Status quo of vocational education and training research in Spain: swot and came analysis

Abstract

Vocational education and training is essential to face the great transformations of the 21st century. Research on it allows responding to the main challenges of this educational aspect. It is the work carried out by ten analysts from Spanish universities who have tried to identify the factors that slow down or promote research on VET in its context. The methodology used has been participatory and intentional with a group, critical, procedural and constructive character. By means of the SWOT technique, 12 essential challenges to be addressed are delimited in a consensual manner. Through the CAME technique, a series of action strategies are established for each challenge that have made it possible to correct, face, maintain and exploit the best possible development of this line of research. The progressive and inclusive configuration of a VET Research ecosystem in Spain (IFPE) is concluded and recommended, largely extensible to other countries with a similar culture.