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Challenges of Vocational Education and Career Education in High Schools in Japan – From the Viewpoint of Career-competency Formation for Transition

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Terada, M. (2012). Challenges of Vocational Education and Career Education in High Schools in Japan – From the Viewpoint of Career-competency Formation for Transition. In: Pilz, M. (eds) The Future of Vocational Education and Training in a Changing World. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-18757-0_7

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