"There's always someone else to blame": a comparison of the political discourse surrounding "vocational maturity" in Germany and "employability" in the UK.

Autor/inn/en	Pilz, Matthias; Zenner-Höffkes, Lea
Titel	"There's always someone else to blame": a comparison of the political discourse surrounding "vocational maturity" in Germany and "employability" in the UK. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Schuld sind immer die anderen: Ein Vergleich des politischen Diskurses über Berufsreife in Deutschland und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit in Großbritannien.
Quelle	In: Journal of vocational education & training, (2023) online first, 27 Jun 2023, 29 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-5090
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2023.2229796
Schlagwörter	Fremdeinschätzung; Geschichte (Histor); Berufsbildungssystem; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Ausbildungseignung; Internationaler Vergleich; Diskurs; Konzeption; Arbeitgeberverband; Gewerkschaft; Jugendlicher; Deutschland; Großbritannien
Abstract	"There is considerable international interest in transitions from school to work. This article approaches the issue as part of the debate around 'vocational maturity' (Ausbildungsreife) in Germany and 'employability' in the United Kingdom. Vocational education and training systems in these two countries differ significantly, so the article takes a historical approach to analysing and comparing the discourse used, focusing primarily on which training policy actors make which arguments about Ausbildungsreife or employability under which social, economic and training conditions. Specifically, it uses trade union, employer association and government documents from the period 1977 to 2018, evaluating them using the heuristic tools of interpretative models to create an understanding of Ausbildungsreife and employability, phenomenological structure and narrative structure. The findings demonstrate differences over time in the way individual actors structure their arguments and major divergences between the discourse in the two countries." The study refers to the period 1973-2018. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1