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Evaluation and development tool for effective internationalisation of vocational education and training.
Paronen, Paula (2014)
Paronen, Paula
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014102114865
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014102114865
Tiivistelmä
The thesis (30 ECTS) commisionned by The Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) focuses answering the research questions about the main challenges and ob-stacles in internationalisation activities of selected institutions of vocational education and training (VET). What measures have the VET institutions created to overcome the challenges? How could these good practises be implemented from the educational administration level to better serve the educational field and how to improve the effectiveness of internationalisation in VET institutions?
The main objective of this study is to create an evaluation and development tool for VET institutions to make the internationalisation more effective. The outcome of the study provides tools for development and building of the effective internationalisation of VET. On the basis of the results of this study VET institutions and vocational education pro-viders can gain knowledge about the level of effectiveness in their international activi-ties and what measures to take to improve the quality of internationalisation of VET. The study serves the needs of the FNBE as the agency allocates governments’ subsidies for internationalisation of VET.
The theoretical framework of the study is built from the themes given by the commissioner. The methodological part followed the qualitative method and the strategy of the study was action research as the researcher is part of the organisation where the study was implemented. The data collection was implemented by using theme interviews and conducted in three cycles. The purpose was to gain wide perspective about the topic from different representatives of VET.
In conclusion the effective internationalisation is built on three pillars; managements’ and teachers’ commitment and the importance of the internationalisation strategy. Challenges and obstacles occur when some of the pillars are lacking or are not func-tioning well in the organisation.
The main objective of this study is to create an evaluation and development tool for VET institutions to make the internationalisation more effective. The outcome of the study provides tools for development and building of the effective internationalisation of VET. On the basis of the results of this study VET institutions and vocational education pro-viders can gain knowledge about the level of effectiveness in their international activi-ties and what measures to take to improve the quality of internationalisation of VET. The study serves the needs of the FNBE as the agency allocates governments’ subsidies for internationalisation of VET.
The theoretical framework of the study is built from the themes given by the commissioner. The methodological part followed the qualitative method and the strategy of the study was action research as the researcher is part of the organisation where the study was implemented. The data collection was implemented by using theme interviews and conducted in three cycles. The purpose was to gain wide perspective about the topic from different representatives of VET.
In conclusion the effective internationalisation is built on three pillars; managements’ and teachers’ commitment and the importance of the internationalisation strategy. Challenges and obstacles occur when some of the pillars are lacking or are not func-tioning well in the organisation.