Torn between Economic Efficiency and Social Equality? Short-Track Apprenticeships in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland

Autor/inn/en	Di Maio, Gina; Graf, Lukas; Wilson, Anna
Titel	Torn between Economic Efficiency and Social Equality? Short-Track Apprenticeships in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 18 (2019) 6, S.699-723 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Di Maio, Gina) ORCID (Graf, Lukas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.1177/1474904119869561
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Vocational Education; Educational Quality; On the Job Training; Educational Environment; Comparative Education; Political Influences; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Objectives; Standards; Efficiency; Apprenticeships; Economic Factors; Denmark; Germany; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Training-on-the-Job; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Standard; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Ökonomischer Faktor; Dänemark; Deutschland; Schweiz
Abstract	Educational institutions, especially those facilitating vocational education and training (VET), face the challenge of combining social goals, such as the provision of quality education for a large section of the population, with rising economic utility demands. However, we know little about how VET systems institutionalize these different demands and, further, how social and economic goals are actually institutionalized in VET. Our article aims to unpack this puzzle by analysing short-track dual vocational training programmes (short-tracks) in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. These short-tracks combine on-the-job and school-based training, targeting candidates who face difficulties entering full-length dual programmes. Thus, short-tracks are prime examples of training programmes located at the nexus of economic and social demands. In our comparative institutional analysis, we bridge the political economy of collective skill formation and sociological institutionalism literatures. We find that the institutionalization of goals in VET not only differs between countries but that there is also considerable variation within national VET systems. Our analysis reveals that VET regulations, regional and sectoral standards, and the legitimization of key actors can differ greatly in their institutionalization of social and economic goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01