Changing Vocational Education and Training An International Comparative Perspective

Vocational Education and Training (VET) has been the focus of change for some years. Many nations have developed VET systems with long-term strategies that benefit their economies, including co-ordinating economic, industrial and VET policies and achieving consensus among major stakeholders in the system. Changing Vocational Education and Training focuses on how the principles of stakeholding, consensus, participation and democracy can be applied to policy formulation and implementation. Case studies, presented and discussed by experts from eight nations, provide sound examples of practical strategies which have been successfully implemented. Changing Vocational Education and Training is a timely collection of the latest theory, research and practice in VET policy. It is essential reading for policy-makers, practitioners and academics.

Introduction Stephanie Young 1.Stakeholders, Consensus, Participation and Democracy Ian Finlay 2.Stakeholders and Partners in Vocational Education and Training in Scotland John Fairley 3.to Policy-making: the case is the Republic of Ireland Jim Gleeson 4.Transformation and Reform of Vocational Education and Training in Taiwan, Reublic of China Dar-Chin Rau 5.Developmental Corporatism and the Process of Change in Vocational Education and Training: the Singaporean experience Johnny Sung 6.Change and Consensus in Vocational Education and Training: the case of the German system' Willi Brand 7.Process Owners and Stakeholders in VET Reforms in Finland Olli Raty 8.The Process of Change in Vocational Education and Training in the United States Betsy Brand 9.The Process of Change in Vocational Education and Training: the South African experience Ian Bellis

Ian Finlay, Stuart Niven, Stephanie Young