Vocational Education : International Approaches, Developments and Systems (Paperback)

1. Introduction  Part A: Historical Developments  2. The Role of the State in Vocational Education: A Political Analysis of the History of vocational education in the Netherlands  3. Vocational Education in France: A Turbulent History and Peripheral Role  4. The German Philosophy of Vocational Education  5. The Emergence and Reinforcement of Class and Gender Divisions in Vocational Education  Part B: Contrasting Approaches to VET  6. School Reform in America: Can Dewey’s Ideas Save High School Vocational Education?  7. Under American Influence?: The Making of Modern German Training in Large Berlin Enterprises at the Beginning of the 20th Century  8. Towards a New Paradigm of Vocational Learning  9. 14-19 and Lifelong Learning: Distinguishing between Academic and Vocational Learning  Part C: Valuing VET  10. Vocational Education, Work and the Aims of Economic Activity  11. Social Justice and Vocational Education  12. The Multiple Paradoxes of State Power in the English Education and Training System  13. New Developments in Continuing Vocational Education and Training Reform in France  14. Workers’ Education in the Twentieth Century British Labour Movement: Class, Union and Role