Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare stakeholders' roles in Germany and Switzerland when it comes to promoting innovation in the dual apprenticeship model. In both countries, the relevant stakeholders who represent the various occupations and, in a more narrow sense, the social partners, actively shape vocational education and training…

A growing number of U.S. companies across a range of industries are designing apprenticeship programs to give workers access to on-the-job learning opportunities that allow them to transition into in-demand jobs and careers. This discussion paper provides a snapshot of the current state of apprenticeship in the United States based on interviews…

Globally, governments recognize the importance of creativity and innovation for sustainable socioeconomic development, and many invest resources to develop learning environments that foster these capacities. This paper provides a systematic framework based on Nair's "Innovation Helix" model for studying the factors of a country's…

This paper describes the journey through France, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Belgium that was undertaken in August and September 1882 by Manuel Bartolome Cossio, the foremost Spanish educationist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in order to examine European education museums and schools with a view to preparing…

This study discusses innovation in inservice education and training of teachers (INSET) in the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland. The first section deals with the INSET program in relationship to each country's educational system. Section two describes three case studies. They include INSET during a six-month period at a teacher training…

This report summarizes the proceedings of a seminar held in Switzerland to disseminate the findings of the Council for Cultural Cooperation's (CDCC) project on innovation in primary education. Additional aims were to: (1) compare the CDCC's primary innovation project with five school development projects carried out in Switzerland; (2) test a…