Springer Vocational Education and Training in ASEAN Member States: Current Status and Future Development (Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education)

This book is the first monograph to systematically introduce readers to technology and vocational education and training in ASEAN countries. It details the current state of development and key development trends regarding technology and vocational education and training in the ten ASEAN countries. For each ASEAN country, the book addresses the history, status quo, characteristics, reform and development trends in technology and vocational education and training. The content mainly focuses on technology and vocational education and training systems, vocational qualification frameworks, technology and vocational education and training related personnel, etc. All the latest data presented here is drawn from the newest official website and research reports, accurately reflecting the development status of ASEAN countries and helping us make better forecasts regarding its future. This book offers a valuable reference guide for academic research in technology and vocational education and training. It can also be used as a textbook for postgraduate courses in technology and vocational education and training, as well as training material for various vocational education teachers and managers. From the Back Cover This book is the first monograph to systematically introduce readers to technical and vocational education and training in ASEAN countries. It details the current state of development and key development trends regarding technical and vocational education and training in the ten ASEAN countries. For each ASEAN country, the book addresses the history, status quo, characteristics, reform and development trends in technology and vocational education and training. The content mainly focuses on technology and vocational education and training systems, vocational qualification frameworks, technology and vocational education and training related personnel, etc. All the latest data presented here is drawn from the newest official website and research reports, accurately reflecting the development status of ASEAN countries and helping us make better forecasts regarding its future. This book offers a valuable reference guide for academic research in technology and vocational education and training. It can also be used as a textbook for postgraduate courses in technology and vocational education and training, as well as training material for various vocational education teachers and managers. About the Author Bin Bai is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Vocational and Adult Education, Beijing Normal University, and a guest researcher at Hannover University. His main research fields focus on workplace learning, vocational continuing education, E-Learning, adult learning and psychology. After completing his PhD in Educational Technology at Beijing Normal University, he began his career as an ICT teacher at the middle school level. He was invited as an academic visiting scholar at the UK open university from 2008 to 2009, where he finished his doctoral thesis on quality assurance in online education. From 2014 to 2015 he served at the University of Bremen, Germany, where he mainly engaged in research on workplace learning and competence assessment. He has published research papers related to workplace learning and professional continuing education in various international journals and was invited as a keynote speaker for several international conferences. Mr. Paryono, currently Deputy Director for Professional Affairs and a Research Manager at the Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education and Training under the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization in Brunei Darussalam, has been working in the area of Technical and Vocational Education and Training for more than 30 years. He began his career as a teacher for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in 1985 at a Technical High School in Malang, Indonesia, and has served as an A