"Making Schools Practical": Practice Firms and Their Function in the Full-Time Vocational School System in Germany

Autor/in	Deissinger, Thomas
Titel	"Making Schools Practical": Practice Firms and Their Function in the Full-Time Vocational School System in Germany
Quelle	In: Education & Training, 49 (2007) 5, S.364-379 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0912
DOI	10.1108/00400910710762931
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Vocational Schools; Adult Education; Vocational Education; Apprenticeships; Research Projects; Labor Market; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Forschungsvorhaben; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Deutschland
Abstract	Purpose: To provide information and insight into the potential of reforms in full-time vocational education and training (VET) (practice firms in vocational colleges) in contrast with apprenticeships against the background of training market frictions in Germany. Design/methodology/approach: Structural information on the German VET system; empirical study (2006) within a research project to illustrate the didactical and social benefits of practice firms. Findings: Underlines that vocational colleges and practice firms within them are part of a "preparatory" system which predominantly serves further education needs and the follow-up intention to undertake an apprenticeship; confirms preceding research which put them in line with the "typical" full-time VET system. Research implications/limitations: Limitations are due to the focus on one type of full-time VET and the specific conditions in the federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg. Practical implications: Provides useful information to understand the nature of VET in a given country; insight into the limitations of full-time VET can help teachers to rethink co-operation with companies in general. Originality/value: Useful contribution to rethinking VET policy and to understanding limitations in the wake of an implementation of new forms of vocational learning against the background of culturally-rooted traditions. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures and 4 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10