ERIC Number: ED473198
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 332
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ISBN: ISBN-3-906763-87-0
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Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education: Historical, Cultural and Policy Aspects.
Gonon, Philipp, Ed.; Haefeli, Kurt, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Ludwig, Iris, Ed.
In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher Education in Switzerland" (Weber); "Young Women in Swiss Vocational Education and in Business 'Matura' (School Leaving Environment)" (Gonon); "16+ -- Apprenticeship Project of the Swiss Conference of Gender Equality Delegates: Improving the Prospects of Young Women at the Start of their Professional Careers" (Spring); "A Long Way to Go Vocational Schools, Teachers and Teachers' Education as a Focus for Promoting Gender Equality and Issues" (Haefeli); "Higher Education for Women in Switzerland during the 19th Century or a History of Inequality" (Crotti); "The Swiss/Dutch Institution's Master in Nursing Science Promoting Equality in the 'Most Female Among Women's Professions?'" (Ludwig); "Deficits of Professionalisation in the Field of Nursing in Germany an Historical Analysis" (Mayer); "Professional Development and Education in Health and Social Care" (Husemann); "Gender, Social Background and Choice of Profession (Berufswahl) at the Beginning and at the End of the 20th Century: Historical Findings on the Plausibility of the Current Individualisation-Thesis" (Rahn); "Gender-specific Choice of Career among Personal Development, Social Conditions and Educational Intervention" (Schulte); "The New Careworker Expanding the Apprentice System into New Fields of Work" (H st, Michelsen); "From Housework and Factory to Oil and Caring: Men in Nursing?" (Tallaksen); "From Factory and Housework to Oil and Caring: Changes in Girls' Education in the Vocational Fields during the Years of Reform 94" (Mjelde); "Male and Female Identities in Higher Vocational Education in Sweden" (Lindgren); "The Making of the Masters and Mistresses of the Nation? Engineers and Nurses as Occupational Ideals in Finnish VET" (Heikkinen); "Gendering the Theories on Professions Five Narratives" (Henriksson). Some essays have tables, figures and reference lists. (AJ)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice, Certification, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation, Females, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Job Training, Males, Nondiscriminatory Education, Nontraditional Occupations, Occupational Aspiration, Postsecondary Education, Public Policy, Research Needs, School Organization, Sex Discrimination, Sex Fairness, Sex Role, Teacher Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship, Universities, Vocational Education, Womens Education
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Publication Type: Books; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland; Germany; Norway; Sweden; Switzerland
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