New Approaches to Vocational Education in Europe: The Construction of Complex Learning-Teaching Arrangements (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education)

This book investigates issues surrounding the concept of complex learning-teaching environments. The first part provides an overview of general themes connected to complex learning-teaching environments, and sheds some light on the theoretical background of the concept. The second part demonstrates how the idea of complex learning-teaching environments influences the particular training contexts in different countries. CONTENTS: Regina H. Mulder & Peter F.E. Sloane. Introduction. Vocational Training in Europe: issues and research contexts. PART ONE. GENERAL PROSPECTS: Robert-Jan Simons & Sanneke Bolhuis. Constructivist Learning Theories and Complex Learning Environments; Hubert Ertl & Peter F.E. Sloane. A Comparison of VET Structures in Germany and England: contexts of complex teaching-learning arrangements; Michael Eraut. Deconstructing Apprenticeship Learning: what factors affect its quality? Regina H. Mulder. Conditions for Instructional Design and Innovation in Vocational Education: successful design and implementation of complex learning environments; H.-Hugo Kremer. New Technologies and Complex Teaching-Learning Arrangements. PART TWO. CASE STUDIES: Franz Gramlinger. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Learning and Teaching in a Practice Firm; Michaela Trummer. Learning in Complex Environments: continuous quality improvement in Practice Firms; Susanne Weber. Teaching Intercultural Competence: a simulation; Frank Achtenhagen. Mastery Learning in and by Complex Teaching-Learning Environments; H.-Hugo Kremer. Focus Groups as an Instrument for the Implementation of Didactic Innovation: concepts and experience; Peter F.E. Sloane. The Application Transfer between Schools and Enterprises in the German Dual System: putting it into practice; Fabrice Hoff. From Business to Game; Regina H. Mulder. Design and Evaluation of Complex Learning Environments in Secondary Vocational Education.