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Gender segregation in vocational education /

This book investigates the contexts of gender segregation in vocational education (VET) from a cross-national, comparative perspective. It tackles questions about occupational expectations, gendered pathways to applied fields of study, feminization of occupations and the relationship between educati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Imdorf, Christian (Editor ), Hegna, Kristinn (Editor ), Reisel, Liza (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015.
Edición:1st edition.
Colección:Comparative social research (Emerald Group Publishing) ; v. 31.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Gender Segregation in Vocational Education; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; List of reviewers; Editorial Board; Preface; Gender Segregation in Vocational Education: Introduction; Gender Segregation in VET and Social Inequality; About the Volume; What Do We Know about Gender Segregation in Vocational Education?; Level and Type of Education; Comparative Studies; Change over Time; Institutional Level Mechanisms; Classifications of Educational Systems; New Insights on Institutional Level Mechanisms; Individual Level Mechanisms from a Life Course Perspective.
  • Concluding RemarksNotes; Acknowledgements; References; Part I: International Comparisons; Gender Inequalities at Labour Market Entry: A Comparative View from the eduLIFE Project; Introduction; Research Objectives and Theoretical Arguments; Research Objectives; Theoretical Arguments and Expectations; Research Design; Comparative Approach; Data and Variables; Methods; Empirical Results; Horizontal Segregation; Vertical Gender Inequalities: Wages and Authority; Vertical Gender Inequalities: Occupational Prestige and Skill Level; The Role of Education and Occupations for Vertical Inequalities.
  • The Relationship between Horizontal Differentiation and Vertical Gender Inequalities in the First JobDiscussion and Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Vocational Training and Gender Segregation Across Europe; Introduction; Theoretical Background and Hypotheses; The Structure of VET Systems; Women's and Men's Situation in the Labour Market and in Society; Data, Operationalisation and Methods; Data; Definition of Variables; Core Variables on the Micro and Macro Level; Control Variables; Method and Analytical Strategy; Results.
  • Cross-National and Gender-Specific Differences of VET SystemsBivariate Findings; Multivariate Findings; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; References; Appendix; Educational Systems and Gender Segregation in Education: A Three-Country Comparison of Germany, Norway and Canada; Introduction; Horizontal Gender Segregation in Vocational Education and Training: Theoretical Considerations; Institutional Dimensions and Policy Principles of Educational Systems; Educational Offer and Gendered Choice of Programmes; Educational Achievement and Gendered Choice of Vocational Programmes.
  • Comparing the Educational Systems of Germany, Norway and CanadaGermany; Norway; Canada; Research Design, Data and Variables; Data; Variables; Academic Achievement in Lower Secondary School; Information on the Vocational Orientation of the Educational Programmes; Control variables; Strategy of Analysis; Results; Gender Type of Educational Programme by Educational Offers; Factors behind the Enrolment in Gender-Segregated Educational Programmes; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix.