Quality in apprenticeships / guest editors, Erica Smith and Philipp Grollman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Erica.

Grollman, Philipp.

Series:

Education + Training - Issue 6, Volume 49

Education and Training ; 49, no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apprenticeship programs.

Occupational training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ebook focuses on the issue of quality in apprenticeship. Apprenticeship remains an important model for the development of qualification-based skills, especially for young people, in the economies of many countries around the world. In 2005, Education + Training published a special edition looking at the role of apprenticeships in economies and societies. The 2007 special edition turns the focus onto the quality of apprenticeships. While apprenticeships are important as a policy instrument for reducing unemployment and producing qualifications, in the end the system can only be said to wor

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Exploring innovative apprenticeship: quality and costs; What counts as good practice in contemporary apprenticeships?; Australian employers' strategies to improve the quality of apprentices; Building an apprenticeship and training system for maintenance occupations in the American transit industry; Apprenticeship in The Netherlands: connecting school- and work-based learning; Vocational training in Australia: is there a link between attrition and quality?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-07893-X

9786611078935

1-84663-611-6

OCLC:

182561668