Effectiveness of STEM activities to enhance TVET for a sustainable fashion textile and clothing industry /

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2021

Hwong, Yau Hung Benny

Hong Kong : The Education University of Hong Kong

Thesis

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is the essential route to supply feeders to sustain the economy and industry of a country. The context of vocational education and training plays an important role to meet the demand from industries, especially under the recent advocacy of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the curriculum, which is believed to be the best pedagogy to enhance learning and teaching. This thesis investigates the effectiveness of STEM activities embedded in TVET for a sustainable fashion textile and clothing industry and proposes an improvement plan for reference.As an author as well as the principal investigator of this research study, he designed the entire experiment during the field study, set up treatment classes, established the research methodology, collected, and analyzed data and provided all conclusions. Insights and implications have also been gained and adopted for the improvement and future development of TVET. Hence, "STEM-VET" might be seen as a major innovation focusing not only on trainees needs today, but 'setting the scene' for lifelong learning which is part of preparation for enabling the sustainable development in the industry of tomorrow.During the research study, the principal investigator adopted the mixed method approach (qualitative and quantitative) and triangulation to investigate the interrelationship among STEM activities, TVET and a sustainable fashion textile and clothing industry. There were three treatment classes with STEM activities embedded for investigation during the 7-month research period. The results and findings collected from participants (industry representatives, TVET trainers and TVET trainees) reflected that STEM activities can enhance the learning process and benefit TVET to ensure the sustainable development goals in the industry. The research design provided triangulation from the views of TVET trainee participants who conformed the comments from the industry representatives as well as TVET trainers during the interviews. Overall, all research questions stipulated in this project have been addressed, and findings as well as insights have been solicited and recommended to improve TVET. STEM activities embedded in TVET are definitely beneficial to ensure a sustainable fashion textile and clothing industry towards sustainable development (SD)

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