Education + Training: Volume 49 Issue 6

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Table of contents - Special Issue: Quality in apprenticeship

Guest Editors: Erica Smith, Phillip Grollman

Exploring innovative apprenticeship: quality and costs

Philipp Grollmann, Felix Rauner

The purpose of this paper is to show that the quality of learning in German apprenticeships can be increased without raising costs under certain conditions. It starts with a…

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What counts as good practice in contemporary apprenticeships?: Evidence from two contrasting sectors in England

Alison Fuller, Lorna Unwin

The purpose of this paper is to: first, outline the features of the contemporary apprenticeship system, and its performance in terms of the numbers starting and completing…

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Australian employers' strategies to improve the quality of apprentices

Erica Smith

The purpose of the paper is to examine the ways in which Australian companies can achieve high quality apprenticeship and traineeship systems in a time of labour shortage through…

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Building an apprenticeship and training system for maintenance occupations in the American transit industry

Robert W. Glover, Lewis Clopton, Malcolm McCollum, Xinge Wang

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the joint training and apprenticeship system emerging in maintenance occupations in the US transit industry, its challenges and strategies…

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Apprenticeship in The Netherlands: connecting school‐ and work‐based learning

Jeroen Onstenk, Franck Blokhuis

The purpose of the paper is to show that The Netherlands offers an interesting case of apprenticeship as part of an elaborated system of vocational education, combining school and…

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Vocational training in Australia: is there a link between attrition and quality?

Darryn Snell, Alison Hart

The purpose of this paper is to explore the debate surrounding quality of training as it has unfolded in Australia and how concerns about high non‐completion rates have entered…

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Cover of Education + Training

ISSN:

0040-0912

Online date, start – end:

1959

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Martin McCracken