Self-Reported Socio-Emotional Skills of Adolescents From Different VET Programs and Church Volunteer Engagement

• In Event: Workplace Learning in Educational Spaces

Abstract

Learning opportunities in formal (e.g., vocational education and training (VET) programs) and non-formal (e.g., volunteer work in churches) contexts are likely to contribute to the social skills of young adults. Learners of different VET programs in Germany and Switzerland reported their socio-emotional skills and volunteer engagement in several domains, including churches, through an online survey. Self-assessments in social skills were largely positive. There was no significant difference in the self-reported social skills between learners voluntarily engaged in church and those not engaged in church or any other voluntary activity. At last, there are some significant differences in particular constructs between selected occupational fields of the VET learners.

Authors

• Doreen Holtsch, St.Gallen University of Teacher Education

• Stefanie Findeisen, University of Mannheim

• Nicole Bruderer, University of Teacher Education St. Gallen

• Sabrina Müller, University of Zurich

• Thomas Schlag, University of Zurich

• Ana Maria Velasquez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

• Julian Patricio Mariño von Hildebrand, Universidad de los Andes

• Natalia Ronderos, University of Zurich