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Understanding today's Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases, and challenges in this field.

In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher Education in Switzerland" (Weber); "Young Women in Swiss Vocational Education and in Business 'Matura' (School Leaving Environment)" (Gonon); "16+ -- Apprenticeship Project of the Swiss Conference of Gender Equality Delegates: Improving the Prospects of Young Women at the Start of their Professional Careers" (Spring); "A Long Way to Go Vocational Schools, Teachers and Teachers' Education as a Focus for Promoting Gender Equality and Issues" (Haefeli); "Higher Education for Women in Switzerland during the 19th Century or a History of Inequality" (Crotti); "The Swiss/Dutch Institution's Master in Nursing Science Promoting Equality in the 'Most Female Among Women's Professions?'" (Ludwig); "Deficits of Professionalisation in the Field of Nursing in Germany an Historical Analysis" (Mayer); "Professional Development and Education in Health and Social Care" (Husemann); "Gender, Social Background and Choice of Profession (Berufswahl) at the Beginning and at the End of the 20th Century: Historical Findings on the Plausibility of the Current Individualisation-Thesis" (Rahn); "Gender-specific Choice of Career among Personal Development, Social Conditions and Educational Intervention" (Schulte); "The New Careworker Expanding the Apprentice System into New Fields of Work" (H st, Michelsen); "From Housework and Factory to Oil and Caring: Men in Nursing?" (Tallaksen); "From Factory and Housework to Oil and Caring: Changes in Girls' Education in the Vocational Fields during the Years of Reform 94" (Mjelde); "Male and Female Identities in Higher Vocational Education in Sweden" (Lindgren); "The Making of the Masters and Mistresses of the Nation? Engineers and Nurses as Occupational Ideals in Finnish VET" (Heikkinen); "Gendering the Theories on Professions Five Narratives" (Henriksson). Some essays have tables, figures and reference lists. (AJ)