. Currently, however, evaluations in practice are still often only of a summative nature. Based on a practically applicable model and empirical data from participants in a wide range of CVET courses (N = 477), this paper presents various factors organisations can use to affect the subjective success of CVET, both in the “learning field” (i. e., the CVET activity itself) and the “performance field” (i. e., the work context). Regression analyses indicate the short-term success is mainly related to the quality of the CVET activity, whereas long-term success is more dependent on the quality of the performance field.

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