Pre-Apprenticeship for Refugees in Switzerland

Author(s) : Barbara E. Stalder, Marlise Kammermann, Sabine Lehmann, Marie-Theres Schönbächler

Source : https://zenodo.org/record/4602289

In: Pathways in Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning. Proceedings of the 4th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training, Muttenz and Bern online, 8. –9. April, 2021, p. 332-337

“This paper explores a new pre-vocational programme (Integrationsvorlehre, INVOL) that aims to prepare refugees and temporarily admitted persons aged 16 to 35 for an apprenticeship. Using a sample of 552 INVOL-participants, it was tested whether situational (workplace and school characteristics) and individual resources (language proficiency at the beginning of the INVOL, self-efficacy, and persistency) predict participants’ learning outcomes at the end of the programme. We found that workplace resources were related to participants practical and transferable competencies, while school-related resources and language skills predicted language proficiency levels at the end of the programme. Self-efficacy and persistency were not related to learning outcomes. Overall, the programme seems to contribute successfully to refugees’ competence development and preparation for subsequent VET programmes; however, learning across the boundaries of workplaces and schools needs to be strengthened.”

 

Keywords: refugees ; learning ; resources ; pre-entry VET-programme