This article provides a picture on the contribution of David Raffe to European cooperation in the field of vocational education and training (VET). It is based on the experiences of the author and his colleagues on European events and projects in which David participated from the early 1990s until 2009. The Section 2 gives impressions of David's…

To achieve a successful policy transfer from one country to another, knowledge is required about the framework conditions of the country to which the policy is transferred. An important framework condition to consider is cultural context. Therefore, this paper uses a combination of cultural definitions which consider culture as a driver for both…

Understanding today's Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases, and challenges in this field.

This article looks at vocationalism in higher education in terms of three stages of vocationalism in western Europe. It also examines the shifting legitimacy toward vocationalism, new forms of stratification in the academic profession, and vocationalism as a response to "massification" of higher education. (DB)

Lengthy abstracts in English are provided for each of the items listed in this bibliography of Polish materials on education. Contents are organized as follows: History of Education; Laws and Legislation; General Information on Education; Social and Educational Sciences; The Teacher's Profession; Schools and Institutions (by type or level); and…

Lengthy abstracts in English are provided for each of the items listed in this bibliography of documents on Polish education. Contents are organized as follows: 1) History of Education; 2) Laws and Legislation; 3) General Information on Education; 4) Social and Educational Sciences; 5) The Teacher's Profession; 6) School and Institutions, by type…

This booklet offers an historical view of the educational system in Czechoslovakia as it has been affected by the major political events in this century. The three sections, "School System: 1918-1948,""School System: 1948-1960," and "School Reform of 1960" discuss preschool, elementary, secondary, and higher…

This bibliography of Polish educational materials contains lengthy abstracts in English for each of the items listed. Contents are organized as follows: History of Education; Laws and Legislation; General Information on Education; Social and Educational Sciences; The Teacher's Profession; Schools and Institutions (by type or level); and an Index…

Lengthy English annotations of Polish educational materials published in 1971-1972 are listed in this bibliography. The following areas are covered: 1) history of education; 2) laws and legislation; 3) general information on education; 4) social and educational sciences; 5) teaching profession; 6) schools and institutions (preschool, primary,…

This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1897-98, containing Part I. The volume begins with the Commissioner's Introduction and Statistics of State Common School Systems. Part I covers the topics: (1) History of the German School System; (2) Summer Schools in England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland; (3)…

The Commissioner of Education offers summary statistics and discussion on state school systems' enrollment, average daily attendance, school property, teachers, revenues, and expenditures. The commissioner also includes University College School, London; Master W.H. Widgery's report on the International Educational Congresses held during the Paris…

This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…