Research on the Internationalization of Vocational Education and Training – Program Evaluation and its Implications.- Networks in International Vocational Education and Training Research: A Contribution to Best Practices.- Professional Development of Doctoral Researchers in Vocational Education and Training: A Cross-National Study in Times of Uncertainty.- Competence-Based Curriculum in the Chinese and Russian Commercial Vocational Education: From Planning to Implementation.- Quality Development of Vocational Education and Training in India: Supporting and Restraining Factors.- Multi-Sided Analysis of Needs of TVET Students in Problem Solving Skills in South Africa.- Ownership by Local Actors: The Case of Dual Vocational Education in Mexico.- International Business Models and Success Factors of Market Entry of Foreign VET Providers.- Social Representations of Non-Academic Work in Mexico From the Perspective of Employers and Youth in the Mexican Tourism Industries.- Vocational Teacher Education and Vocational Education Research in Costa Rica – Status Quo and Perspectives.- Design-Oriented and Participatory Action Research in the international TVET Research Cooperation: The Project "Progressing Work-based Learning of TVET System in Thailand".- Vocational Education in Georgia – Conception and Implementation of a PhD Programme.

This volume presents selected results from the initiative "Research on the Internationalization of Vocational Education and Training", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The articles show how the projects of the funding program contribute to strengthening and expanding institutionalized vocational education and training research as well as international vocational education and training cooperation. The altogether 35 authors outline and discuss research findings as well as innovative models and ideas for development perspectives.The EditorsDr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler is professor at the University of Bremen and holder of the Chair of Technical and Vocational Education and Training.Dr. Anja Greppmair was a research associate in the meta-project on research for the internationalization of vocational education and training (MP-INVET) at the University of Bremen.Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia is professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and holder of the Chair of Economics and Business Education.Dr. Carla Olivier and Dr. Miriam Toepper were research associates in the meta-project MP-INVET at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.Dr. Sandra Bohlinger is professor at the TU Dresden and holder of the Chair of Adult Education / Continuing Vocational Education and Training and Comparative Education.Anne Bieß, Dr. Hoang Long and Dr. Ianina Scheuch were research associates in the meta-project MP-INVET at the TU Dresden.

A wide range of countries (e.g. China, Germany, India, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand) were considered Research approaches at all levels (micro, meso and macro) were taken into account The contributions were made by international research teams

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