26 September 2022

Special issue on the Future of VET

The Hungarian Educational Research Journal (HERJ) recently published a special issue on the future of vocational education and training in Europe, edited by Jörg Markowitsch, Magdolna Benke and Jens Bjørnåvold.

The three editors and VET experts have gathered several international authors who deal with scenarios for VET in Europe in the 21^st century, its resilience, changing content in VET and methodological issues in VET research. All contributions are openly accessible here.

Markowitsch, Jörg; Benke, Magdolna and Bjørnåvold, Jens (eds.)(2022). The Future of Vocational Education and Training. Hungarian Educational Research Journal, Volume 12 (2022), Issue 3 (Sep 2022).

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Contact: Jörg Markowitsch

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