Education + Training: Volume 58 Issue 6

Stakeholders in the German and Swiss vocational educational and training system: Their role in innovating apprenticeships against the background of academisation

Thomas Deissinger, Philipp Gonon

The purpose of this paper is to compare stakeholders’ roles in Germany and Switzerland when it comes to promoting innovation in the dual apprenticeship model. In both countries…

Apprenticeships should work for women too!

Linda Simon, Kira Clarke

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the issues affecting successful employment outcomes for young women in male-dominated careers, focusing on those generally accessed…

Military apprenticeships in the US: an implementation evaluation

Devlin Hanson, Robert I Lerman

Apprenticeships in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, which operate under the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP), now account for about 20 percent of…

Apprenticeship as a mode of learning and model of education

Stephen Billett

Apprenticeships are now usually seen as a model of education focused on occupational preparation, albeit manifested in different ways across nation states. However, throughout…

Learning as an apprentice in Sweden: A comparative study on affordances for vocational learning in school and work life apprentice education

Magnus Fjellström, Per Kristmansson

The purpose of this paper is to compare, and identify both similarities and differences in, affordances for vocational learning in two contrasting education systems, for…

Skilled trades to university student: luck or courage?

Bonnie Watt

The purpose of this paper is to examine participants’ experiences as they transitioned from the skilled trade labor workforce to the school teaching profession. Their goal was to…

Apprenticeship: one concept, many facets

Erica Smith