The Future of Vocational Education and Training in a Changing World

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Challenges and Opportunities for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the United States....Pages 9-23
Youth Apprenticeships in Canada: Context, Structures and Apprentices’ Experiences....Pages 25-41
Re-conceptualising Vocational Education: The Transition from Powerful to Useful Knowledge....Pages 43-61
The Transition from Vocational to Higher Education from the Perspective of Higher Education Admission Staff....Pages 63-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Development of TVET in China: Issues and Challenges....Pages 85-95
Challenges of Vocational Education and Career Education in High Schools in Japan – From the Viewpoint of Career-competency Formation for Transition....Pages 96-112
Japan’s Public Youth Training Programs, Enterprise-sponsored Training and the Society of Control....Pages 113-126
(Vocational) Education and Social Inequality as Japanese Society Makes the Transition to a ‘Global Society’....Pages 127-141
Trends and Challenges of Vocational Education and Training in Korea....Pages 143-169
Vocational Education and Training System (VET) in India....Pages 171-178
India\'s National Skills Development Policy and Implications for TVET and Lifelong Learning....Pages 179-211
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Challenges for Evidence-based Policy in European Education and Training....Pages 215-233
Comparative Analysis of VET Curricula in Europe....Pages 235-257
VET Qualifications versus Bachelor Degrees? Recruitment at the Intermediate Qualification Level – Case Studies from Germany, England and Switzerland....Pages 259-272
Perceptions of Science and Technology in Developed and Developing Countries: Challenges for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)....Pages 273-284
Georg Kerschensteiner and the Plea for Work-Oriented and Vocational Education – Germanys’ Educational Debates in an Industrial Age....Pages 285-303
Reforming the VET System via National Qualification Frameworks? A Comparison of Germany and Austria....Pages 305-320
Vocational Education and Training in Poland During Economic Transition....Pages 321-340
Best for the Bright? The Pros and Cons of the New Danish Apprenticeship Model....Pages 341-359
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Pre-vocational Education in the Curriculum and Its Teaching Practice. A Study of Seven European Countries....Pages 361-378
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Are Vocational Qualifications Vocational?....Pages 381-401
Apprenticeship: Between Theory and Practice, School and Workplace....Pages 402-432
Demarcations Between Vocational and Academic Education and How to Overcome Them....Pages 433-453
Varieties of Competence: European Perspectives....Pages 455-480
Potentials for Change in Education and Training through Interactions between Credit Systems and Qualifications Frameworks....Pages 481-497
Patterns of Recruitment and Induction in Selected European Countries: First Results of a Feasibility Study....Pages 499-517
Vocational Education, Poverty and Power....Pages 519-535
Bridging the Gulf Between the World of Work and the World of Learning: Vocational Education and Training in Comparative Perspective....Pages 537-560
International Comparative Research into Vocational Training: Methods and Approaches....Pages 561-588
Back Matter....Pages 589-592