Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research

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Section 1: Genesis of TVET Research

• Genesis of VET research: Case study of Australia.
• Research on China's Technical and Vocational Education.
• French research on vocational training: A mirror of the position and structure of the training system?
• On the genesis of TVET research in Germany.
• History of Vocational education and training research in the United States.
• Overview of research concerning vocational education training in modern Japan.
• UNESCO's research on TVET and skills development.
• Research on TVET and skills development by selected intergovernmental organization and bilateral agencies.
• Steps towards international comparative research in TVET.

Section 2: VET Research in Relation to VET Policy, Planning, and Practice

• VET research and social dialogue.
• Work - education - training: An interdisciplinary research approach.
• Occupation and occupational areas.
• Vocational education research as an innovative process.
• Research on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the context of European cooperation.
• Research and VET reform policy in transition countries.
• Development aid and VET research.

Section 3: Areas of VET Research

• The development of occupations.
• Research in the vocational disciplines.
• VET systems research.
• VET Planning and development.
• Costs, benefits, and financing VET.
• Occupational work and competence development.
• Shaping teaching and learning in VET.
• Shaping work and technology.

Section 4: Case Studies of TVET Research

• Pilot test MME: Innovation project at the turning point (BBF).
• Using the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition to describe and interpret skill acquisition and clinical judgement in nursing practice and education.
• The automotive mechatronics technician: Steps in research and development towards a European occupation.
• Production and qualification.
• Training and high performance work systems: A case study in synergy.
• Youth, work, and identity. Life perspectives and interests of young people - a research project.
• Implementing dual vocational educational in China: A case of transnational innovation transfer through a German-Chinese research and development project.
• The assessment: Knowledge, skill, and competitiveness.
• Learning to cook: Analyzing apprentice's knowledge and skill construction in the workplace.
• Transferability, flexibility, mobility as targets of vocational educational and training.

Section 5: Research Methods

• Methodological aspects.
• Research methods: Interview and observation methods.
• Experimentation and development.
• Evaluation, quality development and assurance.

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