Fit for Business Pre-Vocational Education in European Schools [Paperback]

Within compulsory education, prevocational education is intended primarily to introduce participants to the world of work. This book considers curriculum design and pedagogical practice in pre-vocational education during the last two years of compulsory education. The study focuses on seven European countries (Scotland, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Portugal) and presents an analysis of the curriculum as it relates both to knowledge-based competencies in economics and business and to self- and social competencies. It then discusses the differences between the prescribed and the enacted curriculum as identified by means of a subsequent survey of teachers. The authors conclude with a comparative assessment of each country case study, combined with supranational recommendations.

With contributions by Catherine McGlynn.- Roy Canning.- Michael Dolan.- Ivars Muzis.- Emils Liepins.- Janis Roze.- Valdis Krastins.- SBawomir Kurek.- Tomasz RachwaB.-?Mariusz Szubert.- EnikQ G?ncz?l.- Tibor Bogn?r.- Susanne Berger.- Matthias Pilz.- Ingrid Schwarz.- Eduardo Figueira.

Developing Business Competencies in School

Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz

is professor and chair of the department of Business and Economics Education as well as of the German Research Centre for Comparative Education and Vocational Training, University of Cologne.

Susanne Berger

is research assistant at the Department of Business and Economics Education as well as at the German Research Center for Comparative Education and Vocational Training, University of Cologne.

Dr. Roy Canning

is a senior lecturer within the School of Education, University of Stirling.

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