Work, Education and Employability

There is a strong relation between work and education in modern societies. On the one hand education is needed as a basic qualification for work and contributes fundamentally to the integration of individuals into the labour market and society. On the other hand the potential of learning in the working process is highlighted, for instance in the recent debates about informal learning or employability.
This volume contains papers delivered at the conference Work, Education and Employability which took place in Ascona in December 2006. The contributions offer different perspectives on the theoretical and historical impacts of the relation between work and education. They also provide analyses of recent developments in the field.

The Editors: Philipp Gonon, University of Zurich, Institute of Upper Secondary Education, Chair for VET at the ZHSF. Research interests: international comparative research on VET policy and advanced vocational training; historical VET research; quality assurance and evaluation.
Katrin Kraus, University of Zurich, Institute of Upper Secondary and Vocational Education. Research interests: vocational education and social change; employability, «Beruf» (concept of vocation) and earning oriented pedagogy; theory of social space and vocational learning; international comparisons and policy analyses.
Jürgen Oelkers, University of Zurich, Institute of Education, Department of History and Philosophy of Education. Research interests: historical educational research (especially 18th and 19th centuries); international comparative research on reform pedagogy; analytic philosophy of education; content analyses of public education; educational policy.
Stefanie Stolz, University of Zurich, Institute of Upper Secondary Education, Chair for VET at the ZHSF. Research interests: international comparative VET research, informal learning and recognition of informally acquired competences.