Vocational education and training for a global economy : lessons from four countries /

Vocational Education and Training for a Global Economy investigates the greatly varying ways in which four countries, Singapore, Switzerland, China and the United States, prepare young people for the twenty-first century workplace. The book looks first at the highly successful vocational education a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tucker, Marc S. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2019]
Series:Work and learning series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The vocational education and training system you need depends on the kind of economy you want / Marc S. Tucker
  • The phoenix: vocational education and training in Singapore / Marc S. Tucker
  • Gold standard: the Swiss vocational education and training system / Nancy Hoffman and Robert B. Schwartz
  • Made in China: challenge and innovation in China's vocational education and training system / Vivien Stewart
  • The evolution of career and technical education in the United States / Robert B. Schwartz and Nancy Hoffman
  • The future of VET in a global, AI-powered economy / Marc S. Tucker.