This is a large -over 1000 pages - (and expensive) book, Handbook of the Fundamentals of Modern Vocational Education: Shaping the World of Work, consolidating the life work of Professor Felix Rauner who was the head of the German Vocational Training Research Group based at the University of Bremen for many years.
The book was written in German and translated into English, using AI. It has over 50 chapters, organised into 6 sections and a last 'outlook' section with a chapter on the future of vocational education.
The sections provide background/overviews of the German vocational education system followed by several chapters, drawing from extensive work undertaken over several decades, on the pedagogy and curriculum design principles as applied to the German VET context.
The German 'dual system' of vocational education, with learners spending time in the workplace and school/college has many chapters detailing its past, present and future iterations, along with suggestions for a way forward into the future.
VET research including the study of 'work process knowledge' is covered in several chapters in section six.
The book is required reading for VET researchers interested in the VET systems across German-speaking European countries. However, as prefaced the the last chapter, there is a need for reform of the system to meet the needs of the future of work. Thus, all countries face the challenge of ensuring there is investment and support for skills-based training but one in which there is flexibility for shifting occupations agilely, given the rapid changes being foisted on all societies, as technology 'progresses' and challenges the way work is being defined.
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