Realising the human development promise in dual VET

Vanderhoven, E. , Fontdevila, C. , Langthaler, M., Valiente, O. , Hermann, R., Marković, J., Sethwala, S., Maitra, S. and Calderón, E. (2024) Realising the human development promise in dual VET. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2024.2309240) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

Despite growing consensus around the need for a more holistic vision of development, realising the human development potential of educational interventions has proven a challenging task. This Forum grapples with how these tensions manifest in the international transfer of dual models of Vocational Education and Training (dVET) to low- and middle-income countries. While dVET has gained global currency, its developmental potential has been primarily framed in economic terms. Conversely, its alignment with human development remains an abstract possibility and is often not reflected in the policy design of dVET transfer attempts. Each contribution to this Forum probes a different facet of these tensions, exploring how dVET can be calibrated in different contexts to realise its human development potential. Taking a practice-led approach and featuring representatives from cooperation agencies, consultancy groups, and research organisations, this piece contributes to ongoing debates about the possibility of effectively integrating human development thinking into education policy.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This work has benefited from support of the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (ES/T501918/1), the Economic and Social Research Council: [Grant Number ES/P000681/1], and the Austrian Development Agency.
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Maitra, Dr Saikat and Valiente, Professor Oscar and Fontdevila, Dr Clara and Vanderhoven, Ms Ellen
• Authors: Vanderhoven, E., Fontdevila, C., Langthaler, M., Valiente, O., Hermann, R., Marković, J., Sethwala, S., Maitra, S., and Calderón, E.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Journal Name: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0305-7925
• ISSN (Online): 1469-3623
• Published Online: 05 March 2024
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2024 British Association for International and Comparative Education
• First Published: First published in Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 2024
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
303166		Scottish Graduate School Science Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)	Mary Beth Kneafsey	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/P000681/1	SS - Academic & Student Administration