International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work: Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning (Editorial Advisory Board: Unesco-Unevoc Handbooks and Book Series)(6 volume set)

3288 Pages·2009·18.7 MB·English

by  Rupert Maclean

International Handbook of Education
for the Changing World of Work
EDITORIALADVISORYBOARD:UNESCO-UNEVOC
HandbooksandBookseries
Editor-in-Chief:
DrRupertMaclean,UNESCO-UNEVOCInternationalCentreforTechnicalandVocationalEducationand
Training,Bonn,Germany
AssociateEditors:
ProfessorFelixRauner,TVETResearchGroup,UniversityofBremen,Germany
ProfessorKarenEvans,InstituteofEducation,UniversityofLondon,UnitedKingdom
EditorialAdvisoryBoard:
DrDavidAtchoarena,UNESCOInternationalInstituteforEducationalPlanning,Paris,France
DrAndra´sBenedek,MinistryofEmploymentandLabour,Budapest,Hungary
DrPaulBenteler,StahlwerkeBremen,Germany
MsDianeBooker,TAFESA,Adelaide,Australia
MrJohnBudu-Smith,formerlyMinistryofEducation,Accra,Ghana
ProfessorMichelCarton,NORRAGc/oGraduateInstituteofInternationalandDevelopmentStudies,Geneva,
Switzerland
DrChrisChinien,WorkforceDevelopmentConsulting,Montreal,Canada
DrClaudioDeMouraCastro,FaculadePita´goras,BeloHorizonte,Brazil
DrWendyDuncan,AsianDevelopmentBank,Manila,Philippines
DrMichaelFrearson,SQWConsulting,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom
DrLaviniaGasperini,NaturalResourcesManagementandEnvironmentDepartment,FoodandAgriculture
Organization,Rome,Italy
DrPhilippGrollmann,FederalInstituteforVocationalEducationandTraining(BiBB),Bonn,Germany
DrPeterGrootings,EuropeanTrainingFoundation,Turin,Italy
ProfessorW.NortonGrubb,GraduateSchoolofEducation,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,UnitedStatesof
America
DrDennisR.Herschbach,FacultyofEducationPolicyandLeadership,UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,
UnitedStatesofAmerica
DrOriolHoms,CentreforEuropeanInvestigationandResearchintheMediterraneanRegion,Barcelona,Spain
ProfessorPhillipHughes,AustralianNationalUniversity,Canberra,Australia
ProfessorMoo-SubKang,KoreaResearchInstituteforVocationalEducationandTraining,Seoul,RepublicofKorea
DrBonaventureW.Kerre,SchoolofEducation,MoiUniversity,Eldoret,Kenya
DrGu¨nterKlein,GermanAerospaceCentre,Bonn,Germany
DrWilfriedKruse,SozialforschungsstelleDortmund,DortmundTechnicalUniversity,Germany
ProfessorJonLauglo,DepartmentofEducationalResearch,FacultyofEducation,UniversityofOslo,Norway
DrAlexanderLeibovich,InstituteforVocationalEducationandTrainingDevelopment,Moscow,RussianFederation
ProfessorRobertLerman,UrbanInstitute,Washington,UnitedStatesofAmerica
MrJoshuaMallet,CommonwealthofLearning,Vancouver,Canada
MsNaingYeeMar,UNESCO-UNEVOCInternationalCentreforTechnicalandVocationalEducationandTraining,
Bonn,Germany
ProfessorMuntherWassefMasri,NationalCentreforHumanResourcesDevelopment,Amman,Jordan
DrPhillipMcKenzie,AustralianCouncilforEducationalResearch,Melbourne,Australia
DrTheoRaubsaet,CentreforWork,TrainingandSocialPolicy,Nijmegen,Netherlands
MrTrevorRiordan,InternationalLabourOrganization,Bangkok,Thailand
ProfessorBarrySheehan,MelbourneUniversity,Australia
DrMadhuSingh,UNESCOInstituteforLifelongLearning,Hamburg,Germany
DrManfredTessaring,EuropeanCentrefortheDevelopmentofVocationalTraining,Thessaloniki,Greece
DrJandhyalaTilak,NationalInstituteofEducationalPlanningandAdministration,NewDelhi,India
DrPedroDanielWeinberg,formerlyInter-AmericanCentreforKnowledgeDevelopmentinVocationalTraining
(ILO/CINTERFOR),Montevideo,Uruguay
ProfessorAdrianZiderman,Bar-llanUniversity,RamatGan,Israel
UNESCO-UNEVOCHeadofPublications:
AlixWurdak
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Rupert Maclean David Wilson
Editors
Chris Chinien
Associate Editor
International Handbook
of Education for the
Changing World of Work
Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
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Editors
DrRupertMaclean ProfessorDavidWilson
UNESCO-UNEVOC UniversityofToronto
InternationalCentreforEducation Canada
Hermann-Ehlers-Str.10
53113Bonn
Germany
[email protected]
AssociateEditor
DrChrisChinien
WorkforceDevelopmentConsulting
Montreal
Canada
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Dedication to David N. Wilson
ThisInternationalHandbookofEducationfortheChangingWorldofWorkis
dedicatedtoProfessorDavidN.Wilson.DavidWilsoncontributedsignificantlyto
thedevelopmentofthishandbook,fromtheplanningstagesandtheprocessofiden-
tifyingcontributors,throughtotheassemblyofcompletedchaptersintoaprototype.
ItisveryunfortunatethatDaviddidnotlivelongenoughtoseethefinalproductof
his hard and cherished labour. However, he will be remembered for his leadership
roleandtheimportantintellectualguidanceheprovidedtothisproject.
DavidWilsonwasanoutstandingteacherandaworld-classscholarinthefieldof
developmenteducation.Hehastrainedandmentoredmanygraduatestudentswho
are playing key leadership roles in development education throughout the world,
betheypolicy-makers,researchersorpractitioners.Asaresearcher,Davidhascon-
tributed substantially to furthering our understanding of the field of comparative
education and of development education, particularly as it relates to education for
theworldofwork.Hisprolificscholarlycontributionisalegacyleftbehindasates-
timonyofhiscommitmentanddedicationtohisprofessionandtotheadvancement
ofknowledgeandofhumanity.Davidwasfirmlycommittedthroughouthislifeto
internationaldevelopmentand,assuch,wasverykeentouseeducationasleverage
to improve human conditions with regard to poverty alleviation, improved equity
andjustice,especiallyindevelopingcountries.
ThosewhohaveworkedwithDavidovertheyearswillunanimouslyagreethat
hewasnotonlyagoodcollaborator,butalsoagoodfriend.Davidwillbemisseda
greatdeal,buthismemoryandsphereofinfluencewillliveonthroughhisstudents
andthroughthelegacyofhisextensiverangeofscholarlyworks.
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Preface
The idea of developing and publishing an ‘International Handbook of Education
for the Changing World of Work: Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning’
goesbacktodiscussionsbetweenmyselfandDavidWilsonasearlyas2001.1 We
commencedworkimmediately;nevertheless,ithastakensomesevenyearstobring
theHandbooktofullfruition.
Readers will not be surprised by the time it has taken to complete this project,
sincethishasbeenamammoth,complexundertaking,involvingsome218authors,
197 chapters and a manuscript of 1.2 million words, which is now published in
sixvolumes. ThisHandbook is thefirst of itskind, bringing together leading edu-
cational researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from all parts of the world;
and from developed and developing countries. At every stage the aim has been to
develop chapters of the highest quality. Thus, the matter of quality assurance has
beenattheforefrontofourmindsthroughouttheproject.Ihopethatallwhoread
this Handbook will agree that the considerable time and effort involved has been
morethanworththetrouble.
In 1991, the World Bank published a policy paper written by John Middleton,
Adrian Ziderman and Arvil Van Adams. This was widely interpreted (and also
widelymisinterpreted)tosaythatschool-basedtechnicaleducationwasnotasound
investment. The consequences wrought by this policy paper had a strong impact
onTVET,earningtheauthorsareputationgoingwellbeyondtheirintentions.Ina
gesturetoredressthisinvoluntarymilestone,weinvitedoneoftheseauthors.Arvil
VanAdams,towriteaprologuetothisInternationalHandbookonasubjectofhis
own choosing. He decided to discuss the non-governmental delivery of TVET in
Sub-SaharanAfrica.
On behalf of the editors, I wish to acknowledge the contributions of the many
individuals who have worked so hard through all the different stages to bring this
Handbooktosuccessfulcompletion.Thanksareconveyedtoalltheauthorsfortheir
commitment to this project and for their well-conceived, scholarly contributions.
Recognitionisalsoduetothesectioneditorsforhelpingtoco-ordinatetheworkof
theauthorsand,mostimportantly,fortheireffortstoensurecontentvalidityandthe
highqualityofchapters.
SecretarialandeditorialworkbystaffintheUNESCO–UNEVOCInternational
Centre for Technical and Vocational Education, inBonn, Germany, under the able
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leadershipoftheHeadofPublications,MsNataliaMatveeva,withassistancefrom
Joachim Lapp, was also an essential contribution to the successful completion of
thisHandbook.MsMatveeva’sworkwassubsequentlytakenoverandbroughttoa
successfulconclusionbyMsAlixWurdak.
SpecialthanksareduetoAssociateEditorProfessorChrisChinien,whoagreed
at short notice to become a joint editor of the Handbook, and so enabled its suc-
cessfulcompletionaftertheuntimelydeathofGeneralCo-editor,DavidWilson,in
October2006.InadditiontobeingaSectionEditorandtheauthorofseveralchap-
tersinthehandbook,Chrismadeasubstantialcontributiontofinalizingthecontent
andstructureofthewholeHandbook,especiallywithregardtoqualityassurance.
SpecialthanksalsotoJohnFoxfordeskeditingtheentiremanuscriptsoprofes-
sionally,thoroughlyandinatimelyway.
Finally, we would like to thank Harmen van Paradijs and Marianna Pascale of
thepublishersSpringerfortheconsiderablecarewithwhichtheyhaveassistedand
guidedthisprojectthroughoutthelengthyperiodofgestation.
UNESCO-UNEVOC,Bonn RupertMaclean
Germany
Note
1. ThisHandbookispartofthelarger‘UNESCO-UNEVOCInternationalLibraryofTechnical
andVocationalEducationandTraining’,whichconsistsoftwoHandbooks,abookseriesand
variousotherpublications.Fulldetailsareprovidedonthefollowingpages.
UNESCO-UNEVOC International Library
of Technical and Vocational Education
and Training
InternationalLibraryofTechnicalandVocationalEducationandTraining
Workisamajorfeatureinmostpeople’slives.Notonlydoesitprovidethemwith
themeanstomeetbasicneeds,suchasfood,clothingandshelter,butalsothetypeof
workundertakenbyindividualsandgroupshasamajorimpactontheirself-identity,
socialstatusandstandardofliving.Technicalandvocationaleducationandtraining
(TVET)isconcernedwiththeacquisitionofknowledgeandskillsfortheworldof
worktoincreaseopportunitiesforproductivework,sustainablelivelihoods,personal
empowermentandsocio-economicdevelopment.
TheUNEVOCInternationalLibraryofTechnicalandVocationalEducationand
Training is a series of publications that provide comprehensive information about
manycutting-edgeaspectsofTVET.TheLibraryshowcasesbestpracticesandin-
novativeapproachestoskillsdevelopmentforemployabilityandseekstocreatean
effectivebridgebetweenresearch,policyandpractice.Itisanon-goingprojectand
publicationspreparedaspartoftheLibrarycomplementeachother.Elementsofthe
Libraryare:
(cid:2)
UNESCO-UNEVOC International Handbook of Education for the Changing
(cid:2) WorldofWork:BridgingAcademicandVocationalLearning;
InternationalHandbookofTechnicalandVocationalEducationandTrainingRe-
(cid:2) search;
UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series ‘Technical and Vocational Education and
(cid:2) Training:Issues,ConcernsandProspects’;
(cid:2) UNESCO-UNEVOCDiscussionPapers;
UNESCO-UNEVOCAnnotatedBibliographiesofTechnicalandVocationalEdu-
(cid:2) cationandTraining;
UNESCO-UNEVOC Case Studies of Technical and Vocational Education and
TraininginSelectedCountries.
MostofthesepublicationsarepublishedbySpringerScienceandBusinessMedia,
and some others by UNESCO-UNEVOC itself. The audience for the publications
in the Library includes policy-makers, practitioners, administrators, planners, re-
searchers, teachers, teacher educators and students, as well as colleagues in other
fields interested in learning about education for the world of work and TVET in
developed and developing countries, countries in transition and countries in post-
conflictsituations.
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