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Keller, Anna; Zirkle, Chris; Barabasch, Antje – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
With their work at the interface between the education system and labour market, VET teachers contribute to the efficacy and quality of the future workforce. This article compares the structures of teacher education in the framework of vocational education and training (VET) in the United States and in Switzerland and aims to contribute to the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
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Barabasch, Antje; Petrick, Stefanie – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
In its attempt to become a member of the European Union (EU), Turkey is challenged to upgrade its workforce to keep up with economic developments and improve the living conditions in the country. Multiple policy players on global, European and transnational levels are assisting in reforming Turkey's vocational education and training (VET) sector.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Force Development
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Barabasch, Antje – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
Despite the heavy investments in the economic development of East German industry, the region still faces immanent structural challenges that affect the provision of vocational education and training (VET), in particular apprenticeships, and the availability of a well skilled workforce. In this article the situation of the economy as well as new…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Economic Development