International Handbook Of Education For The Changing World O

Description:
This six-volume handbook covers the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It presents TVET models from all over the world, reflections on the best and most innovative practice, and dozens of telling case studies. The handbook presents the work of established as well as the most promising young researchers and features unrivalled coverage of developments in research, policy and practice in TVET.

Review:
From the reviews: 'The authors seek to consider the nature and implications of the changes that have taken place in the world of work during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. ! The proposed readership might include researchers, teachers and students in the field of education, but it could also be broadened to policy-makers at various levels of government and those involved in business and enterprise, employers and employees. ! will, no doubt, comprise an essential work of reference, now and in the future.' (Phyllida Coombes, Studies in Continuing Education, Vol. 32 (2), July, 2010)

Table of Contents:
Dedication to David N. Wilson List of Tables List of Figures List of Contributors Information on the UNEVOC International Library of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Foreword (by Nicholas Burnett, ADG/Education, UNESCO Paris) Preface VOLUME 1 PART I OVERVIEW Introduction (Rupert Maclean) The Pedagogical Roots of Technical Learning and Thinking (Ron Hansen) A Conceptual Framework for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Jay W. Rojewski) Towards Achieving TVET for All: The Role of UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Astrid Hollander and Naing Yee Mar) TVET Glossary: Some Key Terms (Jeanne MacKenzie and Rose-Anne Polvere) PART II THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF WORK AND EDUCATION Section 1 Changing Workplace Requirements: Implication for Education (Margarita Pavlova and L. Efison Munjanganja) Overview: Changing Economic Environment and Workplace Requirements: Implications for Reengineering TVET for Prosperity (France Boutin, Chris Chinien, Lars Moratis and Peter van Baalen) The Right to a New Utopia: Adult Learning and the Changing World of Work in an Era of Global Capitalism (Budd L. Hall) Decent Work for All: From ILO Initiative to a Global Goal (Peter Poschen) Redefining Gender Roles in the Workforce (Karen F. Zuga) Anticipation of Skill Requirements: European Activities and Approaches (Manfred Tessaring) Redefining the Status of Occupations (Walter R. Heinz) Changing Work, Work Practice: Consequences for Vocational Education (Stephen Billett) Traditional and Transitional TVET Systems (Poonam Agrawal) Partnering to Meet the Needs of a Changing Workplace (LuAnn Hiniker and Robert A. Putnam) Bridging the Learning Divide: A Study into Adult Learning and Peer Mediation in the Workplace (David Johnson) Section 2 Education and Training in Informal Economies (Madhu Singh) Overview: Education and Training in the Informal Sector (Madhu Singh) Tinkering with the Tinker: Meeting Training Needs in the Informal Sector of Chad (Joshua A. Muskin) The Traditional Informal Apprenticeship System of West Africa as Preparation for Work (William Ahadzie) Initiatives to Link TVET to Self-employment in Ghana (Robert Palmer) Criteria for Training Policy in the Informal Sector: Demands and Challenges in Latin America (Enrique Pieck) Informal Learning at Work: The Case of Working Children in Egypt (Laila Iskandar) Informal Learning and Work: From Genealogy and Definitions to Contemporary Methods and Findings (Peter H. Sawchuk) New Learning Spaces in VET: The Contribution of Social Partnerships (Terri Seddon, Kathleen Fennessy and Kathleen Ferguson) Social and Cultural Aspects of Informal Sector Learning: Meeting the Goals of EFA (Madhu Singh) VOLUME 2 PART III EDUCATION FOR THE WORLD OF WORK: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE Section 3 Reforming National Systems of Vocational Education and Training (David Atchoarena and Peter Grootings) Overview: Changing National VET Systems Through Reforms (David Atchoarena and Peter Grootings) Latin America's Efforts in the Vocational Training of Young People from Poor Backgrounds (Claudia Jacinto) Accountability and State Career Technical Education (CTE) Policy: A Brief Review of Six States of the United States (Joshua D. Hawley and Alexandra de Montrichard) The Regional Perspective of Vocational Education and Training (Mike Coles and Tom Leney) Vocational Education, Training Reform and Regional Integration in the Middle East (Munther Wassef Masri) The Influence of Qualifications Frameworks on the Infrastructure of VET (Mike Coles and Patrick Werquin) Reforming Skills Development, Transforming the Nation: South African Vocational Education and Training Reforms, 1994-2005 (Simon McGrath) Reform of Vocational Education in the Russian Federation (Olga Oleynikova and Anna Muravyeva) Vocational Education in the Netherlands: In Search of a New Identity (Jan Geurts and Frans Meijers) Facilitating Policy Learning: Active Learning and the Reform of Education Systems in Transition Countries (Peter Grootings) Section 4 National Initiatives for Reengineering Education for the New Economy (Joshua D. Hawley) Overview: Regional Reviews of TVET (Joshua D. Hawley) To Vocationalize or not to Vocationalize? Perspectives on Current Trends and Issues on TVET in Africa (Moses O. Oketch) TVET in the Asian Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (P.P.G. Lionel Siriwardene and Muhammad Ashraf Qureshi) Transforming TVET Systems with CPSC in the Asia and Pacific Region (Man-Gon Park) European Action Programmes for Lifelong Learning (Johanna Lasonen) VET in the Baltic States: Analysis of Commonalities and Differences of Reforms in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Frank Bunning and Berit Graubner) Education and Training Needs of Rural Communities: A Situational Analysis of Selected Villages in Fourteen Provinces of Fiji (Paula Cavu, Isimeli W. Tagicakiverata, Seveci Naisilisili and Viliame Rabici) Social Partnership in Vocational Education and Training in Lithuania: Challenges and Perspectives (Lina Kaminskiene) Integrating Education and Work: The Status of Vocational Education in Brazil (Lucilia Regina Machado and Carlos Roberto Jamil Cury) China's Higher Technical and Vocational Education: Development and Reform (Jing Mi and Aihua Wu) The Adoption and Adaptation of the Work-Team Concept in Urban Thai Workplaces (Chitrlada Burapharat) Globalization of the Labour Culture in the Republic of Korea: What 'Tripartite Relations' Mean for Workers (Phoebe Moore) Involvement of Labour-market Partners in TVET in the Russian Federation (Olga Oleynikova) Strengthening TVET to Achieve Lifelong Learning for All: Historical Snapshots and Recent Initiatives in Myanmar (Naing Yee Mar) Technical and Vocational Education and Traning and Rural Development (Lavinia Gasperini) An International TVET Programme: A Case Study of Programme Development by the International Baccalaureate Organization (Monique Conn) A Profile of TVET in the Asia and Pacific Region: A Survey of Progress, Innovations and Promising Practices to Gauge the Impact UNESCO Recommendations (Chris Chinien, Elspeth McOmish, Mohan Perera and Alex Chinien) Section 5 Learning for Employment and Citizenship in Post-conflict Countries (David Johnson and Lyle Kane) Overview: Vocational Education, Social Participation and Livelihoods in Post-conflict Countries (David Johnson and Lyle Kane) From Assessment to Planning: Hope for TVET in Uganda (Bilal Barakat, Lyle Kane and Alex Inglis) Linking TVET to Economic Opportunities in Post-conflict Liberia (Lyle Kane) Deepening the Divide: The Differential Impact of Protracted Conflict on TVET Versus Academic Education in Palestine (Bilal Barakat) Co-ordinated Programming for Skills Development and Livelihoods in Post-conflict Societies: What Promise Does TVET Hold for Southern Sudan? (Zuki Karpinska) Vocational Training in Post-war Sierra Leone and Liberia (Andrew Benson Greene Jr.) TVET and Community Re-integration: Exploring the Connections in Sierra Leone's DDR Process (Julia Paulson) TVET, Women and Conflict: Palestinians in the Lebanese Civil War (Rachel Yarrow) VOLUME 3 PART IV THE MANAGEMENT OF TVET SYSTEMS Section 6 Policy and Management of TVET Systems (Rupert Maclean and Chris Chinien) Overview: Navigating the Policy Landscape: Education, Training and Work (Dennis R. Herschbach) Research for TVET Policy Development (Jon Lauglo) The Reform and Governance of Public TVET Institutions: Comparative Experiences (Keith Holmes) Technical and Vocational Education and Training: National Versus Regional Policy Dimensions (Peter Noonan) Planning for Education and Work: Alternatives and Issues (Dennis R. Herschbach) South African Technikons and Policy Contestation over Academic Drift (Andre Kraak) New Policy Actions and Government Roles: China's Reconstruction of TVET Systems since the 1980s (Deyu Sun, Jingwen Lu and Jun Li) Some Generic Issues in TVET Management (George Preddey) An Overview of Contemporary TVET Management Practice (George Preddey) The Economics and Financing of TVET (David Atchoarena) Overview: Issues and Options in Financing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (David Atchoarena) Education, Skills, Sustainability and Growth: Complex Relations (Kenneth King) Financing Mechanisms and Instruments: A Conceptual and Operational Approach (Richard Walther) Financing Training Through Payroll Levies (Adrian Ziderman) Financing Vocational Education and Training in South Africa (Martin Gustafsson and Pundy Pillay)