Expanding horizons: research on the internationalization of vocational education and training

This volume presents selected results from the initiative 'Research on the Internationalization of Vocational Education and Training', funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The articles show how the projects of the funding program contribute to strengthening and expanding institutionalized vocational education and training research as well as international vocational education and training cooperation. The chapters outline and discuss research findings as well as innovative models and ideas for development perspectives.

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The chapters are as follows: Research on the internationalization of vocational education and training: program evaluation and its implications / Carla Olivier, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, and Miriam Toepper; Networks in international vocational education and training research: a contribution to best practices / Sandra Bohlinger, Ianina Scheuch, Hoang Long Nguyen, Anne Biess, and Alina Praun; Professional development of doctoral researchers in vocational education and training: a cross-national study in times of uncertainty / Anja-Christina Greppmair and Michael Gessler; Implementation of competence-based approach in Chinese and Russian commercial vocational education and training / Anastasia Goncharova, Pujun Chen, Dietmar Frommberger, Matthias Pilz, and Junmin Li; Quality development of vocational education and training in India: supporting and restraining factors / Julia Regel, Jakob Schulte, Muthuveeran Ramasamy, and Matthias Pilz; Multi-sided evaluation of needs of TVET students in problem-solving skills in South Africa / Jelena Zascerinska, Jacqueline Scheepers, and Martin Kuhn; Ownership by local actors: the case of dual vocational education in Mexico / Natascha Rohrer, Beke Vogelsang, Matthias Pilz, and Martina Fuchs; German VET providers' international business models and the critical factors for entering foreign markets / Gunnar Kassberg and Utz Dornberger; Social representations of TVET and non-academic work in Mexico from the perspective of employers and youth in the Mexican tourism industries / Claudia Hunink and Lydia Raesfeld; Vocational teacher education and vocational education research in Costa Rica: status quo and perspectives / Irina Rommel, Anastasia Goncharova, and Dietmar Frommberger; ProWoThai: progressing work-based learning in Thailand's TVET system: design-oriented and participatory action research in international TVET research cooperation / Thomas Schroder, Siriphorn Schlattmann, Julia Gulich, and Barbara Hupfer; Vocational education in Georgia: conception and implementation of a PhD programme / Marcel Martsch, Tamara Hennige, and Hannes Tegelbeckers. Show less