The paper records essential aspects of vocational training in Japan. A historical background referring to the pre-war period is followed by a depiction of vocational training administration in modern Japan. Types of vocational training and statutory boards, recruitment and training of instructors and assistance to workers and employers are of particular concern. Subsequently, training activities in industry and in public institutions are delineated. (DÜI-Sbt)
In: UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects; International Perspectives on Teachers and Lecturers in Technical and Vocational Education, S. 77-96
The article deals with the problem of vocational training of degree professionals in conditions of information-oriented society. Taking into account transition period of Ukrainian society development from industrial to information (postindustrial) stage, its peculiarities have been analysed, specialists training requirements have been established. These requirements are caused by gender realities of information society development, its humanization, democratization, intellectual work predominance, creating conditions for personality efficiency. The theory of "human capital assets" the main role in which belongs to the system of education grows in the frame of information transformations.