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