scholarly journals Methods and Instruments for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Vocational Education and Training Systems: A Basis for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-254
Author(s):  
Philipp Grollmann ◽  
Melanie Hoppe
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEMS IN THE LIGHT OF EU GUIDELINES

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (30 (1)) ◽  
pp. 397-405
Author(s):  
Ágnes Stomp ◽  
Marianna Móré
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Credit System ◽  
Member States ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
And Training

Continuous development of education and training programmes in the European Union is a key factor in enhancing cooperation at European level. Today, economic and social changes are taking place in the world, which is why vocational training is seen as a tool to prepare people for a changing world of work, improving employability and competitiveness. Vocational education and training must adapt to changes affecting the economy, society and the labour market. Vocational education and training (VET) policy has been a national, autonomous area of the Member States for decades, but the issue of VET has increasingly been given priority in the process of European economic unification. At the Lisbon Summit, the European Council recognised the important role of education as an integral part of economic and social policies, which is an important tool for increasing the European Union’s competitiveness. European cooperation in VET has been promoted by the three common European instruments created as a result of Copenhagen process: the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET) and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET), which are progressively integrated in their VET systems by the Member States. The aim of these instruments is to support recognition between European VET systems, to promote lifelong learning and mobility and to improve learning experiences. The aim of our study is to explore with a comparative study, to what extent and manner the V4 Member States (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) have integrated EQF, EQAVET and ECVET transparency instruments into their national vocational training systems and to what extent the transformations are in line with EU objectives.

scholarly journals A Roadmap to Vocational Education and Training Systems Around the World

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Eichhorst ◽  
Nuria Rodriguez-Planas ◽  
Ricarda Schmidl ◽  
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
And Training

A tale of two reforms: Institutional change in vocational education and training in Norway and Sweden in the 1990s

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Persson Thunqvist ◽  
Anna Hagen Tønder ◽  
Kaja Reegård
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
National Education ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Political Reforms ◽  
And Training

Political reforms of the 1990s ushered in sweeping socio-economic changes in the Nordic countries, including radical changes in their vocational education and training systems. However, the reforms led to a school-based vocational education and training system with a strong orientation towards higher education in Sweden, and a hybrid system with a stronger apprenticeship component in Norway. Drawing on comparative literature about institutional change in education systems, the aim of this article is to consider why such different vocational education and training systems emerged in countries that shared numerous commonalities following political reforms with similar neoliberal agendas. Our findings, based on secondary data analyses, show that national education reforms played a key role in transforming vocational education and training systems to promote greater flexibility and lifelong learning in line with societal changes. They also show that differences in the roles played by the social partners in Sweden and Norway in the reform processes, in conjunction with differences in political priorities, have led to major differences despite the similarities of national histories and attitudes.

scholarly journals The methods of scenario designing for the development of regional systems of vocational education and training

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-38
Author(s):  
V. I. Blinov ◽  
A. I. Satdykov ◽  
I. S. Sergeev ◽  
N. F. Rodichev
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Stable Model ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
And Training

Introduction. Despite the increasing importance of the vocational education and training systems in the developed countries, with rare exceptions, there are no strategic management tools adequate to the present context. The system of vocational education and training (VET), being a complex and multidimensional object, requires adequate approaches to manage its development. The present article demonstrates one of these approaches based on forecasting possible system states in the long term, identifying and comparing alternative development scenarios. The requirements for describing scenarios for the development of regional vocational education and training system, including the possible structure of the description and parameters of the scenarios, are presented and justified. The advantages of an approach to forecasting, based on a comprehensive qualitative description of possible states of the regional ecosystem of VET, are shown.The aim of the present article was to demonstrate a scientific approach to long-term forecasting of the development of vocational education and training.Methodology and research methods. The current research is based on the methodology of system analysis of social objects, using the methods of comparative analysis and modeling of social systems, scenario planning and expert methods.Results and scientific novelty. As a result of the research, a methodology for the scientific description of scenarios for the development of vocational education and training, under the influence of a set of probable factors, was developed. The novelty of the results lies in the possibility of constructing a number of alternative scenarios using relatively stable model modules.Practical significance. The research results can be applied in the process of strategic planning for the development of vocational education and training in the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as for the regional vocational education and training systems of other countries.

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