Gender Segregation in Vocational Education: 31 (Comparative Social Research, 31) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785603477 ISBN 13: 9781785603471

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015

Synopsis

The gender segregated nature of vocational education (VET) has received little attention in the stratification literature, despite the well-known consequences of VET for differences in labour market outcomes, such as job placement, income and access to full-time employment. This book investigates the institutional contexts of gender segregation in VET from a comparative perspective, through a number of cross-national comparisons as well as more in-depth studies of Canada, Norway, Germany, Australia and Bulgaria.The various chapters tackle questions about occupational expectations, gendered pathways to applied fields of study, educational transitions, feminization of occupations and the relationship between educational choice and opportunity structures. We discuss the relationship between institutional contexts and gender-typing of educational programs, and whether VET system characteristics make a difference to occupational outcomes across countries. The book concludes with a chapter on education-to-employment transitions (based on a large scale comparative project on labour market entry) assessing the impact of vocational education on gendered labour market inequalities.

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In these papers from a November 2014 workshop held in Oslo, international contributors in educational studies, sociology, psychology, and economics investigate causes, consequences, and especially institutional factors related to gender segregation in vocational education and training (VET). The book provides international comparative research on patterns of gender segregation in vocational education, looking at the situation in Australia, Canada, and countries of Europe, including Germany, Norway, and Bulgaria. The first part of the book contains cross-country comparisons, while the second part presents comparisons of regions and time periods within individual countries. Part 3 examines theoretical perspectives on educational choices from a life course perspective. Author: Annotation ©2016 Source: (protoview.com)

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785603477
• ISBN 13: 9781785603471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 297
• Editor: Imdorf Christian, Hegna Kristinn, Reisel Liza