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Title: The Transition from Secondary School to Vocational Education and Training: The Voices of First Diplo


1
The Transition from Secondary School to
Vocational Education and Training The Voices
of First Diploma Health and Social Care Students
at MCAST.
  • Dr. Damian Spiteri, PhD
  • Ms. Katya De Giovanni,
  • MSc, C. Psychol.

2
Context
  • MCAST has 103 fulltime courses for this academic
    year (2009/2010)
  • The Institute of Community Services
  • Students following Health and Social Care Options
    during the past year
  • Higher National Diploma in Health/Social Care
    16 applicants
  • National Diploma Health and Social Care 36
  • First Diploma in Health and Social Care 97
  • Foundation Certificate in Care 96

3
The rationale behind the setting up of MCAST
  • To bring different VET Institutes and Training
    Centres into one umbrella institution so as to
    give a more professional image to VET, to
    incorporate a more specialized training provision
    and to promote coherence and consistency in the
    training provision offered across the different
    VET disciplines.

4
Methodology
  • Grounded Theory
  • Qualitative Interviewing of 40 people in two
    focus groups
  • Participants were in two classes reading for
    their First Diploma in Health and Social Care
    during a free lesson
  • Members of focus group mainly females of school
    leaving age, one male of the same age and two
    female mature students

5
Methodology
  • Participants were asked to brainstorm ideas about
  • 1. How they perceived their transition from
    secondary school to MCAST.
  • 2. Whether their ideas of VET they had prior to
    entry at MCAST were the same as they had at
    present.

6
Questions Asked Some Examples
  • Experience in previous schools
  • Initial motivators to take up VET
  • Guidance and counselling experience at Secondary
    School
  • Previous work experience
  • Satisfaction with regard to chosen course

7
Results and Analysis
  • Subcategory I
  • A Career in Care or Otherwise
  • Why did the participants choose Health and Social
    Care as a career path?

8
Results and Analysis
  • Subcategory II
  • Why choose MCAST?
  • The different influences that enabled or impeded
    the transition to MCAST

9
Results and Analysis Conclusion
  • Core Category
  • Influencing Navigations
  • The influences of the participants agency upon
    the evolution of their own career aspirations and
    how much this can be employed to recommend health
    and social care studies to others
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