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Shaping Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training

Institutional, Curricular and Professional Conditions

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Editors:
  1. Wim J. Nijhof

    1. University of Twente, The Netherlands

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  2. Anja Heikkinen

    1. University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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  3. Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis

    1. Stoas Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Shaping conditions for a flexible VET

      • Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis, Wim J. Nijhof, Anja Heikkinen
      Pages 3-14

  3. Institutional And Organisational Aspects Of Flexibility

    1. Vocational education and training in transition: From Fordism to a learning economy

      • Kurt Mayer
      Pages 17-33

    2. Learning organisations for VET

      • Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis
      Pages 35-52

    3. Perspectives on institutional and organisational flexibility in VET

      • Leif Hommen
      Pages 53-63

  4. Educational Tools and Resources for Flexibility

    1. Institutional responses to a flexible unified system

      • Cathy Howieson, David Raffe, Teresa Tinklin
      Pages 67-84

    2. Demand and supply of qualifications: systems’ change towards flexibility

      • Luisa Ribolzi
      Pages 85-102

    3. Developments in vocational education in Ireland

      • David Tuohy
      Pages 103-112

    4. From a unified to a flexible vocational system: the Hungarian transition case

      • LÁSzlÓ ZachÁr
      Pages 113-126

    5. Design and effects of a flexible VET system: a case study in Dutch agricultural education

      • Jos Geerligs, Wim J. Nijhof
      Pages 127-148

    6. Valuing learning outcomes acquired in non-formal settings

      • Gerald A. Straka
      Pages 149-165

    7. Resources for flexibility: critical comments

      • Fernando Marhuenda
      Pages 167-180

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 269-272
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About this book

Flexibility seems to be the core concept of economic and educational change in our time. The promise of solutions to many problems at the individual, institutional, and national level evokes as much controversy as acclaim. This might be related to the different perspectives of actors and researchers involved in problem-solving in Vocational Education and Training (VET), where, on the one hand, solutions should be sought in key qualifications and transferability, in changing teaching and learning processes, while, on the other, political, institutional, organisational, and professional conditions are seen as the key interventions to build a responsive workforce on the basis of a re-engineered VET system. Consequently, flexibility in connection with vocational education and training and the labour market has several divergent connotations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Twente, The Netherlands

    Wim J. Nijhof

  • University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Anja Heikkinen

  • Stoas Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shaping Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training

  • Book Subtitle: Institutional, Curricular and Professional Conditions

  • Editors: Wim J. Nijhof, Anja Heikkinen, Loek F. M. Nieuwenhuis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48157-X

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1145-0Due: 31 January 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1146-7Published: 31 January 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48157-4Published: 28 December 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 274

  • Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, International and Comparative Education, Economic Growth, Sociology of Education

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