This book offers the first attempt to focus on the development of Cooperative and Work- Integrated Education (CWIE) in Asia. The analysis follows international comparisons of China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore on their educational history, vocational education, CWIE, and future issues.

Yasushi Tanaka is Professor at the Faculty of Economics and a committee member of Center of Research for Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.

Karsten E. Zegwaard is the Director of Cooperative Education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning (formally called the Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education), and Vice President of the New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education.

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1. Chapter One: Introduction(Yasushi Tanaka)
2. Chapter Two: Cooperative Education Practice in China (Tenggang Xu)
3. Chapter Three: History, Present State, and Future Issues of Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education in Japan (Yasushi Tanaka)
4. Chapter Four: Korea's Cooperative Education Experience: Focusing on the Design, Operation, and Proliferation of KOREATECH's Cooperative Education Program (Chang Heon Oh and Kiyong Om)
5. Chapter Five: Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education in Hong Kong and Work-Integrated Education at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
6. Chapter Six: The Education System and Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education System in Vietnam: An Overview (Van N.B. Nguyen, Huyen T.H. Nguyen and Thao T. Phan )
7. Chapter Seven: Development of Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education in Thailand: Looking Back, Looking Now, and Looking Forward (Wichit Srisa-an and Issra Pramoolsook)
8. Chapter Eight: University-Industry Collaboration: Malaysia Skills Development for Producing Employable Graduates (Nor Idayu binti Mahat and Mohd Sobri bin Don)
9. Chapter Nine: The History and Development of CWIE in Singapore with a Nanyang Technological University Case Study (Kelvin Lee)
10. Chapter Ten: Cooperative education in the Asian region: Future development and direction (K. E. Zegwaard)

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