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German here. We have this kind of system, and it works extremely well for most professions that don’t require a master’s degree, and where the field doesn’t ch
by earthnail 8y ago
German here.
We have this kind of system, and it works extremely well for most professions that don’t require a master’s degree, and where the field doesn’t change too quickly. It is a mix of school and apprenticeship. Great, for example, for becoming a nurse, less great for programming since the field moves so fast.
For higher education, we still have the old school university system. Students usually leave university with little industry experience beyond a few internships, but especially the technical universities put a lot of focus on preparing their students as well as possible for the real world.
All in all it works quite well.
- bosie 8y agoNot sure why it wouldn't work for "fast" changing fields like programming as well. The basics are the basics. Learn the basics at school and the day-to-day activities through the apprenticeship? Not sure what else would be better than the dual-system
- earthnail 8y agoIt‘s just an observation. The apprenticeship system stems from the old guilds. There is no support yet for learning programming that way. It will take a while, the system evolves very slowly.
- detaro 8y agoYou can become a web designer/developer through apprenticeship at least. And there's the "dual studium" ideas that at least follow a similar model in some ways, which a bunch of large technical companies offer.