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The development of a European Framework for the classification of vocational qualifications (ECVET), recently endorsed by the EU, inevitably begs consideration of differences between the VET (vocational education and training systems) in different European countries. It is not just paper certificates that will be compared, but the underlying systems of vocational education and their conceptual and epistemic bases. Where these are very different, meaningful comparison will also be difficult; when the differences are ignored in favour of uniformity, there is a serious risk that valuable features of national VET systems will be put at risk. Germany is only now becoming aware of the possible dangers that may lie in the adoption of UK presuppositions within a European qualification comparison system (Rauner 2005).
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Clarke, L., Winch, C. (2007). Vocational Education: conceptual differences between Britain and Germany. In: Beichel, J.J., Fees, K. (eds) Bildung oder outcome?. Reihe Pädagogik, vol 30. Centaurus Verlag & Media, Herbolzheim. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-86226-308-0_5
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