posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00authored byLy TranLy Tran, K Dempsey
Internationalization is a powerful force that influences the orientation, operation and development of all education sectors around the world. Recent reforms in the vocational education and training (VET) sector have been associated with the internationalization trend and aligned with the neoliberal ideology, globalization, changing global and national labour markets and demands of the knowledge economy. Even though internationalization is manifested in various dimensions of the vocational education and training system in both developed and developing countries, it is an often-neglected phenomenon in the existing VET and internationalization literature. This chapter addresses the emerging ideological orientations, trends, tensions and opportunities for internationalization in different VET systems. The chapter also points out that as an emerging field of research, international VET should be recognized as an interdisciplinary scholarship that represents both the potential and the challenge for contemporary VET policy and practices.
History
Volume
25
Chapter number
1
Pagination
3-13
ISSN
1871-3041
eISSN
2213-221X
ISBN-13
9783319478579
Language
eng
Publication classification
B1 Book chapter
Copyright notice
2017, Springer
Extent
14
Editor/Contributor(s)
Tran L, Dempsey K
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Berlin, Germany
Title of book
Internationalization in vocational education and training: transnational perspectives
Series
Technical and vocational education and training: issues, concerns and prospects