Abstract
Why this handbook?The Handbook of vocational education and training: Developments in the changing world of work (‘the Handbook’) is as ambitious as it is significant. The editors have articulated the need for the Handbook as being a consequence of the ‘mushrooming of new journals, the expansion of the volume of research, and the widening of international cooperation by international Vocational Education and Training institutions’.5 The ambition of the Handbook is to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking and scholarly writing in the field of vocational education and training (VET).
Highlights
The Handbook of vocational education and training: Developments in the changing world of work (‘the Handbook’) is as ambitious as it is significant
The Handbook certainly delivers on its ambition of providing comprehensive exposure to the current thinking and writing of scholars in the vocational education and training (VET) field
While the publication is not structured to tease out the contextual differences mentioned above, the reader will find comment and analysis in its chapters that do raise these very starkly differing contextual matters. These analyses and reflections are likely to be of interest and value to policymakers, institutions and VET leaders who are engaged in developing their systems and who wish to consider their options based on the experience of others
Summary
The Handbook of vocational education and training: Developments in the changing world of work (‘the Handbook’) is as ambitious as it is significant. The ambition of the Handbook is to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking and scholarly writing in the field of vocational education and training (VET). The two volumes it comprises are all the more significant when it is borne in mind that, despite the growth in awareness of the importance of VET and the increasingly diverse scope of delivery of VET, the field of education research is still primarily focused on schooling and on higher education. This review presents an overall comment on the two volumes of the Handbook and does not presume to provide a synopsis of the wealth of individual papers they contain
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