Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries
The Historical Evolution
Svein Michelsen editor Marja-Leena Stenström editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:23rd May '18
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Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries: The Historical Evolution is the first of two books that disseminate new and systematic knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses of the different models of vocational education and training (VET) in four Nordic countries. Vocational education in Europe has resisted standardisation to a higher degree than other fields of education, and during the last decade, there has been a growth in international, comparative VET research. While the Nordic countries provide an ideal case for comparative education studies, the literature in English on the Nordic VET systems is at present very limited.
This first book provides thorough examinations of VET in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland over 150 years. Each section examines the historical evolution of VET at upper secondary level in one of the four Nordic countries. Contributors also analyse how each country have tried to reform their respective VET systems, and compare the paths which each nation has taken. The book explores what can be learned from the diversity of the VET-systems in the Nordic countries, which otherwise have many similarities and share a common heritage in education policy.
This volume will help strengthen the knowledge base required for transnational policy learning, and for developing vocational education internationally for the future. It will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students involved in the study of vocational education, educational studies and educational policy, education planners and teachers educators.
"The book is significant in many aspects. Providing thorough analysis of historical evolution of Nordic countries´ VET systems over more than a millennium, it enables the reader to understand better contemporary VET systems not only in Nordic countries, but also in many other European countries. Because of its systematic approach to the evolution of VET systems, looking at the development of VET systems in parallel with development of economic and welfare systems, the book contributes to the understanding of VET as highly complex systems. At the same time, the book exemplifies how the culturally embedded value of equality manifests itself in the Nordic VET systems."
Krista Loogma is professor of vocational education at Tallinn University, Estonia. Her scientific interests cover education sociology, vocational education, workplace learning. Currently, she leads the research group of studies in vocational education and is engaged in the research of teachers´ professionalism.
"Creating and sustaining effective and inclusive vocational education and training is highly challenging. Governments worldwide seek answers and often look to the Nordic countries. This impressively researched book, providing the first comparative account of the evolution of VET in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark, presents the detailed critical analysis required for a more sophisticated approach to transnational policy learning. It should be required reading for policymakers and researchers who seek to understand the complex nature of national VET systems."
Lorna Unwin is Professor Emerita for Vocational Education at the Institute of Education, University College London.
ISBN: 9781138220850
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 521g
240 pages