The volume is devoted to the research of comparative vocational education and training, placing a special emphasis not only on theoretical development, but also on methodological approaches and on achieving excellent research outcomes by strictly concerning comparative studies in vocational education and training. This volume contains scientific contributions by renowned researchers of vocational education from all over the world. Contents Part I: International comparative VET theories and methodologies Part II: Research results on international comparative VET Part III: Lessons learnt from comparative VET research in practice Target Groups Scholars and Students in the field of vocational education and training Practicioners in the field of vocational education and training The Editors Matthias Pilz is professor and holder of the Chair of Economics and Business Education and director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) at the University of Cologne in Germany. Junmin Li is academic councillor at the Chair of Economics and Business Education and researcher at the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) at the University of Cologne in Germany.