Handbook of Fundamentals of Modern Vocational Education: Shaping the World of Work

This book traces the foundations for the new interplay between work, technology and education. It shows how the guiding idea of co-designing the world of work has influenced vocational training planning and research, as well as the design of vocational training processes. The author delves into the time period from the beginning of the 1980s to the present day in the 21st century, and showcases knowledge from numerous national and international projects on vocational education. This book serves as a major reference book for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders alike.

The basis of the English translation of this book from its German original manuscript was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision of the content was done by the author.​

Professor Dr honoris causa Felix Rauner was head of the Research Group on Vocational Training Research at the University of Bremen, Germany, and is Advisory Professor at the East China Normal University in Shanghai. His research focuses on international comparative vocational education and training, and large scale competence diagnostics in vocational education and training.