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Volunteering is the invisible spine of vocational education and training – between stability and structural change

Coverbild: Volunteering is the invisible spine of vocational education and training – between stability and structural change
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Issue/Year (Volume) 4/2026 (55)
Page(s) 9-13
License German Copyright Act
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    englisch

Volunteer involvement in vocational education and training is of rising structural significance. Volunteering secures functional areas within the system and also serves a societal purpose by helping to bolster public services and democracy. However, the systematic recording of such engagement is still insufficient. This means that a VET backbone of great importance remains largely invisible. For this reason, the authors call for greater visibility, an improved database and knowledge pool, and the deeper institutional establishment of volunteer commitment as an object of education and learning.

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BWP citation style
Priemer, J.; Walter, A.: Volunteering is the invisible spine of vocational education and training – between stability and structural change. In: BWP 55 (2026) 4, S. 9-13. URL: https://www.bwp-zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/en/21149
APA citation style
Priemer, J. & Walter, A. (2026). Volunteering is the invisible spine of vocational education and training – between stability and structural change. BWP 55 (4), 9-13. https://www.bwp-zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/en/21149