Unpacking the Global Apprenticeship Agenda: A Comparative Synthesis of Literature from International Organisations in the Education Policy Field
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| Title: | Unpacking the Global Apprenticeship Agenda: A Comparative Synthesis of Literature from International Organisations in the Education Policy Field |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ellen Vanderhoven (ORCID |
| Source: | Globalisation, Societies and Education. 2026 24(2):531-548. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Information Analyses Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Apprenticeships, International Organizations, Educational Policy, Agenda Setting, Institutional Role |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2023.2252358 |
| ISSN: | 1476-7724 1476-7732 |
| Abstract: | Apprenticeships are experiencing ascendency as a global policy idea, yet their promotion by international organisations remains underexamined. This article presents a comparative synthesis of publications on apprenticeships from the EU, ILO, OECD, UNESCO, and World Bank. Analysis demonstrates that IOs advance a diversity of discourses, apprenticeships acting as a polysemic policy object made malleable to organisational identities and priorities. Nonetheless, IOs' significant, sustained and often coordinated efforts to promote apprenticeships support the notion of a 'global apprenticeship agenda'. The internal complexity of this agenda compels more fine-grained theorisation of IOs' individual and collective policy activity, accounting for variation and contestation. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1503640 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Apprenticeships are experiencing ascendency as a global policy idea, yet their promotion by international organisations remains underexamined. This article presents a comparative synthesis of publications on apprenticeships from the EU, ILO, OECD, UNESCO, and World Bank. Analysis demonstrates that IOs advance a diversity of discourses, apprenticeships acting as a polysemic policy object made malleable to organisational identities and priorities. Nonetheless, IOs' significant, sustained and often coordinated efforts to promote apprenticeships support the notion of a 'global apprenticeship agenda'. The internal complexity of this agenda compels more fine-grained theorisation of IOs' individual and collective policy activity, accounting for variation and contestation. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7724 1476-7732 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2023.2252358 |
