16 February 2017, Thessaloniki

Antonio Ranieri antonio.ranieri@cedefop.europa.eu

Awareness and Attractiveness of VET (Cedefop’s European Opinion Survey on VET)

VET in the 21st Century - The views of citizens

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FOUR MAIN

DIMENSIONS

UNDER

INVESTIGATION

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FOCUS ON

‘UPPER

SECONDARY’

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ANALYSING

INTERACTIONS

(FUTURE SECOND

STAGE)

IN THIS PRESENTATION

FOCUS ONLY ON:

1. AWARENESS

2. ATTRACTIVENESS

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Language and

conceptualisation

issues

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YES, I’VE HEARD ABOUT VET (87%),

AND I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT IS (73%)

LANGUAGE AND

CONCEPTUALISATION:

WHAT IS VET?

UPPER SECONDARY?

WORK-BASED

LEARNING?

ETC.

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CONCEPTUALISATION IN PRACTICE: WHAT IS VET FOR?

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AN INFORMED

DECISION?

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0%

10%

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ET

% of people who were given information about VET when making decisions

RECEIVING

INFORMATION

ABOUT VET AND

PARTICIPATION (UPPER SECONDARY)

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WOULD YOU SAY VET HAS A POSITIVE IMAGE IN YOUR COUNTRY?

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0%

10%

20%

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ed in

VET

% of people who think that VET has a positive image

IMAGE VS.

PARTICIPATION

IN VET... ?

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...BUT: HAS GENERAL

EDUCATION A BETTER

IMAGE THAN VET?

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GOOD

FOR

WHAT?

SKILLS

JOB

PAY

REGARD

ATTRACTIVENESS IN PRACTICE: BENEFITS OF VET

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20%

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% of people who agree with all four indicators of attractiveness

ATTRACTIVENESS

VS. IMAGE OF VET

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?

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ONLY 1 OR 2 PEOPLE OUT OF 10 DISAGREE WITH ONE OF THE MAIN

‘MISCONCEPTIONS’ OF VET (SECOND CHOICE FOR SECOND RATE STUDENT)

MORE FOCUS ON VOCATIONS INSTEAD OF ON

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING?

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Thank you