Programme Content Orientation in Vocational Education and Training and Life Chances--A Comparative Study

Autor/in	Kap, Hrvoje
Titel	Programme Content Orientation in Vocational Education and Training and Life Chances--A Comparative Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 66 (2014) 3, S.348-364 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2014.922116
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Curriculum; Access to Education; Labor Market; Apprenticeships; Higher Education; Eligibility; Qualifications; Intellectual Disciplines; Training; Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Eignung; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Geisteswissenschaften; Dänemark; Finnland; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	Comparative studies of vocational education and training systems rarely conduct systematic comparisons of the content of educational programmes, partly because of methodological difficulties. Yet, comparing the organisation of curricula can increase our understanding of how programme design reflects orientation towards various life chances in society. This article seeks to demonstrate how content of programmes--as curricular units of subject matter and training related to programme aims--can be compared across cases through an interpretation of the legal framework regulating curricula at the level of the nation-state. Four Nordic countries' vocational education and training systems are studied and compared. It is found that programmes are designed in various ways for orientation towards one, as well as both, of two of the main programme aims--an occupational qualification and higher education eligibility. These in turn appear to, in part, depend on how curricular units of subject matter and practical training are combined. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10