There is a strong relation between work and education in modern societies. On the one hand education is needed as a basic qualification for work and contributes fundamentally to the integration of individuals into the labour market and society. On the other hand the potential of learning in the working process is highlighted, for instance in the recent debates about informal learning or employability.
This volume contains papers delivered at the conference -Work, Education and Employability- which took place in Ascona in December 2006. The contributions offer different perspectives on...

In this collected edition, globalization and its consequences on vocational education systems are described and, at the same time, combined with the question of whether new phenomena of inclusion but also of exclusion are produced. Inclusion and exclusion are differentiations that predominate in all kinds of (vocational education) systems, regardless of their national background. These terms base on the requirements of the system itself but also on shortages, particularly when supply and demand are dehiscing. Vocational education developed out of the requirement to integrate large parts of...

In April 2013, the International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship (INAP) hosted its fifth international conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, in co-operation with the International Labor Organization (ILO), bringing together researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from 34 nations. The title of the conference - "Apprenticeship in a Globalized World: Premises, Promises and Pitfalls" - points out the need for apprenticeship to deliver on its promise of workplace skills and for it to develop and change as world economies develop. An international exchange of ideas among researchers...

In the context of renewed global interest in the development of vocational skills, policy makers in many countries as well as representatives of technical organisations often hope to reform existing training systems by borrowing models and policies that seem to work elsewhere. One of these prominent models is that of National Qualifications Framework, the use of which now spans the entire globe. On a much smaller scale, the Dual Model of vocational training a systematic combination of school and workplace-based learning that is common in a number of countries in Western Europe has also gained...

Die Beitrage des Sammelbandes umfassen aktuelle berufs- und wirtschaftspadagogische, bildungspolitische und lehr-lernforschungsbezogene Themenbereiche.
Kompetenz erfahrt spatestens seit den PISA-Studien gesteigerte Aufmerksamkeit, nicht nur als Instrument zur Leistungsmessung, sondern auch als theoriegeleitetes Konstrukt, um Innovationen im gesamten Bildungssystem einzuleiten. Ahnliches gilt fur das Konzept der Employability und auch hinsichtlich der Einfuhrung von Standards. Schlielich wird auch der neueste Forschungsstand zu Kognition, Motivation und Lernen in der Berufsschule...

In der Bildungspolitik wie auch in der Bildungsforschung finden sich eine Vielzahl von internationalen Bezugen. Als Anstoss fur Bildungsreformen sind Vergleiche mit den Nachbarstaaten, Europa, den USA, dem Fernen Osten oder andere Bezugsetzungen mit internationaler Perspektive offenbar wirksam. Mit der vorliegenden Arbeit soll die Rolle des 'internationalen Arguments' in der Bildungsdebatte naher beleuchtet werden. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass bereits mit der Entstehung des modernen Bildungswesens im 19. Jahrhundert der internationale Vergleich hochst bedeutsam war, wie anhand der Herausbildung...