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Dual Vocational Education and Training and Policy Transfer in the European Union Policy: The Case of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeships
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Martínez-Izquierdo, Luis; Torres Sánchez, Mónica – Cogent Education, 2022
In the search for solutions to national skill formation challenges, the central and northern Europeans models of good practices in dual vocational education and training (VET) permeated the imaginary of the southern countries. Particularly, the German dual VET system has been predominant in the discourse of policy-makers. This research analyses…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Skill Development
The Adoption of Dual Vocational Education and Training in Spain: Analysis of Descentralised Decision-Making in Educational Policy Transfer
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Luis Martínez-Izquierdo; Mónica Torres Sánchez – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2024
This paper examines the adoption of dual VET in Spain as a process of educational policy transfer. Using Phillips and Ochs' (2003, 2004) policy transfer spectrum and decision-making classification and Perry and Tor's (2008) model of transfer forms, the study relies on semi-structured interviews with key decision-makers in the Spanish central…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Decision Making