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What is Dual System of Vocational Education and Training

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Global Perspectives on Work-Based Learning Initiatives
A well-established system for vocational education mostly offered as an apprenticeship combining part-time vocational school with practical on-the-job training at the workplace, usually taking three years.
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Connecting Theory and Practice in Higher Education in Germany
Eva Cendon (University of Hagen, Germany)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6977-0.ch004
Abstract
This chapter reviews developments in the German educational system with regard to connecting professional and academic worlds of knowing within higher education programs. After setting the context by giving an overview on the segmentation of the higher education system and the vocational education and training system in Germany, the chapter focuses on recent developments enhancing permeability between these two sectors that manifest as new routes to higher education for professionals. These routes are combined in new ways within the German-wide state-funded competition “Advancement Through Education: Open Universities,” which is exemplary discussed. The chapter closes with summarizing challenges and outlining future perspectives.
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Business Education in the USA: Evolution, Strategic Disruptors, and Implications
The dual system is firmly established in the German education system. Its main characteristic is cooperation between mainly small and medium sized companies, on the one hand, and publicly funded vocational schools, on the other. This cooperation is regulated by law. Trainees in the dual system typically spend part of each week at a vocational school and the other part at a company, or they may spend longer periods at each place before alternating. Dual training usually lasts two to three-and-a-half years.
Published in Chapter: Business Education in the USA: Evolution, Strategic Disruptors, and Implications; From: Global Trends, Dynamics, and Imperatives for Strategic Development in Business Education in an Age of Disruption
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