The Rise of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training - Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross-National Attraction

Recognising the regular adoption, by countries across the globe, of the vocational education and training (VET) model already so prevalent in German-speaking countries such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland, this book spotlights dual modes of VET, depicting its global emergence and subsequent cross-national attraction.

List of contents

Editors¿ Introduction: Global emergence and cross-national attraction of dual modes of vocational education and training (VET)
1. Dual apprenticeships as a gold standard? Implementation and transfer under review
2. Pull and push factors of different actors in the international transfer of vocational education and training
3. Transferring the German dual apprenticeship abroad: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of commercial German VET Providers
4. Switzerland's approach to the transfer of dual vocational education and training (VET)
5. Growth, dual VET transfers, and the rise of transnational skill ecosystems
6. Lost during transfer? The role of social dialogue in the Serbian dual VET reform
7. Bringing context to the centre of cross-national attraction
8. A multilevel interdisciplinary analytical tool for insights of TVET models. A case study of Azerbaijan
Editor Conclusion: Explaining the global diffusion of dual modes of training

About the author

Oscar Valiente is Professor of Education and International Development, University of Glasgow, UK.
Srabani Maitra was a Professor in Sociology of Education, University of Glasgow, UK, before she passed away in 2023.
Philipp Gonon is Professor of Educational Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Matthias Pilz is Professor of Business Education and International VET Research, University of Cologne, Germany, and Director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.).

Product details

• Assisted by: Gonon Philipp (Editor), Srabani Maitra (Editor), Pilz Matthias (Editor), Oscar Valiente (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032963792
• ISBN: 978-1-032-96379-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Hospitality industry, EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Comparative, EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education, teacher training, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Adult education, continuous learning, Hospitality and service industries, Educational strategies and policy