Costa Rican Technical and Vocational Education and Training - Development, Challenges, and Research Perspectives

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Costa Rica has gained significant social, political, and economic relevance as a result of ongoing reforms, restructuring, and adaptation processes. The promotion and consolidation of the Costa Rican TVET system, as well as the establishment of a corresponding research discipline, have been central to international cooperation, particularly between Costa Rica and Germany. This volume provides a comprehensive insight into the Costa Rican TVET system and its related research by bringing together descriptive and empirical studies ranging from dual apprenticeship models, the linkage between the education and employment system to teaching-learning processes in the Costa Rican TVET system. The book is an important contribution to the academic discourse and the research needs for vocational education in Costa Rica.

Foreword
Irina Rommel & Dietmar Frommberger: Technical Vocational Education and Research in Costa Rica - Development, Challenges, and Research Perspectives
Monserrat Vargas Méndez, Laura Madrigal Corrales & Daniel Láscarez Smith: The Role of Public Policy in Technical Vocational Education and Training: Implications for Costa Rican Socio-Economic Development
Lourdes Castro Campos: National Qualifications Framework for Technical Vocational Education and Training the Costa Rica: theoretical and practical foundations, projections and challenges
Claudia Hunink: Duality in Vocational Education and Training as a Panacea for Structural and Social Challenges in the Labour Market? - A Perspective of Costa Rican Stakeholders in VET
Laura Madrigal Corrales: Challenges to Strengthen the Linkage Mechanisms between Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the Productive Sector in Costa Rica
Silvia Camacho-Calvo & Patrick McDonald: Measuring Education-Employment Linkage in the TVET Program of the Ministry of Public Education in Costa Rica: Colegios Técnico Profesionales
Xinia María Corrales-Escalante, Carolina Hernández-Chaves & Gloriana Sánchez-Rodríguez: Empowering University Professors: Effective Professional Development Programs to Strengthen Qualifications in Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Gloriela Rodríguez Venegas: Workload of Vocational Teachers in Organization, Lesson Preparation and Monitoring - A Case Study at CTP Don Bosco, Costa Rica
María Rebeca Quesada Murillo: Assessment for Learning in Technical Education. Reflections in the Costa Rican Context
Efrén Rodríguez González & Alexánder Jesús Porras Sibaja: Active and Meaningful Learning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Costa Rica from a Constructivist Approach
Index