From knowledge to skills

Employability skills-oriented final examinations in Switzerland

Coverbild: From knowledge to skills
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Issue/Year (Volume) 3/2023 (52)
Page(s) 40-42
License German Copyright Act
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    englisch

The aim of final examinations is to show whether learners have acquired the necessary employability skills for their occupation at the end of vocational education and training. In Switzerland, final examinations thus form an important part of the qualification procedure in VET. This article illustrates examples of how final examinations are designed in an employability skills-oriented manner and shows the challenges which arise in this respect for the examination setters.

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This article is only available in German

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BWP citation style
Strebel, A.; Petrini, B.: From knowledge to skills. Employability skills-oriented final examinations in Switzerland. In: BWP 52 (2023) 3, S. 40-42. URL: https://www.bwp-zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/en/19164
APA citation style
BIBB, B. (Hrsg.) (2023). From knowledge to skills: Employability skills-oriented final examinations in Switzerland. Bonn: Franz Steiner Verlag

Overview

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training is an independent federal institution established under public law.