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Gessler, Michael – Vocations and Learning, 2017
The apprenticeship system in Germany is carried out both by companies and vocational schools (the Dual System). The question of whether the German Dual System is transferable is currently being asked in vocational education and training research. The analysis of current transfer discourses alludes to a research desideratum: the actual approaches…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Program Implementation, Vocational Education
Learning and Work Institute, 2019
The Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People (Youth Commission) aims to find ways to improve education and employment opportunities for England's 16-24-year olds. The Commission's first report (see ED604277) identified five key challenges: (1) Better supporting 700,000 young people not in education, employment or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Youth Opportunities
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George, Magnus; Gordon, Ian; Hamilton, Eleanor – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
The teaching of entrepreneurship as an academic subject, as opposed to the apprenticeship route, is the subject of ongoing debate. The authors suggest that there is a middle road and that, by integrating the business world into teaching in a significant way, the best of both approaches can be achieved. In a similar vein, the credibility of some…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Interaction, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education
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Clark, Penny Jo – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2002
To meet the demand for workers with high-tech skills and an understanding of international business, America's schools have initiated school-to-work and international education programs. This study described the internationalization process of two banking and finance school-to-work programs, a German youth apprenticeship and an American career…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, International Education, Global Approach, Business Education
Lauwerys, Joseph A., Ed.; Scanlon, David G., Ed. – 1968
Essays in this international yearbook examine the past and present interests of governments, industry, and the economy in the education of workers, managers, engineers, and citizens. Economic, industrial, sociological, and other theoretical aspects of education within industry are discussed. Next come national and historical studies of the role of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Lynch, Lisa M. – 1993
Workplace training strategies in selected foreign countries were examined from the standpoint of their relevance to development of a national training policy in the United States. Case studies of the following were conducted: apprenticeship training in Germany, enterprise-based training in Japan, stimulation of training by training taxes in France…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change