Markus Maurer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3598425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Markus Maurer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Markus |
| FAMILY NAME | Maurer |
| SIGNATURE | MAURER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zurich University of Teacher Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5357-9701 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disconnection or delusion? complexities of employer-engagement with TVET in six LMICs
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in low- and middle-income countries is often seen as disconnected from industry needs. Our paper contributes to the research on this issue with three sets of findings about this persistent disconnect. Our research found that companies report low usage of TVET qualifications, especially at entry levels, even though stakeholders widely believe that TVET promotes inclusivity. Further, despite nu…
Why are qualifications frameworks so ineffective? The role of academic drift in their implementation in Bangladesh and Switzerland
The limits of reforming access to vocational qualifications
This article analyses the development and implementation of policies that aim at improving the ‘recognition of prior learning’ (RPL) in the vocational education and training (VET) systems of Sweden and Switzerland. It argues that the evolution of RPL policies and schemes needs to be analysed in relation to educational expansion, which creates pressure on educational policy makers to provide alternative forms of access to qualifications. It furthe…
VET for all
Presenting a case study of Bangladesh, this article contributes to our understanding of how VET has expanded in LMICs, and how this process has been shaped by global efforts to improve VET’s accessibility. The analysis draws on historical institutionalism and the work of Margaret Archer, and is based on policy document analysis and the interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data. The article concludes that, even when it is weakly linked t…
Promoting the recognition of prior learning in the context of development cooperation
In view of the growing importance of the ‘recognition of prior learning’ (RPL) in educational development in lower- and middle-income countries, and of the dearth of research on this new trend, this article presents a study of vocational education and training (VET) in Bangladesh. It examines the evolution of RPL in this country in terms of causal factors and implementation challenges. Based on an analysis of policy documents, practices and quali…
Recognizing prior learning in vocational education and training
This article contributes to a better theoretical understanding of the social processes underlying the development and implementation of schemes to improve the recognition of prior learning (RPL) in vocational education and training (VET). It traces the global diffusion of RPL, and then analyses the formulation of RPL policies and design and implementation of RPL schemes in four case study countries (Bangladesh, North-Macedonia, Sweden and Switzer…
Governing policy expansion in a collective skill formation system
This article analyses the governance of VET for adults and its development from a historical-institutionalist perspective. It takes a look at the collective skill formation system of Switzerland, in which the federal government and private companies (or the associations representing them) play integral roles. The article argues that the establishment of VET for adults is a form of policy expansion, in which certain actors – especially from the ca…
Expanding the Validation of Prior Learning in the Context of European Integration
This article contributes to the comparative literature on the growing role of “validation of prior learning,” by analyzing the emergence and implementation of VPL in North Macedonia. Based on documents and qualitative interviews, the article provides an historical- institutionalist perspective on these processes. The article argues that a lack of stakeholder engagement, linked to a very low degree of institutional change in the country’s skill fo…
Structural elaboration of technical and vocational education and training systems in developing countries
While technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is re-emerging on the agenda of many development agencies and governments of developing countries alike, there remains a serious lack of theoretically grounded literature on how skills formation systems in developing countries change over time, and how these transformations are interrelated with global trends. This article is an attempt to address this shortfall by way of analysing the …
Organisations- und Verfahrensstrukturen in der Strafrechtspflege Kolumbiens
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 325 - 332
Structural elaboration of technical and vocational education and training systems in developing countries
While technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is re-emerging on the agenda of many development agencies and governments of developing countries alike, there remains a serious lack of theoretically grounded literature on how skills formation systems in developing countries change over time, and how these transformations are interrelated with global trends. This article is an attempt to address this shortfall by way of analysing the …
VET for all
Presenting a case study of Bangladesh, this article contributes to our understanding of how VET has expanded in LMICs, and how this process has been shaped by global efforts to improve VET’s accessibility. The analysis draws on historical institutionalism and the work of Margaret Archer, and is based on policy document analysis and the interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data. The article concludes that, even when it is weakly linked t…
Promoting the recognition of prior learning in the context of development cooperation
In view of the growing importance of the ‘recognition of prior learning’ (RPL) in educational development in lower- and middle-income countries, and of the dearth of research on this new trend, this article presents a study of vocational education and training (VET) in Bangladesh. It examines the evolution of RPL in this country in terms of causal factors and implementation challenges. Based on an analysis of policy documents, practices and quali…
Recognizing prior learning in vocational education and training
This article contributes to a better theoretical understanding of the social processes underlying the development and implementation of schemes to improve the recognition of prior learning (RPL) in vocational education and training (VET). It traces the global diffusion of RPL, and then analyses the formulation of RPL policies and design and implementation of RPL schemes in four case study countries (Bangladesh, North-Macedonia, Sweden and Switzer…
Governing policy expansion in a collective skill formation system
This article analyses the governance of VET for adults and its development from a historical-institutionalist perspective. It takes a look at the collective skill formation system of Switzerland, in which the federal government and private companies (or the associations representing them) play integral roles. The article argues that the establishment of VET for adults is a form of policy expansion, in which certain actors – especially from the ca…
Organisations- und Verfahrensstrukturen in der Strafrechtspflege Kolumbiens
VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 325 - 332
Structural elaboration of technical and vocational education and training systems in developing countries
While technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is re-emerging on the agenda of many development agencies and governments of developing countries alike, there remains a serious lack of theoretically grounded literature on how skills formation systems in developing countries change over time, and how these transformations are interrelated with global trends. This article is an attempt to address this shortfall by way of analysing the …
Promoting the recognition of prior learning in the context of development cooperation
In view of the growing importance of the ‘recognition of prior learning’ (RPL) in educational development in lower- and middle-income countries, and of the dearth of research on this new trend, this article presents a study of vocational education and training (VET) in Bangladesh. It examines the evolution of RPL in this country in terms of causal factors and implementation challenges. Based on an analysis of policy documents, practices and quali…
Recognizing prior learning in vocational education and training
This article contributes to a better theoretical understanding of the social processes underlying the development and implementation of schemes to improve the recognition of prior learning (RPL) in vocational education and training (VET). It traces the global diffusion of RPL, and then analyses the formulation of RPL policies and design and implementation of RPL schemes in four case study countries (Bangladesh, North-Macedonia, Sweden and Switzer…
Governing policy expansion in a collective skill formation system
This article analyses the governance of VET for adults and its development from a historical-institutionalist perspective. It takes a look at the collective skill formation system of Switzerland, in which the federal government and private companies (or the associations representing them) play integral roles. The article argues that the establishment of VET for adults is a form of policy expansion, in which certain actors – especially from the ca…
Expanding the Validation of Prior Learning in the Context of European Integration
This article contributes to the comparative literature on the growing role of “validation of prior learning,” by analyzing the emergence and implementation of VPL in North Macedonia. Based on documents and qualitative interviews, the article provides an historical- institutionalist perspective on these processes. The article argues that a lack of stakeholder engagement, linked to a very low degree of institutional change in the country’s skill fo…
The limits of reforming access to vocational qualifications
This article analyses the development and implementation of policies that aim at improving the ‘recognition of prior learning’ (RPL) in the vocational education and training (VET) systems of Sweden and Switzerland. It argues that the evolution of RPL policies and schemes needs to be analysed in relation to educational expansion, which creates pressure on educational policy makers to provide alternative forms of access to qualifications. It furthe…
VET for all
Presenting a case study of Bangladesh, this article contributes to our understanding of how VET has expanded in LMICs, and how this process has been shaped by global efforts to improve VET’s accessibility. The analysis draws on historical institutionalism and the work of Margaret Archer, and is based on policy document analysis and the interpretation of quantitative and qualitative data. The article concludes that, even when it is weakly linked t…
Disconnection or delusion? complexities of employer-engagement with TVET in six LMICs
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in low- and middle-income countries is often seen as disconnected from industry needs. Our paper contributes to the research on this issue with three sets of findings about this persistent disconnect. Our research found that companies report low usage of TVET qualifications, especially at entry levels, even though stakeholders widely believe that TVET promotes inclusivity. Further, despite nu…
Why are qualifications frameworks so ineffective? The role of academic drift in their implementation in Bangladesh and Switzerland
Higher Education Learning Practices (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Vocational education (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works)