Abstract
Korea is one of the countries that has been addressing the further development of its VET system for decades. Learning from other countries’ approaches has been an important part of this process. This chapter first outlines the Korean experience with the apprenticeship model and the lessons drawn from that. Subsequently, current trends with a renewed interest in apprenticeships and how this is connected to wider regional and global developments in education and training will be elaborated. For many years, international VET cooperation followed the patterns of development cooperation: developed, industrialized countries provided aid and advice to less developed countries. As their education and training systems were seen as one determinant of that economic success, they also served as benchmarks for countries in search of solutions for their VET problems. Korea is an example of a country that has changed its role from a former “policy recipient” as a consequence of its economic success. As a new donor, Korea is active in a variety of official development assistance projects, and since 2013, the Global Institute for Transferring Skills (GIFTS) offers international services such as teacher training, consultancy and the establishment of vocational training centres. After a discussion of the latest experiences of piloting apprenticeships in the Korean context, the chapter closes with an outlook to the years to come and suggests avenues for future research.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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Traditionally, donors are countries who are members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The DAC was founded in 1960 and currently has 29 members. These members must fulfil certain conditions in their realization of development assistance (see OECD 2015a).
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The Paris Declaration lays down five principles for more effective aid (ownership, alignment, harmonization, managing for results and mutual accountability) and defines corresponding indicators (OECD 2005).
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RCEP members: Australia, China , India, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam .
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The organization’s name was changed to the current “Human Resources Development Service of Korea” in 2006 (HRD Korea 2009).
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Barabasch, A., Petrick, S., Park, C. (2017). Policy Lender and Borrower at Once: Korea’s Developments in the VET Sector and Its New Pathway to Apprenticeship. In: Tran, L., Dempsey, K. (eds) Internationalization in Vocational Education and Training. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47859-3_11
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