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Socially constructed concepts are part of social systems. Identifying and understanding such concepts is a necessary prerequisite to internationally comparing education and training systems. By highlighting where socioeconomic and sociocultural differences may be rooted and shedding light on aspects of political economy theory, this chapter describes methodological problems in comparing VET programs. Starting with issues related to the definitions of such programs and continuing with a simple classification scheme to overcome problems of definitions, I summarize relevant forms of construction metaphors to understand different types of social constructs in the literature.

To uncover the main functions behind a strong VET program, one must identify functional equivalents as the solution to cross-sectional comparison challenges and identify their socially constructed concepts. Summarizing the literature of different disciplines, I provide an analytical tool to identify functional equivalents and provide examples from the education and training sector.