Vocational training European journal, I, 4, January-April 1995

This journal caters for the interests of academics, decision-makers and practitioners in the field of initial and continuing training and is published three times a year in several official languages: German, English, Spanish and French.

Articles in this issue include: Goetschy takes a comparative look at the essential characteristics of the Nordic countries' social models and the challenges they have had to face over the past 15 years or so; Ottersten notes that in recent years the skills provided through the Swedish educational system as well as through vocational training programs have not been sufficient to satisfy employer's requirements; Kyro provides a short history of vocational education in Finland; Vartiainen explores the coverage of apprenticeship training to all professions and also to supplementary education; Riemer broadly sketches the contours of the Austrian vocational training system; Kamarainen examines an era of reform processes in the vocational education and training (VET) systems of the Nordic countries (from the seventies to 1995); Lundborg looks at the experiences gained from the Nordic labour market which are presented in the light of European labour market integration.

For individual entries see TD/INT 55.216 to TD/INT 55.222.

This journal caters for the interests of academics, decision-makers and practitioners in the field of initial and continuing training and is published three times a year in several official languages: German, English, Spanish and French.

Articles in this issue include: Goetschy takes a comparative look at the essential characteristics of the Nordic countries' social models and the challenges they have had to face over the past 15 years or so; Ottersten notes that in recent years the skills provided through the Swedish educational system as well as through vocational training ...  [+] Show more