Hannes Hautz, Junmin Li, Christian Helms Jørgensen,
"Access and barriers to VET for refugees ? a comparison of Austria, Denmark and Germany"
, in Christof Nägele, Barbara E. Stalder & Miriam Weich: Pathways in Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning. Proceedings of the 4th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training, Muttenz and Bern online, 8. ? 9. April, European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training, VETNET, Bern, Seite(n) 147-152, 3-2021
Original Titel:
Access and barriers to VET for refugees ? a comparison of Austria, Denmark and Germany
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Buchtitel:
Pathways in Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning. Proceedings of the 4th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training, Muttenz and Bern online, 8. ? 9. April
Original Kurzfassung:
Vocational education and training (VET) plays a crucial rolein refugees? social inclusion. This paper aims to examine how the VET systems of Austria, Denmark and Germany responded to the arrival of refugees since 2015. The study investigates the research question on two levels. At the political level, refugee integration policy in the three countries is analysed. At the oper-ational level, the experiences of practitioners who implement these VET policy measures are examined using qualitative interviews. The analysis reveals substantial differences in the access to VET for refugees between the investigatedcountries. In Austria and Denmark, refugees have only a few opportunities for getting access to regular VET programmes and experience social and institutional exclusion leading to the fact that successful participation in VET is only pos-sible in individual cases. On the contrary, Germany enhanced access to apprenticeships for asylum seekers and introduced various initiatives to support refugees? integration. Neverthe-less, barriers for refugees at the operational level are also evident in Germany. Comprehensive support measures are necessary for all three countries to help refugees overcome various barri-ers that resultfrom their disadvantaged position in VET.
Sprache der Kurzfassung:
Englisch
Veröffentlicher:
European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training, VETNET
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