Gabriele Molzberger is a professor for vocational and continuing education and academic director of the Centre for Continuing Studies at Bergische University of Wuppertal. Her fields of research comprise: concepts of vocational education and informal learning; europeanisation of educational policies and continuing higher education. Manfred Wahle is a professor for vocational pedagogy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include: the history of vocational education; theories and concepts of work, social change and its impact on vocational education; didactics of vocational education; professional competence of VET teachers; and evaluation of transnational projects in the field of vocational education and practice.

• Contents: Manfred Wahle: Vocational Schooling in Elberfeld and Barmen: 1880–1912. Historical and Local Perspectives on Vocational Education and Training – Ester Berner: Vocational Education and Training in the Early 20th Century – Steffi Robak: Culture, Cultural Differences and Cultural Education - Analysing Learning and Educational Processes of German-Speaking Expatriates in Transnational Enterprises in China – Marion Fleige: The Notion of ‘Benefits’ in Continuing Vocational Education (CVET) - Towards a Theoretical Pedagogical Understanding and a Heuristic Model for Research – Liv Mjelde: Mentoring Vocational Self-Reliance: Lessons from Uganda – Philipp Gonon: The Difficulty of Becoming Successful Learner – Beatrix Niemeyer: Beyond Comparison: A Global Ethnography of Educational Boundary Work – Arnt Vestergaard Louw: Access, Entry and Researcher-Participant Position: Challenges and Potentials in Doing Anthropological Fieldwork in VET – Anna Rosendahl: Quality Improvement and Transparency in Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Evaluation - A Comparison between Germany and England – Lorenz Lassnigg: ‘Austria 2050’ - Approaches towards Anticipation of Future Education – Anja Heikkinen: Cross-Cultural Perspective in Shaping the Future of Vocational Education.

Gabriele Molzberger is a professor for vocational and continuing education and academic director of the Centre for Continuing Studies at Bergische University of Wuppertal. Her fields of research comprise: concepts of vocational education and informal learning; europeanisation of educational policies and continuing higher education. Manfred Wahle is a professor for vocational pedagogy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include: the history of vocational education; theories and concepts of work, social change and its impact on vocational education; didactics of vocational education; professional competence of VET teachers; and evaluation of transnational projects in the field of vocational education and practice.

• Contents: Manfred Wahle: Vocational Schooling in Elberfeld and Barmen: 1880–1912. Historical and Local Perspectives on Vocational Education and Training – Ester Berner: Vocational Education and Training in the Early 20th Century – Steffi Robak: Culture, Cultural Differences and Cultural Education - Analysing Learning and Educational Processes of German-Speaking Expatriates in Transnational Enterprises in China – Marion Fleige: The Notion of ‘Benefits’ in Continuing Vocational Education (CVET) - Towards a Theoretical Pedagogical Understanding and a Heuristic Model for Research – Liv Mjelde: Mentoring Vocational Self-Reliance: Lessons from Uganda – Philipp Gonon: The Difficulty of Becoming Successful Learner – Beatrix Niemeyer: Beyond Comparison: A Global Ethnography of Educational Boundary Work – Arnt Vestergaard Louw: Access, Entry and Researcher-Participant Position: Challenges and Potentials in Doing Anthropological Fieldwork in VET – Anna Rosendahl: Quality Improvement and Transparency in Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Evaluation - A Comparison between Germany and England – Lorenz Lassnigg: ‘Austria 2050’ - Approaches towards Anticipation of Future Education – Anja Heikkinen: Cross-Cultural Perspective in Shaping the Future of Vocational Education.

Gabriele Molzberger is a professor for vocational and continuing education and academic director of the Centre for Continuing Studies at Bergische University of Wuppertal. Her fields of research comprise: concepts of vocational education and informal learning; europeanisation of educational policies and continuing higher education. Manfred Wahle is a professor for vocational pedagogy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include: the history of vocational education; theories and concepts of work, social change and its impact on vocational education; didactics of vocational education; professional competence of VET teachers; and evaluation of transnational projects in the field of vocational education and practice.

• Contents: Manfred Wahle: Vocational Schooling in Elberfeld and Barmen: 1880–1912. Historical and Local Perspectives on Vocational Education and Training – Ester Berner: Vocational Education and Training in the Early 20th Century – Steffi Robak: Culture, Cultural Differences and Cultural Education - Analysing Learning and Educational Processes of German-Speaking Expatriates in Transnational Enterprises in China – Marion Fleige: The Notion of ‘Benefits’ in Continuing Vocational Education (CVET) - Towards a Theoretical Pedagogical Understanding and a Heuristic Model for Research – Liv Mjelde: Mentoring Vocational Self-Reliance: Lessons from Uganda – Philipp Gonon: The Difficulty of Becoming Successful Learner – Beatrix Niemeyer: Beyond Comparison: A Global Ethnography of Educational Boundary Work – Arnt Vestergaard Louw: Access, Entry and Researcher-Participant Position: Challenges and Potentials in Doing Anthropological Fieldwork in VET – Anna Rosendahl: Quality Improvement and Transparency in Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Evaluation - A Comparison between Germany and England – Lorenz Lassnigg: ‘Austria 2050’ - Approaches towards Anticipation of Future Education – Anja Heikkinen: Cross-Cultural Perspective in Shaping the Future of Vocational Education.