Internationalization in vocational education and training transnational perspectives /

This edited book addresses a range of aspects of internationalization in vocational education and training (VET) in different countries. It considers the impact of internationalization and student mobility on VET at the sectoral, institutional and individual levels as the sector emerges as a key too...

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Other Authors: Tran, Ly Thi,, Dempsey, Kathleen, 1952-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2017]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series: UNESCO-UNEVOC book series ; 25.
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Table of Contents:
  • Internationalization in VET: an overview
  • Part 1. Internationalization and its impact on VET. The U.S. community college after globalization
  • International student mobility and its impact on the Australian private VET sector
  • Internationalization in European VET
  • Teacher professional development under the impact of internationalization in VET
  • International students and further education colleges in England: The context, policy tensions, and some aspects of practice
  • Part 2. VET transfer and appropriation. Management of knowledge in international VET: diversity of practice from Laos, Kuwait and China
  • Adapting international influences and retaining 'Vietnamese character' in VET in Vietnam
  • Australian VET in China
  • what has changed?
  • Korea's vocational education training sector in a globalized world: Current practices and future plans
  • Policy lender and borrower at once: Korea's developments in the VET sector and its new pathway to apprenticeship
  • Part 3. Extending the VET boundaries. Internationalization in senior secondary vocational education in the Netherlands
  • English instruction at community colleges: the language bridge to the U.S.
  • Part 4. Conclusion. Internationalization with VET character: key emerging issues.