Table of Contents
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 1David 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 19David Guile and Lorna Unwin
3 Vocational Education and the Individual 41Stephen Billett
4 VET, HRD, and Workplace Learning: Where to From Here? 63Paul Hager
5 Does Vocational Education Still Need the Concept of Occupation? 81Alison Fuller
6 Knowledge, Competence, and Vocational Education 97Leesa Wheelahan
Part II The Political Economy of VET 113
7 Political Economy of Vocational Education and Training 115Damian Oliver, Serena Yu, and John Buchanan
8 The Politics of Vocational Training: Theories, Typologies, and Public Policies 137Marius R. Busemeyer and Christine Trampusch
9 The Industrial Relations of Training and Development 165Mark Stuart
10 Measuring Performance in Vocational Education and Training and the Employer’s Decision to Invest in Workplace Training 187Samuel Muehlemann
11 Excluded Within the Inclusive Institution: The Case of Low‐Skilled, Low‐Wage Security Employees 207Soon‐Joo Gog
Part III Arrangements for VET 227
12 The Contested Evolution and Future of Vocational Education in the United States 229Brian Durham and Debra D. Bragg
13 The Future of Vocational Education in Canadian Secondary Schools 251Alison Taylor
14 The Interrelation of General Education and VET: Understandings, Functions, and Pedagogy 275Vibe Aarkrog
15 The Sustainability of the Dual System Approach to VET 293Thomas Deissinger
16 Duality and Learning Fields in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Assessment 311Matthias Pilz and Bärbel Fürstenau
17 VET Teachers and Trainers 329Kevin Orr
Part IV VET as a Developing Practice 349
18 The Learning Potential of Boundary Crossing in the Vocational Curriculum 351Arthur Bakker and Sanne Akkerman
19 Designing Technology‐Enhanced Learning Environments in Vocational Education and Training 373Carmela Aprea and Alberto A. P. Cattaneo
20 VET as Lifelong Learning: Engagement With Distributed Knowledge in Software Engineering 395Monika Nerland and Crina I. Damşa
21 Innovative Work‐Based Learning for Responsive Vocational Education and Training (VET): Lessons from Dutch Higher VET 415Aimée Hoeve, Wietske Kuijer‐Siebelink, and Loek Nieuwenhuis
22 Capturing the Elusive: How Vocational Teachers Develop and Sustain their Expertise 433Janet 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 457Karen Evans
24 The Contribution of Vocational Education and Training in Skilling India 479Tara Nayana and Sanath Kumar
25 Vocational Education and Training in Economic Transformation in China 495Zhiqun Zhao and Yunbo Liu
26 Working with Historical, Cultural, and Economic Logics: The Case of Vocational Training in Argentina 513Claudia Jacinto
27 The Evolution of Learning Regions: Lessons from Economic Geography for the Development of VET 531Laura James
Index 549