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Vocational Education and Training in Times of Economic Crisis

Lessons from Around the World

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Editors:
  1. Matthias Pilz

    1. German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

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  • Focuses on international comparison regarding public-private partnerships in the VET system
  • Equips readers to handle complex questions and answers with regard to the latest challenges VET systems are facing
  • Includes contributions by VET experts from around the globe

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. International Comparative Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) and Support for Alternative Transition Routes for Young People

      • Madhu Singh
      Pages 3-23

    3. Finding the Finishing Line – Career Support for Experimentation: Transitions and the Role of Lifelong Learning

      • Antje Barabasch
      Pages 25-40

    4. Challenges to the Implementation of Dual Apprenticenships in OECD Countries: A Literature Review

      • Oscar Valiente, Rosario Scandurra
      Pages 41-57

    5. Vocational Education and Training (VET) and the Transition of Young Women and Men to the Labour Market in Middle-Income Countries: A Comparative Analysis Based on International Labour Organization (ILO) Surveys in Jamaica, Jordan, Peru, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia

      • Valentina Barcucci, Lea Zanola, Michael Axmann
      Pages 59-81

    6. Learning to Innovate by Connecting Interprofessional Judgement – Exploring the Digitised Creative Sector in the Gulf

      • Náder Alyani, David Guile
      Pages 83-105

    7. Induction of Job Entrants with Midlevel Qualifications: A Comparison of Health Care (HC) and Car Service (CS) in Selected European Countries and South Korea

      • Marthe Geiben, Philipp Grollmann
      Pages 107-125

    8. Apprenticeship Policies Coping with the Crisis: A Comparison of Austria with Germany and Switzerland

      • Lorenz Lassnigg
      Pages 127-148

  3. Asia (Including India and Excluding China)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Initiatives in Skill Upgrading: The Case of Centres of Excellence (COE) in Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in Karnataka, India

      • S. Nayana Tara, N. S. Sanath Kumar
      Pages 151-170

    3. Theories for Practice: A Participatory Action Research Approach for the Establishment of the Regional Association for Vocational Teacher Education in Asia (RAVTE)

      • Thomas Schröder
      Pages 171-187

    4. Transferable Skills in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Vocational Teacher Education (VTE): A Case Study of Thailand

      • Nonthalee Prontadavit, Sirilak Hanvatananukul
      Pages 189-199

    5. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Bangladesh – Systems, Curricula, and Transition Pathways

      • Faruque A. Haolader, Khan Md. Foysol, Che Kum Clement
      Pages 201-227

  5. United States of America (USA)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
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About this book

This book brings together a broad range of approaches and methodologies relevant to international comparative vocational education and training (VET). Revealing how youth in transition is affected by economic crises, it provides essential insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the various systems and prospects of VET in contexts ranging from North America to Europe, (e.g. Spain, Germany or the UK) to Asia (such as China, Thailand and India). 


Though each country examined in this volume is affected by the economic crisis in a different way, the effects are especially apparent for the young generation. In many countries the youth unemployment rate is still very high and the job perspectives for young people are often limited at best.  The contributions in this volume demonstrate that VET alone cannot solve these problems, but can be used to support a smooth transition from school to work. If the quality of VET is high and the status and job expectations are good, VET can help to fill the skills gap, especially at the intermediate skill level. Furthermore, VET can also offer a realistic alternative to the university track for young people in many countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

    Matthias Pilz

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