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Parallel Discourses with Unparalleled Effects: Early Years Workforce Development and Professionalisation Initiatives in Germany
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Oberhuemer, Pamela – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2015
Just over a decade ago, an OECD "Starting Strong" team reviewed the system of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Germany. Regarding the staffing of early childhood provision and referring in particular to resistance at the political level to raise the formal qualification level of educators in alignment with European trends,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Saving German Studies, via Europe
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Donahue, William Collins; Kagel, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
By most accounts, the position of German studies in the American academy is no longer secure. To a large extent, that is due to reasons beyond the control of individual faculty or departments, including the general crisis faced by the humanities and the diminished importance in the eyes of the public of literary criticism, a vital part of the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Humanities, German
Involving the Young: The German Approach to Vocational Education
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Hirche, Walter – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2012
Youth unemployment is a huge challenge for sustainable development in our societies. Statistics offer an alarming picture of the involvement of youth in the labour markets on a global scale. Germany, due to a strong tradition in vocational education and training deeply rooted in its culture, has very low rates of youth unemployment. The so-called…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Comparative Understanding of Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality
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Kupfer, Antonia – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
This paper is a theoretical examination of three major empirical trends that affect many people: globalisation, increasingly close relations between higher education (HE) and labour markets, and increasing social inequality. Its aim is to identify key theoretical resources and their contribution to the development of a comparative theoretical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Global Approach, Social Justice
History at the Mercy of Politicians and Ideologies: Germany, England, and the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th Centuries
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Wilschut, Arie H. J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2010
The paper analyses and compares developments in history teaching in Germany, England, and the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th centuries. The development of history teaching in the three countries shows striking similarities. National politics have always used history education for purposes which did not necessarily tally with distanced critical…
Descriptors: Ideology, Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Educational Development
Democracy and Experimentation: Two Fundamental Values for Education
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Moss, Peter; Urban, Mathias – Online Submission, 2010
This paper is a contribution to the debate in Germany and beyond in Europe on future directions for education. It builds on and extends earlier work by the authors, on democratic experimentalism (Moss, 2009; Fielding & Moss, forthcoming) and early childhood workforce professionalism (Urban, 2008, 2009, 2010; Dalli & Urban 2010). At a time…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Fundamental Concepts