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Direct linkKis, Viktoria; Windisch, Hendrickje Catriona – OECD Publishing, 2018
This paper looks at the importance of mechanisms that give formal recognition to vocational skills acquired through work-based learning and how such mechanisms might be developed. It describes how skill recognition can benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole, and identifies in which contexts skill recognition has the highest…
Descriptors: Job Skills, On the Job Training, Skill Development, Professional Recognition
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Download full textMachado, Julien – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
Starting from the CVTS-2 survey in which responses by Austrian and French employers revealed their very limited use of "non-school" types of training (on-the-job training, self-learning, job rotation, apprenticeship and quality circles, etc.), the author searches for the reasons for these two European exceptions. Although certain…
Descriptors: Quality Circles, On the Job Training, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Simon-Zarca, Georgie – Training & Employment, 1996
A study was made of the state of apprenticeship in France, using data gathered through telephone interviews with apprentices. Of a targeted group of 6,000 young apprentices, 70% participated in the survey. The study found that, until recently, apprenticeships had generally been used in France to train students in manual trades. During the past 10…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Audet, Claudine – 1992
"Alternative" or cooperative education is a way of organizing instruction that combines education in an academic institution with training in a professional setting. The approach has attracted a renewed interest in Europe in the past few years because of its potential for motivating students, reducing student attrition, and raising the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Educational Development
Meyers, Frederic – 1969
A comparison was made of the division of responsibility for preparation of workers for employment as between private and public institutions in France, Great Britain, Italy, and West Germany. First, the effects of the Industrial Revolution on job qualifications, apprenticeship, and secondary education were noted. Next, postwar changes and trends…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Chemical Industry, Clerical Occupations, Comparative Education
Reubens, Beatrice G. – 1979
Examining the transition from school to work in Europe, this speech focuses on a comparison of initial occupational preparation for young people in France, Germany, and Great Britain. The desired competencies in new entrants to the labor market are listed in four categories: basic cognitive skills; personal qualities and work attitudes;…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Communication Skills, Comparative Education, Educational Development
