From School to Productive Work
Britain and Switzerland Compared

This book compares the schooling and training systems in Switzerland and Britain.

Helvia Bierhoff (Edited by), S. J. Prais (Edited by)

9780521599191, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 April 1997

154 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm, 0.22 kg

Switzerland is universally respected for its highly successful economy. It has long enjoyed low unemployment and inflation, and an exceptionally satisfactory transition process for youngsters from school to work. This book provides a nuts-and-bolts comparison of how that more successful transition is brought about. It explains the different emphases of Swiss secondary schooling by focusing on the way in which both academic and practical subjects are taught. The different ways in which career guidance and spells of work experience are handled in Britain and Switzerland are also compared.

Preface
1. Two very different education ideals
2. Schooling as preparation for life and work
3. Vocational guidance
4. Vocational training and qualifications
5. Problems and developments.

Subject Areas: Labour economics [KCF]