Building a skilled workforce: Public discourses on vocational education in Thailand

Abstract: Context: Thailand is now facing skilled labour shortages, which has prevented the country from achieving significant economic progress. This paper examines Thailand’s vocational education policy discourses from 1992 to 2014 and how such policies were discussed to build the country’s skilled labour force. Approach:This study utilised a qualitative approach, using documentation analysis as a key research method. We also used data triangulation and thematic analysis to categorise the public discourses. In order to examine the vocational education policy discourses in Thailand, secondary data such as the five NESD plans (7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th) and other government policy statements were investigated and triangulated, along with data from newspaper articles, other public documents, reports from international organisations, and academic journal articles. Findings: Based on the findings of the study, we identified three key policy discourses regarding vocational education in Thail

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International journal for research in vocational education and training ; 7 (2020) 1 ; 67-90

Klassifikation
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wer)
SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
(wann)
2020
Urheber
Chalapati, Nakarin
Chalapati, Supaporn

DOI
10.13152/10.13152/IJRVET.7.1.4
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021071306421928415868
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Beteiligte

  • Chalapati, Nakarin
  • Chalapati, Supaporn
  • SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository

Entstanden

  • 2020

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