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Education and Training Regimes within the Swiss Vocational Education and Training System. A Comparison of the Cantons of Geneva, Ticino, and Zurich in the Context of Educational Expansion
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Gonon, Philipp; Freidorfer-Kabashi, Lena – Education Sciences, 2022
Swiss Vocational Education and Training (VET) is based on national legislation which was introduced in the 1930s and renewed in the 1960s (as well as in the 1970s and in 2002). At first, the goal of the national VET legislation was to further Vocational Education and Training in order to support small and medium enterprises; however, later, it…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation, Geographic Regions
Variation in Socioeconomic Gradients among Cantons in French and Italian-Speaking Switzerland: Findings from The OECD PISA
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Willms, J. Douglas – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
Results from the 2000 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Programme for International Assessment (PISA) indicated that inequalities in performance associated with students' family background were relatively large in Switzerland compared to other participating countries. The study upon which this article is based examines…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Policy, Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement