Two-year apprenticeships – a successful model of training?

Kammermann, Marlise; Stalder, Barbara E.; Hättich, Achim (2011). Two-year apprenticeships – a successful model of training? Journal of vocational education & training, 63(3), pp. 377-396. Routledge 10.1080/13636820.2011.586130

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Educational policy is asked to support young people in their successful transition from education to employment. In Switzerland, a two-year apprenticeship with Federal VET Certificate was established in 2002 aimed at increasing the employability of low-achieving school leavers. It is a low-threshold VET programme offering standardised vocational training to low-achieving youths. It leads to a VET Certificate, which is different from the Federal VET Diploma obtained after a three- or four-year apprenticeship. Data of two Swiss longitudinal studies including a sample of apprentices on a two-year training course with either a special needs (N?=?28) or a regular school (N?=?261) background at lower secondary, and a sample of graduates on a three-year training course (N?=?118) are used to study the success of the two-year apprenticeship from a comparative perspective. The findings confirm that the new apprenticeship offers favourable learning opportunities that foster employability and upward mobility after graduation. However, the findings also indicate limitations of the two-year apprenticeship, such as the least successful learners can only profit from the new form of apprenticeship to a certain degree.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Sociology
ISSN:	1363-6820
Publisher:	Routledge
Projects:	[1036] Transitions from Education to Employment (TREE) Official URL
Language:	English
Submitter:	Thomas Meyer
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2019 11:24
Last Modified:	02 Sep 2019 11:24
Publisher DOI:	10.1080/13636820.2011.586130
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/130949