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Achatz, Juliane; Jahn, Kerstin; Schels, Brigitte – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
This study explores school-to-work transitions in Germany, aiming to achieve a richer understanding of the complexity of labour market entry trajectories while focusing on transition measures. The term transition measures refers to additional training courses that complement the regular vocational education and training system of firm-based or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications, Vocational Education
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Reichart, Elisabeth; Kaufmann-Kuchta, Katrin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2021
In international comparative research on adult education, typologies such as the 'Varieties of Capitalism' approach are applied frequently to justify country-based research designs, or to frame research results. However, the advantage of typologies in reducing institutional complexity becomes a drawback when it comes to explain variations between…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Social Systems, Investment, Comparative Education
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Hoxtell, Annette – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2019
This article sheds light on an understudied aspect of the transition from school to work: the choice of a training company. It presents findings from qualitative interviews with 69 secondary school students and apprentices from the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, focusing on their reasons to choose a training company in the dual system.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Secondary School Students, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries