PROBLEMS AND SOLUTION SUGGESTIONS ENCOUNTERED IN VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING IN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS: TEACHERS’ VIEWS

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This study aims to determine the problems encountered in the process of acquiring vocational skills in vocational high schools and their suggestions according to the opinions of teachers working in the vocational branches of the production-manufacturing sector. In the research, the phenomenological method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The study group of the research consists of 21 teachers from different branches. The data were obtained by the semi-structured interview method. The content analysis method was used in data analysis. According to the findings of the research, the problems in vocational skills training are lack of materials, technological infrastructure problems, incompatibility of training programs with the needs of the industry, inability to adapt to changing vocational skills, misguidance in the choice of vocational field and educational system-school management based problems.

 

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vocational education, employment, vocational skills, skill training

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