Michelsen / Stenström Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries

The historical evolution
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-315-41180-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education

The Historical Evolution of Vocational Education in the Nordic Countries is the first of two volumes that disseminate new and systematic knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses of the different models of vocational education and training (VET) in four Nordic countries. Vocational education in Europe has resisted standardisation to a higher degree than other fields of education, and during the last decade, we have seen a growth in international, comparative VET research. While the Nordic countries provide an ideal case for comparative education studies, the literature in English on the Nordic VET systems is at present very limited.

This first book provides thorough examinations of VET in each of the four Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Each section examines the historical evolution of vocational education and training (VET) at upper secondary level in one of the four Nordic countries. Contributors also analyse how each country manages a number of common challenges, with discussion and comparisons of each nation’s strengths and weaknesses. The books explore what can be learned from the diversity of the VET-systems in the Nordic countries, which otherwise have many similarities and share a common heritage in education policy.

The authors of these volumes hope that this volume will help strengthen the knowledge base required for transnational policy learning, and for developing vocational education internationally for the future. As a result, the book should be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students involved in the study of vocational education, educational studies and educational policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michelsen, Svein

Stenström, Marja-Leena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wirtschaftspädagogik, Berufspädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: the ’Nordic model’? Welfare states, labour markets and education. Theoretical framework and comparative and historical approach

Håkon Høst and Svein Michelsen

2. An overview of the current VET-systems in each of the four Nordic countries

Section 1: The early period from medieval guilds to VET in emerging welfare states (-1945)

3. Sweden: The formative period for VET (1850 – 1945)

Jonas Olofsson and Daniel Persson Thunqvist

4. Norway: The formative period for VET (1850 – 1945)

Svein Michelsen and Håkon Høst

5. Denmark: The formative period for VET (1850 – 1945)

Christian Helms Jørgensen and Gudmund Bøndergaard

6. Comparative chapter: The re-regulation of Nordic VET and the evolution of vocational schools 1850 to 1945

Christian Helms Jørgensen, Daniel Persson Thunqvist, Jonas Olofsson and Svein Michelsen

Section 2: The late period from constructing welfare states to neo-liberal deregulation (1945-2015)

7. Finland: The modern evolution of VET (1945 - 2015)

Marja-Leena Stenström and Maarit Virolainen

8. Sweden: The modern evolution of VET (1945 - 2015)

Jonas Olofsson and Daniel Persson Thunqvist

9. Norway: The modern evolution of VET (1945 - 2015)

Svein Michelsen, Håkon Høst and Ole Johnny Olsen

10. Denmark: The modern evolution of VET (1945 - 2015)

Christian Helms Jørgensen and Gudmund Bøndergaard

11. Comparative chapter: Integration or separation – VET in the Nordic countries, 1945 - 2015

Ole Johnny Olsen and Christian Helms Jørgensen

12. Concluding chapter: The Nordic VET-systems from a historical perspective – what can be learned?

Christian Helms Jørgensen, Ole Johnny Olsen, Marja-Leena Stenström and Jonas Olofsson

Über Autor(innen)

Svein Michelsen is currently Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Administration and Organization Theory at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Marja-Leena Stenström is Professor of Education and Working Life at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä in Finland.