Vocational Education and Training in Times of Economic Crisis (eBook)

Preface.- Foreword: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Skills at the Centre Stage.- Part I International Comparative Studies.- Chapter 1 National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) and Support for Alternative Transition Routes for Young People.- Chapter 2 Finding the Finishing Line - Career Support for Experimentation: Transitions and the role of Lifelong Learning.- Chapter 3 Challenges to the Implementation of Dual Apprenticeships in OCED Countries: A Literature Review.- Chapter 4 Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the Transition of Young Women and Men to the Labour Market in Middle-Income Countries: A Comparative Analysis based on International Labour Organization (ILO) Surveys in Jamaica, Jordan, Peru, Tunisia, Ukrain, Viet Nam and Zambia.- Chapter 5 Learning to Innovate by Connecting Interprofessional Judgement - Exploring the Digitised Creative Sector in the Gulf.- Chapter 6 Induction of Job Entrants with Midlevel Qualifications: A Comparison of Health Care (HC) and Car Service (CS) in Selected European Countries and South Korea.- Chapter 7 Apprenticeship Policies coping with the Crisis: A Comparison of Austria with Germany and Switzerland.- Part II Asia (Including India and Excluding China).- Chapter 8 Initiatives in Skill Upgrading: The Case of Centres of Excellence (COE) in Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in Karnataka, india.- Chapter 9 Theories for Practice: A Participatory Action Research Approach for the Establishment of the Regional Association for Vocational Teacher Education in Asia (RAVTE).- Chapter 10 Transferable Skills in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Vocational Teacher Education (VTE): A Case Study of Thailand.- Chapter 11 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Bangladesh - Systems, Curricula and Transition Pathways.- Part II China.- Chapter 12 KOMET-based Professional Competence Assessments for Vocational Education and Training (VET) Teachers in China.- Chapter 13 What does it mean to be Vocational Teachers in China - Results from a Survey among Chinese Vocational Teachers.- Chapter 14 Youth Employment and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in China.- Chapter 15 On the improvement of School-Enterprise Cooperation (SEC) in China.- Part IV United States of America (USA).- Chapter 16 Why Firms Do and Don't offer Apprenticeships.- Chapter 17 A Qualitative Analysis of High School Level Vocational Education in the United States - Three Decades of Positive Change.- Chapter V Europe.- Chapter 18 Quality Doubts as a Driver for Vocational Education and Training (VET) Reforms - Switzerland's Way to a Highly Regarded Apprenticeship System.- Chapter 19 Addressing Mismatch in Spain: A Concern and Proposal Beyond the Economic Sphere.- Chapter 20 The Training Module Concept: A Way Towards Quality Improvement and Inclusion in German Vocational Education and Training (VET)?.- Chapter 21 Business and Administration Occupations - Findings about Differences and Similarities in their Requirements and Mentalities.- Part IV Theoretical/Conceptual.- Chapter 23 Vocational Knowledge - Regions and Recontextualisation Capability.- Chapter 24 International Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Transfer Project - Theoretical-Practical Experiences of Workplace Training with the Workforce in the Egyptian Construction Industry.- Chapter 25 From Craftsmanship and Novices to 3D Printing and an Ageing Workforce - Is Vocational Education and Training (VET) Research keeping Pace with Change as well as Continuity in Work?.- Chapter 26 Policy Borrowing in Vocational Education and Training (VET) - VET System Typologies and the "6 P Strategy" for Transfer Analysis.-