The Rise of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training

Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross-National Attraction

Oscar Valiente, Srabani Maitra, Philipp Gonon, Matthias Pilz

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040401736
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Adult Education

Recognising the regular adoption, by countries across the globe, of the vocational education and training (VET) model already so prevalent in German-speaking countries such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland, this book spotlights dual modes of VET, depicting its global emergence and subsequent cross-national attraction.

Globally, the practice of combining schools and workplace practice and learning is seen as a gold-standard for cross-national attraction: the comparison between, and borrowing of, national policies. Using case studies from Eastern Europe, Azerbaijan, India and Latin America, chapters demonstrate how these countries aim to support dual modes of VET to strengthen their own economic and cultural weight abroad, as well as accelerating developmental goals for industry. Further, these countries look to European VET models for integration of their youth both in the labour market and in establishing alternative pathways for young people in the workforce. Chapters discuss the significance of the international context in understanding the nuance involved with duality in VET adoption, as well as shedding light on the transnational diffusion of education policies at both national and global levels.

This book will be of use to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of international and comparative education, vocational education and training, and adult education and lifelong learning more broadly. Policy makers working in international policy transfer may also benefit from this volume.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Editors and contributors
• Editors’ introduction: Global emergence and cross-national attraction of dual modes of vocational education and training
• Chapter 1 Dual apprenticeships as a gold standard?: Implementation and transfer under review
• Chapter 2 Pull and push factors of different actors in the international transfer of vocational education and training
• Chapter 3 Transferring the German dual apprenticeship abroad: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of commercial German VET providers
• Chapter 4 Switzerland’s approach to the transfer of dual vocational education and training
• Chapter 5 Growth, dual VET transfers, and the rise of transnational skill ecosystems
• Chapter 6 Lost during transfer? The role of social dialogue in the Serbian dual VET reform
• Chapter 7 Bringing context to the centre of cross-national attraction
• Chapter 8 A multilevel interdisciplinary analytical tool for insights of TVET models: A case study of Azerbaijan
• Editor’s conclusion: Explaining the global diffusion of dual modes of training
• Index