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    Höckel, K. (2012). Bridging the Gulf Between the World of Work and the World of Learning: Vocational Education and Training in Comparative Perspective. 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_29

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