ForewordIrina Rommel & Dietmar Frommberger: Technical Vocational Education and Research in Costa Rica - Development, Challenges, and Research PerspectivesMonserrat Vargas Méndez, Laura Madrigal Corrales & Daniel Láscarez Smith: The Role of Public Policy in Technical Vocational Education and Training: Implications for Costa Rican Socio-Economic DevelopmentLourdes Castro Campos: National Qualifications Framework for Technical Vocational Education and Training the Costa Rica: theoretical and practical foundations, projections and challengesClaudia Hunink: Duality in Vocational Education and Training as a Panacea for Structural and Social Challenges in the Labour Market? - A Perspective of Costa Rican Stakeholders in VETLaura Madrigal Corrales: Challenges to Strengthen the Linkage Mechanisms between Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the Productive Sector in Costa RicaSilvia Camacho-Calvo & Patrick McDonald: Measuring Education-Employment Linkage in the TVET Program of the Ministry of Public Education in Costa Rica: Colegios Técnico ProfesionalesXinia María Corrales-Escalante, Carolina Hernández-Chaves & Gloriana Sánchez-Rodríguez: Empowering University Professors: Effective Professional Development Programs to Strengthen Qualifications in Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingGloriela Rodríguez Venegas: Workload of Vocational Teachers in Organization, Lesson Preparation and Monitoring - A Case Study at CTP Don Bosco, Costa RicaMaría Rebeca Quesada Murillo: Assessment for Learning in Technical Education. Reflections in the Costa Rican ContextEfrén Rodríguez González & Alexánder Jesús Porras Sibaja: Active and Meaningful Learning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Costa Rica from a Constructivist ApproachIndex