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Purpose: To diagnose the situation of vocational continuing training in Spain and propose improvements to its management to reduce the structural unemployment rate, taking into account the effects of Industry 4.0 and COVID-19. Design/methodology: Study of the background and current context of vocational continuing training and Industry 4.0 in Spain based on a review of previous academic literature, legislative developments in education and training, and various reports from public and private institutions on productivity and employment. Findings: Definition of eight challenges and lines of action related to completing the implementation of Industry 4.0 and adopting coordinated policies to develop VCT, improving the governance of the FCP by the public administration, promoting training in work and vocational training and guidance for the unemployed, meeting business recruitment needs, promoting business–university relationships, and reducing unemployment. Practical implications: Adapting vocational continuing training to economic sectors where there is more demand for employment and to regions where there is more structural unemployment can contribute to the overall reduction of structural unemployment in Spain. These decreases could have immediate consequences for those who become employed and allow a quicker recovery in future economic crises. Originality/value: This study, despite the scarce empirical evidence that exists about Spanish vocational continuing training, provides a vision of the four areas in which it is developed professional training, postgraduate training, on-the-job training, and training for the unemployed to provide thirty proposals that, through education and training, promote the competitiveness of the Spanish economy and permanent employment

This article aims to carry out a description and analysis of the challenges that arise in teaching in single-teacher-multigrade schools and, based on this, suggest relevant keys to having a quality education. In addition, it highlights the relevance of continuous training of teaching staff who work in adverse contexts. From the observation of classes, an emphasis on a type of individualized teaching was appreciated, stressed by the exploration of class designs that allow meeting the observed needs, considering the great heterogeneity of the degrees of education that children who live in the same classroom. These pedagogical dynamics occur in a scenario marked by weak government policies and little support from the educational system. In this way, it presents the keys to professional improvement that is presented based on the results of these institutions. In addition, it emphasizes the contributions that education presents in the context studied, due to the emphasis that it makes regarding the role of pedagogy in the delivery of support, the design of learning experiences that consider the particularities and specificities of the students, which favor and originate the development of their self-determination. ; Este artículo pretende realizar una descripción y análisis de los retos que se presentan en la enseñanza en escuelas unidocentes-multigrado y, a partir de esto, insinuar claves relevantes para tener una educación de calidad. Además, destaca la relevancia de la capacitación continua del personal docente que se desempeñan en contextos adversos. A partir de la observación de clases, se apreció un énfasis en un tipo de enseñanza individualizada, tensionada por la exploración de diseños de clase que permitan cubrir las necesidades observadas, considerando la gran heterogeneidad de los grados de enseñanza que cursan los niños que conviven en un mismo salón de clases. Estas dinámicas pedagógicas suceden en un escenario marcado por la debilidad de políticas gubernamentales y escaso apoyo por parte del sistema educativo. De tal forma presenta las claves para la mejora profesional que se presenta en base a los resultados de estas instituciones. Además, enfatiza los aportes que presenta la educación en el contexto estudiado, debido al énfasis que ésta hace respecto al rol de la pedagogía en la entrega de apoyo, el diseño de experiencias de aprendizaje que consideren las particularidades y especificidades de los alumnos, que favorezcan y originen el desarrollo de su autodeterminación.

"Gender differences in access to continuing training are often argued to be a central cause of persisting gender inequalities in occupational attainment. Yet, existing empirical work has presented rather mixed evidence regarding a potential gender gap. With the aim to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying training participation, this paper carries out an empirical test of the central theoretical models commonly used to explain the (alleged) gender gap. Using data from the European Social Survey, we find that working men are more likely to train than working women, controlling for worker and job characteristics. Moreover, common theoretical approaches to understanding gendered training behaviour show some explanatory power for male workers, while they largely fail to predict women's training incidence." (author's abstract)

Most economic analyses, in line with received opinion, assume that nonprofit organisations are intrinsically different from private (for-profit) or public organisations. A substantial proportion of the literature has sought to characterise these differences. Nevertheless, a smaller number of studies champion the idea that there are factors that may influence the behaviour of nonprofit organisations and cause them to lose their specificity. The aim of our paper is empirically to assess the impact of these factors. Our analysis differs from existing studies in three ways: (1) we seek to measure the influence of all these factors and not that of one of them considered in isolation, as is generally the case; (2) we do so by analysing an original database rather than drawing on case studies as much existing research does; and (3) we base it on an investigation of a key sector in knowledge-based economies—namely, the continuing training sector.