Modularisation of Vocational Training in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Parallels and Disparities in a Modernisation Process

Autor/in	Pilz, Matthias
Titel	Modularisation of Vocational Training in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Parallels and Disparities in a Modernisation Process
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 64 (2012) 2, S.169-183 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2011.628757
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Educational Change; Apprenticeships; Comparative Analysis; Educational Policy; Decision Making; Austria; Germany; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Bildungsreform; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Österreich; Deutschland; Schweiz
Abstract	This article considers the modularisation of initial vocational training (including apprenticeships) as a modernisation strategy in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Training systems are similarly structured in these three countries with the apprenticeship system at their heart, and the three national philosophies of education and training are largely comparable. The approach in each country will be outlined and the three will then be compared in terms of the background to modularisation, key drivers and decision-making procedures, and forms and intensity of modularisation. The article concludes that in all three countries, technical and organisational change and greater labour market flexibility are driving the pressure to modularise. While the educational policy players and modalities differ, all three countries have adopted a form of modularisation that is limited in terms of its scope and how radical it is. The article proposes a concept that enables training to be modularised while leaving intact a country's existing training philosophy and Berufskonzept, a German concept that embodies the extent to which workers internalise an occupational identity. (Contains 8 notes and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10