VET policy transfer within the European Union

This chapter discusses different mechanisms that have conveyed the transfer of VET policies within the European Union in the last decades. A brief theoretical framework introduces the concepts of agency, structure, ideas and social relations, and spells out how these components of social action have...

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Autor: Rambla, Xavier|||0000-0003-1634-4003
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:uabarcelona_::6a86f070c2221f41500e6e56cd9db084
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/327693
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/978-3-031-99617-7_5
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palavra-chave:Policy transfer
Europeanisation
Apprenticeships
Prior learning recognition
SDG 4 - Quality Education
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Resumo:This chapter discusses different mechanisms that have conveyed the transfer of VET policies within the European Union in the last decades. A brief theoretical framework introduces the concepts of agency, structure, ideas and social relations, and spells out how these components of social action have woven certain patterns of policy transfer. Then, several sections about the EU education policy and the transfer of apprenticeships as well as of career guidance and skills validation analyse an interesting contrast between the driving mechanisms. While apprenticeships seem to circulate between European countries by means of policy learning, career guidance and validation seem to spread by means of emulation. This conclusion of the previous literature suggests several avenues for further research.