The transferability of vocational education and training (VET) systems is a central issue
within international comparative VET research. However, scholars working in related …

Abstract This paper describes Hong Kong's borrowing, primarily from the UK, of the
assessment for learning policy, in the context of prolonged use of formal summative public …

In this presidential address, I invite you to reflect on how the method of comparison has
changed over time and to explore why it is increasingly used as a tool for setting policy …

In recent decades, the transfer of ideas, policies and organisational models from one place
to another has become a hot topic in several academic disciplines, including education …

The apprenticeship system in Germany is carried out both by companies and vocational
schools (the Dual System). The question of whether the German Dual System is transferable …

Education reform is increasingly based on emulating the features of 'world-class' systems
that top international attainment surveys and, in England specifically, East Asia is referenced …

As comparative and international researchers in education we are especially well placed to
contribute to the analysis and understanding of global trends in both education and …

The origins of this book lie in the third international conference of the German Research
Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (GREAT) held in autumn 2018 at …

Background: This paper analyses the role of, and approach to, policy referencing and
borrowing in Hong Kong's recent reforms that culminated in the creation of its New …

This article discusses an action research study that involved the design and delivery of an
online training course for teachers of Arabic to speakers of other languages in the Gaza Strip …