Work, Education and Employability

The Editors: Philipp Gonon, University of Zurich, Institute of Upper Secondary Education, Chair for VET at the ZHSF. Research interests: international comparative research on VET policy and advanced vocational training; historical VET research; quality assurance and evaluation.Katrin Kraus, University of Zurich, Institute of Upper Secondary and Vocational Education. Research interests: vocational education and social change; employability, «Beruf» (concept of vocation) and earning oriented pedagogy; theory of social space and vocational learning; international comparisons and policy analyses.Jürgen Oelkers, University of Zurich, Institute of Education, Department of History and Philosophy of Education. Research interests: historical educational research (especially 18th and 19th centuries); international comparative research on reform pedagogy; analytic philosophy of education; content analyses of public education; educational policy. Stefanie Stolz, University of Zurich, Institute of Upper Secondary Education, Chair for VET at the ZHSF. Research interests: international comparative VET research, informal learning and recognition of informally acquired competences.

• Contents: Katrin Kraus/Philipp Gonon/Jürgen Oelkers/Stefanie Stolz: Work, Education and Employability – Paul Hager: Education at Work - Serious Possibility or Policy Naivety? – Katrin Kraus: Does Employability Put the German ‘Vocational Order’ at Risk? An Analysis from the Perspective of Earning Oriented Pedagogy – Hildegard Maria Nickel: Will Radical Markets Mean more Equality? New Patterns of Conflict in Gender Relations – W. Norton Grubb: The Education Gospel: American Perspectives and International Patterns – Terry Hyland: Reductionist Trends in Education and Training for Work: Skills, Competences and Work-Based Learning – Hilary Steedman: Adapting to Globalised Product and Labour Markets: New Models for Apprenticeship in Europe – Mikiko Eswein: New Employment Patterns and their Impact on Occupational Training in Japan – Toshiko Ito: Simplifying the Transition from School to Employment: Career Education in Japan – Jürgen Oelkers: Work and Learning: A Look Back and an Outlook on a Classical Theme of Education – Philipp Gonon: Education for Industry - Employability avant la lettre – Klaus Harney/Matthias vom Hau: Between Market and Organization: Historical and Empirical Dimensions of Vocational Education in Germany (Or: Do Firms train ‘Arbeitskraftunternehmer’?) – Christine Mayer: How the Past Shapes the Present: A Case Study on the Development of Vocational Training and Employment Possibilities of Male and Female Youths in Hamburg from the late 18th to the early 20th Century.