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Social innovation potential through new cooperative actor constellations - learning factories as a learning space for continuing vocational training

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Short summary: The article examines in detail how vocational learning factories can respond to the far-reaching changes brought about by digitalization, Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence in the world of work as practical learning environments. He discusses new cooperative models between vocational schools, companies and regional partners that create not only technical, but above all social innovations in vocational training - ideal for closing gaps between theory and practice and strengthening skills for the future.

Authors: Viktoria Bergmann and Martin Schwarz from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Lars Windelband from the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).

Link to the journal: The article is freely accessible in bwp@ Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik - online, issue 49 (December 2025) published.

Keywords: vocational learning factories (as learning spaces), continuing vocational education (in the context of schools), actor constellations (cooperatively rethought), social innovation (for vocational education), operator models (alternative and governance-oriented).