Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xvii 1 Introduction to the Handbook: Vocational Education and Training (VET) Theory, Practice, and Policy for a Complex Field of Inquiry 1 David Guile and Lorna Unwin Part I VET as an Evolving Concept 17 2 VET, Expertise, and Work: Situating the Challenge for the TwentyFirst Century 19 David Guile and Lorna Unwin 3 Vocational Education and the Individual 41 Stephen Billett 4 VET, HRD, and Workplace Learning: Where to From Here? 63 Paul Hager 5 Does Vocational Education Still Need the Concept of Occupation? 81 Alison Fuller 6 Knowledge, Competence, and Vocational Education 97 Leesa Wheelahan Part II The Political Economy of VET 113 7 Political Economy of Vocational Education and Training 115 Damian Oliver, Serena Yu, and John Buchanan 8 The Politics of Vocational Training: Theories, Typologies, and Public Policies 137 Marius R. Busemeyer and Christine Trampusch 9 The Industrial Relations of Training and Development 165 Mark Stuart 10 Measuring Performance in Vocational Education and Training and the Employer's Decision to Invest in Workplace Training 187 Samuel Muehlemann 11 Excluded Within the Inclusive Institution: The Case of LowSkilled, LowWage Security Employees 207 SoonJoo Gog Part III Arrangements for VET 227 12 The Contested Evolution and Future of Vocational Education in the United States 229 Brian Durham and Debra D. Bragg 13 The Future of Vocational Education in Canadian Secondary Schools 251 Alison Taylor 14 The Interrelation of General Education and VET: Understandings, Functions, and Pedagogy 275 Vibe Aarkrog 15 The Sustainability of the Dual System Approach to VET 293 Thomas Deissinger 16 Duality and Learning Fields in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Assessment 311 Matthias Pilz and Bärbel Fürstenau 17 VET Teachers and Trainers 329 Kevin Orr Part IV VET as a Developing Practice 349 18 The Learning Potential of Boundary Crossing in the Vocational Curriculum 351 Arthur Bakker and Sanne Akkerman 19 Designing TechnologyEnhanced Learning Environments in Vocational Education and Training 373 Carmela Aprea and Alberto A. P. Cattaneo 20 VET as Lifelong Learning: Engagement With Distributed Knowledge in Software Engineering 395 Monika Nerland and Crina I. Damsa 21 Innovative WorkBased Learning for Responsive Vocational Education and Training (VET): Lessons from Dutch Higher VET 415 Aimée Hoeve, Wietske KuijerSiebelink, and Loek Nieuwenhuis 22 Capturing the Elusive: How Vocational Teachers Develop and Sustain their Expertise 433 Janet H. Broad and Ann Lahiff Part V Challenges for VET 455 23 The Challenges VET Faces Through Its Intersection With Social Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race 457 Karen Evans 24 The Contribution of Vocational Education and Training in Skilling India 479 Tara Nayana and Sanath Kumar 25 Vocational Education and Training in Economic Transformation in China 495 Zhiqun Zhao and Yunbo Liu 26 Working with Historical, Cultural, and Economic Logics: The Case of Vocational Training in Argentina 513 Claudia Jacinto 27 The Evolution of Learning Regions: Lessons from Economic Geography for the Development of VET 531 Laura James Index 549.