Philipp Gonon, Prof. Dr.
Emeritierter Professor für Berufsbildung / Professor Emeritus of Vocational Education and Training (2004-2021)
Phone: +41 44 634 66 92
Address: Kantonsschulstrasse 3, 8001 Zürich
Room number: KAB-E-02
Research focus
- International comparative approach to VET and Further Education
- Philosophy and History of (Vocational) Education
- Quality assurance and Evaluation
Curriculum vitae
| Since 2021 | Prof. em. at the Institute of Education, part-time engaged, University of Zurich |
| 2016-2019 | Director of the Institute of Education, University of Zurich |
| 2011 | Guest Professor at the University of Vienna, Institute of Education |
| 2010 | Call for professorship at the University of Luxembourg |
| Since 2004 | Professor for VET and Teacher Training at the University of Zürich |
| 1999-2004 | Appointed for a Chair of Life Long Learning at the University of Trier (Germany) |
| 1997 | Senior Lecturer and Habilitation about the International Argument in VET-Reforms at the University in Bern |
| 1993 | Visiting scholar at the Institute of Education, University of London |
| 1986-1992 | Research Assistant and Lecturer at the University of Bern. PhD Thesis, about Georg Kerschensteiner, School and Work |
| 1982-1986 | Research projects in the field of workplace learning and earning biographies at the University of Bern (Switzerland). Part-time Job as a Teacher in General Subjects at a Vocational School in Zürich |
| 1976-1982 | Graduated in Pedagogy (in Zürich) after Studies of Education (in Berlin and Zürich) |
| 1974-1976 | Studied Law and Journalism at the University in Fribourg (Switzerland) |
Editing work & Association memberships
- Co-editor: Peter Lang-Book Series, Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education
- Editor: Report, Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung
- Member of the editorial board of The Journal of Vocational Education and Training
- Member of the editorial board of Vocations and Learning – Studies in Vocational and Professional Education
- Member of the German Society of Education (DGFE), Section: Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik
- Member of INAP (Network Innovative Apprenticeship)