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The Rise of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training: Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross-National Attraction book cover

1st Edition

The Rise of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross-National Attraction

Edited By Oscar Valiente, Srabani Maitra, Philipp Gonon, Matthias Pilz Copyright 2026
198 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Recognising the regular adoption, by countries across the globe, of the vocational education and training (VET) model already so prevalent in German-speaking countries such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland, this book spotlights dual modes of VET, depicting its global emergence and subsequent cross-national attraction. Globally, the practice of combining schools and workplace practice and... Read more

Editors´ introduction: Global emergence and cross-national attraction of dual modes of vocational education and train-ing (VET)

Phillip Gonon, Matthias Pilz and Oscar Valiente

1. Dual apprenticeships as a gold standard? Implementation and transfer under review

Philipp Gonon

2. Pull and push factors of different actors in the international transfer of vocational education and training

Matthias Pilz

3. Transferring the German dual apprenticeship abroad: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of commercial German VET Providers

Lena Wegener-Krichewsky, Susanne Peters, Christin Brings and Michael Gessler

4. Switzerland’s approach to the transfer of dual vocational education and training (VET)

Markus Maurer

5. Growth, dual VET transfers, and the rise of transnational skill ecosystems

Jehona Serhati and Linda Wanklin

6. Lost during transfer? The role of social dialogue in the Serbian dual VET reform

Margarita Langthaler

7. Bringing context to the centre of cross-national attraction

Clara Fontdevila, Judith Jacovkis and Oscar Valiente

8. A multilevel interdisciplinary analytical tool for insights of TVET models: A case study of Azerbaijan

Stefan Wolf

Editor Conclusion: Explaining the global diffusion of dual modes of training

Oscar Valiente

Biography

Oscar Valiente is Professor of Education and International Development, University of Glasgow, UK.

Srabani Maitra was a Professor in Sociology of Education, University of Glasgow, UK, before she passed away in 2023.

Philipp Gonon is Professor of Educational Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Matthias Pilz is Professor of Business Education and International VET Research, University of Cologne, Germany, and Director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (GREAT.).

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