Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training

Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xvii

1 Introduction to the Handbook: Vocational Education and Training (VET) Theory, Practice, and Policy for a Complex Field of Inquiry 1
David Guile and Lorna Unwin

Part I VET as an Evolving Concept 17

2 VET, Expertise, and Work: Situating the Challenge for the Twenty-First Century 19
David Guile and Lorna Unwin

3 Vocational Education and the Individual 41
Stephen Billett

4 VET, HRD, and Workplace Learning: Where to From Here? 63
Paul Hager

5 Does Vocational Education Still Need the Concept of Occupation? 81
Alison Fuller

6 Knowledge, Competence, and Vocational Education 97
Leesa Wheelahan

Part II The Political Economy of VET 113

7 Political Economy of Vocational Education and Training 115
Damian Oliver, Serena Yu, and John Buchanan

8 The Politics of Vocational Training: Theories, Typologies, and Public Policies 137
Marius R. Busemeyer and Christine Trampusch

9 The Industrial Relations of Training and Development 165
Mark Stuart

10 Measuring Performance in Vocational Education and Training and the Employer's Decision to Invest in Workplace Training 187
Samuel Muehlemann

11 Excluded Within the Inclusive Institution: The Case of Low-Skilled, Low-Wage Security Employees 207
Soon-Joo Gog

Part III Arrangements for VET 227

12 The Contested Evolution and Future of Vocational Education in the United States 229
Brian Durham and Debra D. Bragg

13 The Future of Vocational Education in Canadian Secondary Schools 251
Alison Taylor

14 The Interrelation of General Education and VET: Understandings, Functions, and Pedagogy 275
Vibe Aarkrog

15 The Sustainability of the Dual System Approach to VET 293
Thomas Deissinger

16 Duality and Learning Fields in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Assessment 311
Matthias Pilz and Baerbel Fuerstenau

17 VET Teachers and Trainers 329
Kevin Orr

Part IV VET as a Developing Practice 349

18 The Learning Potential of Boundary Crossing in the Vocational Curriculum 351
Arthur Bakker and Sanne Akkerman

19 Designing Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments in Vocational Education and Training 373
Carmela Aprea and Alberto A. P. Cattaneo

20 VET as Lifelong Learning: Engagement With Distributed Knowledge in Software Engineering 395
Monika Nerland and Crina I. Damsa

21 Innovative Work-Based Learning for Responsive Vocational Education and Training (VET): Lessons from Dutch Higher VET 415
Aimee Hoeve, Wietske Kuijer-Siebelink, and Loek Nieuwenhuis

22 Capturing the Elusive: How Vocational Teachers Develop and Sustain their Expertise 433
Janet H. Broad and Ann Lahiff

Part V Challenges for VET 455

23 The Challenges VET Faces Through Its Intersection With Social Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race 457
Karen Evans

24 The Contribution of Vocational Education and Training in Skilling India 479
Tara Nayana and Sanath Kumar

25 Vocational Education and Training in Economic Transformation in China 495
Zhiqun Zhao and Yunbo Liu

26 Working with Historical, Cultural, and Economic Logics: The Case of Vocational Training in Argentina 513
Claudia Jacinto

27 The Evolution of Learning Regions: Lessons from Economic Geography for the Development of VET 531
Laura James

Index 549

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