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Fit for Business

Pre-Vocational Education in European Schools

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Editors:
  1. Matthias Pilz

    1. Cologne, Germany

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  2. Susanne Berger

    1. Cologne, Germany

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  3. Roy Canning

    1. Stirling, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
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  2. Introduction: Questions, Challenges and Methods

    • Matthias Pilz
    Pages 7-16

  3. Pre-Vocational Education in Scotland: A Case Study of One Local Authority

    • Catherine McGlynn, Roy Canning, Michael Dolan
    Pages 17-33

  4. The Development of Business Competencies in School: Latvia’s Experience

    • Ivars Muzis, Emils Liepins, Janis Roze, Valdis Krastins
    Pages 35-59

  5. Business Competencies in Polish School Curricula: Opinions of Teachers and Social Partners

    • Sławomir Kurek, Tomasz Rachwał, Mariusz Szubert
    Pages 61-88

  6. Economic Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Competencies in Pre-Vocational Education in Hungary

    • Enikő Gönczöl, Tibor Bognár
    Pages 89-117

  7. The Role of Pre-Vocational Education in the German Realschule: Theory and Practice

    • Susanne Berger, Matthias Pilz
    Pages 119-143

  8. Perspectives for Pupils and Teachers in Economic Education: European and Austrian Aspects of the Fifobi-Project

    • Ingrid Schwarz
    Pages 145-175

  9. The Entrepreneurship Subject in the Portuguese Education System

    • Eduardo Figueira
    Pages 177-190

  10. A Comparison of Different Pre-Vocational Curricula in Seven European Countries: Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Implications

    • Roy Canning, Susanne Berger, Matthias Pilz
    Pages 191-206

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 207-216
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About this book

Within compulsory education, prevocational education is intended primarily to introduce participants to the world of work. This book considers curriculum design and pedagogical practice in pre-vocational education during the last two years of compulsory education. The study focuses on seven European countries (Scotland, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Portugal) and presents an analysis of the curriculum as it relates both to knowledge-based competencies in economics and business and to self- and social competencies. It then discusses the differences between the prescribed and the enacted curriculum as identified by means of a subsequent survey of teachers. The authors conclude with a comparative assessment of each country case study, combined with supranational recommendations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cologne, Germany

    Matthias Pilz, Susanne Berger

  • Stirling, United Kingdom

    Roy Canning

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz

is professor and chair of the department of Business and Economics Education as well as of the German Research Centre for Comparative Education and Vocational Training, University of Cologne.

Susanne Berger

is research assistant at the Department of Business and Economics Education as well as at the German Research Center for Comparative Education and Vocational Training, University of Cologne.

Dr. Roy Canning

is a senior lecturer within the School of Education, University of Stirling.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fit for Business

  • Book Subtitle: Pre-Vocational Education in European Schools

  • Editors: Matthias Pilz, Susanne Berger, Roy Canning

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19028-0

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-18383-1Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-19028-0Published: 14 March 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 216

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Education, general

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