Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries: Learning from Diversity (Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education)

Synopsis

Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries: Learning from Diversity is the second of two books that disseminates new and systematic knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses of the different models of vocational education and training (VET) in four Nordic countries. Vocational education in Europe has resisted standardisation to a higher degree than other fields of education, and during the last decade, there has been a growth in international, comparative VET research. While the Nordic countries provide an ideal case for comparative education studies, the literature in English on the Nordic VET systems is at present very limited. This book provides thorough examinations of VET in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Each section examines the current challenges for VET, compares how these challenges are managed, and explores recent reforms and institutional innovations. Contributors also analyse institutions and policies at the national level and include comparative studies of two occupations at the micro-level in the four countries. The book explores what can be learned from the diversity of the VET systems in the Nordic countries, which otherwise have many similarities and share a common heritage in education policy. This volume will help strengthen the knowledge base required for transnational policy learning, and for developing vocational education internationally for the future. As a result, the book will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students involved in the study of vocational education, educational studies and educational policy, as well as policy makers.

Copyright:

2018

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781315414478

Related ISBNs:

9781315414492, 9780367487812, 9780367487812, 9781138219809, 9781138219809

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/25/20

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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Edited by:

Christian Helms Jørgensen

Edited by:

Ole Johnny Olsen

Edited by:

Daniel Persson Thunqvist