Shaping the Futures of (Vocational) Education and Work: Commitment of VET and VET Research

by Gabriele Molzberger (Editor), Manfred Wahle (Editor)

Overview

This volume comprises transformations of vocational education and work, the impacts of gender, ethnicity, culture and globalization as well as the anticipation of possible futures of vocational education and work. With contributions from European VET researchers it assembles critical reflective, empirical, cross-cultural and historical perspectives

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034316170
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	04/21/2015
Series:	Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education , #13
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Gabriele Molzberger is a professor for vocational and continuing education and academic director of the Centre for Continuing Studies at Bergische University of Wuppertal. Her fields of research comprise: concepts of vocational education and informal learning; europeanisation of educational policies and continuing higher education.

Manfred Wahle is a professor for vocational pedagogy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include: the history of vocational education; theories and concepts of work, social change and its impact on vocational education; didactics of vocational education; professional competence of VET teachers; and evaluation of transnational projects in the field of vocational education and practice.

Table of Contents

Contents: Manfred Wahle: Vocational Schooling in Elberfeld and Barmen: 1880–1912. Historical and Local Perspectives on Vocational Education and Training – Ester Berner: Vocational Education and Training in the Early 20^th Century – Steffi Robak: Culture, Cultural Differences and Cultural Education - Analysing Learning and Educational Processes of German-Speaking Expatriates in Transnational Enterprises in China – Marion Fleige: The Notion of ‘Benefits’ in Continuing Vocational Education (CVET) - Towards a Theoretical Pedagogical Understanding and a Heuristic Model for Research – Liv Mjelde: Mentoring Vocational Self-Reliance: Lessons from Uganda – Philipp Gonon: The Difficulty of Becoming Successful Learner – Beatrix Niemeyer: Beyond Comparison: A Global Ethnography of Educational Boundary Work – Arnt Vestergaard Louw: Access, Entry and Researcher-Participant Position: Challenges and Potentials in Doing Anthropological Fieldwork in VET – Anna Rosendahl: Quality Improvement and Transparency in Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Evaluation - A Comparison between Germany and England – Lorenz Lassnigg: ‘Austria 2050’ - Approaches towards Anticipation of Future Education – Anja Heikkinen: Cross-Cultural Perspective in Shaping the Future of Vocational Education.