Book review: History of Vocational Education and Training in Europe: Cases, Concepts and Challenges, 2016, edited by Esther Berner and Philipp Gonon

16. September 2018

The book consists of 29 chapters written by 38 authors. The overarching purpose is to provide a historical context for the development of vocational education and training (VET)-systems in Europe as this will aid in cross-country comparative studies where lack of historical context can lead to inaccuracies in comparisons. The basis for the contents are presentations given at a … More Book review: History of Vocational Education and Training in Europe: Cases, Concepts and Challenges, 2016, edited by Esther Berner and Philipp Gonon

New blogs on #ECER2018 in Bolzano/ Bozen – First Batch: Insights into the key activities of the VETNET network

16. September 2018

Quite recently, from the 3rd to the 7th of September the VETNET network was actively present at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2018) in the South-Tyrolean landscapes of Bolzano-Bozen. As usual, Pekka Kämäräinen has written blog posts on the #ECER2018 experience on his blog “Working & Learning” (http://www.pontydysgu.org/blogs/workinglearning). Vetnetsite will also make these … More New blogs on #ECER2018 in Bolzano/ Bozen – First Batch: Insights into the key activities of the VETNET network

ECER VETNET Proceedings 2018 Published

9. September 2018

The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) has been a big success. VETNET had a significant increase in participants. Research on Vocational Education and Training is vivid in Europe and abroad. This year’s proceedings of VETNET are published online and as a book: Nägele, C., & Stalder, B. E. (Eds.) (2018). Trends in vocational education and … More ECER VETNET Proceedings 2018 Published

Book review: Internationalization in Vocational Education and Training

1. June 2018

The book “Internationalization in Vocational Education and Training” (2017), edited by Ly Thi Tran and Kate Dempsey, consists of 14 articles covering Australia, China, European Union, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam. The aim of the book is to highlight the current phase of internationalization in the field of vocational education … More Book review: Internationalization in Vocational Education and Training

Crossing Boundaries Conference 2019 in València: Call for Papers ends on 31th may 2018

20. May 2018

3rd International VET Conference Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogical concerns and market demands, 2-3 May 2019, València, Spain Organizer: University of Valencia, Research Group Transitions from education to work in contexts of social vulnerability, Prof. Dr. Fernando Marhuenda & María José Chisvert, in cooperation with the Institute for Vocational Education, University of Rostock. One year after … More Crossing Boundaries Conference 2019 in València: Call for Papers ends on 31th may 2018

Call for Papers (open): Crossing Boundaries Conference in Valencia (May 2019)

1. March 2018

Call for Papers (open!) 3rd International VET Conference Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogical concerns and market demands, 2-3 May 2019, València, Spain Organizer: University of Valencia, Research Group Transitions from education to work in contexts of social vulnerability, Prof. Dr. Fernando Marhuenda & María José Chisvert, in cooperation with the Institute for Vocational Education, University of … More Call for Papers (open): Crossing Boundaries Conference in Valencia (May 2019)