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Myths and Brands in Vocational Education(1st Edition)
by Anja Heikkinen, Lorenz Lassnigg
Hardcover, 260 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-8016-9, ISBN: 1-4438-8016-7

"This book discusses whether certain approaches to (vocational) education have become mythicized and branded, and the reasons for and consequences of this commodification. Additionally, the book also investigates how researchers are contributing to mythicizing and branding in education. Although trans-national and comparative studies are increasingly taking into account historical and cultural ideas, is this a result of the exploitation ..."






Shaping Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training
Institutional, Curricular and Professional Conditions
by Anja Heikkinen, Wim J. Nijhof, Nijhof Et.Al
Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2003 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-1146-7, ISBN: 1-4020-1146-6

"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 qualifica ..."






Shaping Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training
Institutional, Curricular and Professional Conditions
by Wim J. Nijhof, Anja Heikkinen
Hardcover, 274 Pages, Published 2003 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-1145-0, ISBN: 1-4020-1145-8

"In this volume, the authors treat flexibility as a system characteristic of Vocational Education and Training (VET), in analyzing key conditions for flexibility:-economic context of VET and the organizational and institutional design of VET; -educational tools and resources for the flexibility of delivery and pathways at national level;  -VET professionals as promoters of flexibility, mobility, and transferability."






Governance And Marketisation In Vocational And Continuing Education
(Studien Zur Erwachsenenbildung)
by Rudolf Husemann, Anja Heikkinen, Dieter H. Jutting
Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2004 by Peter Lang Pub Inc
ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-6089-5, ISBN: 0-8204-6089-3

"Globalisation and individualisation, decreasing public means, political strategies of decentralisation, increasing participation of social groups and growing markets are discussed as main aspects of the current changes in vocational and continuing education. A comprehensive and integrating theoretical concept of analysis and understanding of these changes is widely missing, but necessary for a supra-national level of observation and com ..."






Shaping Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training(1st Edition)
Institutional, Curricular, and Professional Conditions
by W. J. Nijhof, Anja Heikkinen, Wim J. Nijhof
Digital, 274 Pages, Published 2007 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-0-306-48157-4, ISBN: 0-306-48157-X

"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 qualifica ..."






Social Competences in Vocational and Continuing Education
(Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education)
by Antony Lindgren, Anja Heikkinen, Philipp Gonon
Paperback, 253 Pages, Published 2004 by Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-7013-9, ISBN: 0-8204-7013-9

"Social competences have played a crucial role in the international search for generic, over-arching skills, key qualifications and core competences since the 1970s. By the end of 1990, social cohesion and integration had gained new momentum in this discourse because of their importance for the functioning of global market economy and industries. Moreover, the concept of social capital affects and changes the role of social competences i ..."






The Magical Properties of Workshop Learning(1st Edition)
(Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education)
by Liv Mjelde, Anja Heikkinen, Philippe Gonon, Richard H. Daly
Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2007 by Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-7014-6, ISBN: 0-8204-7014-7

"This text is based on research in Norway and examines problems of teaching and learning in relation to vocational curricula of upper secondary schooling, apprentices' experiences and masters thesis-writing in the field of vocational pedagogy. It also explores the question of vocational education and gender, today and in the past."






Lessons from the European periphery
some features of Finnish vocational education
by Anja Heikkinen
42 Pages, Published 1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-85473-358-3, ISBN: 0-85473-358-2






Lifelong Learning
One Focus, Different Systems (Studien Zur Erwachsenenbildung, Band 19)
by Klaus Harney, Anja Heikkinen, Sylvia Rahn, Michael Schemmann
Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 2002 by Peter Lang Pub Inc
ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-5393-4, ISBN: 0-8204-5393-5

"The articles on different subjects of the broader theme « lifelong learning represent the latest results of the discussions of the « Vocational Education and Culture Research Network. The contributions, written by authors from six European countries, mention nearly the whole spectrum of issues and arguments distinguishing the current debate on lifelong learning. The publication includes therefore questions of biographies as well as syst ..."






Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education
Historical, Cultural, and Policy Aspects
by Philipp Gonon, Kurt Haefeli, Anja Heikkinen, Iris Ludwig
Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 2001 by Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-5349-1, ISBN: 0-8204-5349-8

"This volume contains contributions presented at the international conference - Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education (19-21 August 1999, Aarau). The main focus is on gender aspects in vocational education - particularly health care education - and further education. Authors from different countries discuss the influence of gender on vocational education and present research results and political reform projects. Drawing on interna ..."






Myths and Brands in Vocational Education
by Lorenz Lassnigg
260 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-8323-8, ISBN: 1-4438-8323-9

"To prepare for this move, he planted the idea that the new Christians would have a better life by moving to a different location. He encouraged men and women of authority to discuss the matter. Two and a half years later, in 1862, a substantial minority had decided they wanted to move. They relocated down the Tsimshian Peninsula, about 25 kilometres distant from the fort, establishing themselves in the old winter village site of Ch ..."






Reworking Vocational Education(1st Edition)
Policies, Practices and Concepts (Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education)
by Anja Heikkinen, Katrin Kraus
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2009 by Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13: 978-3-03911-603-4, ISBN: 3-03911-603-7

"A new political order is transforming the nature of work in advanced industrialised countries. What does this mean for the nexus of education and work? How does it affect the idea of vocation, the reality of lifelong learning, the concept of employability, and the future of vocational education and training? This volume analyses the foundations of this transformation featuring globalisation and individualisation. It offers an analysis o ..."






Social Competences in Vocational and Continuing Education
(Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education)
by Anja Heikkinen, Antony Lindgren
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2004 by Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13: 978-3-03910-345-4, ISBN: 3-03910-345-8

"Social competences have played a crucial role in the international search for generic, over-arching skills, key qualifications and core competences since the 1970s. By the end of 1990, social cohesion and integration had gained new momentum in this discourse because of their importance for the functioning of global market economy and industries. Moreover, the concept of social capital affects and changes the role of social competences i ..."






Lifelong Learning
One Focus, Different Systems (Studien Zur Erwachsenenbildung, Band 19)
by Klaus Harney, Anja Heikkinen, Sylvia Rahn, Michael Schemmann
Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 2002 by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13: 978-3-631-37705-5, ISBN: 3-631-37705-3

"The articles on different subjects of the broader theme -lifelong learning- represent the latest results of the discussions of the -Vocational Education and Culture Research Network-. The contributions, written by authors from six European countries, mention nearly the whole spectrum of issues and arguments distinguishing the current debate on lifelong learning. The publication includes therefore questions of biographies as well as syst ..."






Apprenticeship in Dual and Non-Dual Systems(New)
Between Tradition and Innovation (Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education) Paperback
by Marãa Josã Chisvert, Mónica Moso Diez, Philipp Gonon, Anja Heikkinen, Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá
Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2021 by Peter Lang
ISBN-13: 978-3-0343-4305-3, ISBN: 3-0343-4305-1

"This volume discusses vocational education and training and the tensions that apprenticeship faces in the new scenarios of production and labour market relations."






Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education(1st Edition)
Historical, Cultural and Policy Aspects
by Philipp Gonon, Anja Heikkinen, Iris Ludwig, Kurt Haefeli
Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 2001 by Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13: 978-3-906763-87-3, ISBN: 3-906763-87-0

"This volume contains contributions presented at the international conference -Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education- (19-21 August 1999, Aarau). The main focus is on gender aspects in vocational education - particularly health care education - and further education. Authors from different countries discuss the influence of gender on vocational education and present research results and political reform projects. Drawing on interna ..."






Vocational Education and Culture
European Prospects from History and Life-History
by Anja Heikkinen
226 Pages, Published 1994
ISBN-13: 978-951-44-3512-6, ISBN: 951-44-3512-5






Disciplinary Struggles in Education
by Anja Heikkinen, Gabriele Molzberger
Published 2019
ISBN-13: 978-952-359-002-1, ISBN: 952-359-002-2

"This book discusses disciplinary struggles in education from three perspectives."






Spurensuche. Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Erwachsenenbildung und Wissenschaftspopularisierung(1st Edition)
Spurensuche. Zeitschrift für Geschichte der ... und Gesellschaft: Historische Perspektiven
by Gerhard Bisovsky, Paul Ciupke, Thomas Dostal, Horst Dräger, Johann Dvořák, Wilhelm Filla, Anja Heikkinen, Anton Szanya, Johannes Weinberg, Christian H. Stifter
Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2017 by Österreichisches Volkshochschularchiv
ISBN-13: 978-3-902167-19-4, ISBN: 3-902167-19-X






Adult Education Liberty Fraternity Equal
by Risto Rinne, Anja Heikkinen, Petri Salo
Paperback, 415 Pages, Published 2007 by Bertrams
ISBN-13: 978-952-5401-28-8, ISBN: 952-5401-28-6



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