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Adult Education in Sweden in the Wake of Marketisation
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Muhrman, Karolina; Andersson, Per – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2022
The aim of this study is to describe and analyse how municipal adult education (MAE) in Sweden is enacted at the intersection of course organisation, student selection and course content. For this analysis, the data consist of a nationwide survey sent to Swedish municipalities, interviews with school leaders from 20 municipalities and in-depth…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Commercialization, Foreign Countries, Municipalities
The Adoption of Dual Vocational Education and Training in Spain: Analysis of Descentralised Decision-Making in Educational Policy Transfer
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Luis Martínez-Izquierdo; Mónica Torres Sánchez – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2024
This paper examines the adoption of dual VET in Spain as a process of educational policy transfer. Using Phillips and Ochs' (2003, 2004) policy transfer spectrum and decision-making classification and Perry and Tor's (2008) model of transfer forms, the study relies on semi-structured interviews with key decision-makers in the Spanish central…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Decision Making
Swedish Vocational Adult Education in the Wake of Marketisation
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Andersson, Per; Muhrman, Karolina – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2022
Context: This study is about vocational education and training for adults within municipal adult education (MAE). Sweden has a long tradition of adult education, and has one of the world's highest proportions of participants in adult education. The Swedish education system is characterised by extensive marketisation with many private actors,…
Descriptors: Marketing, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Municipalities
The Skill Needs of the Manufacturing Industry: Can Higher Education Keep Up?
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Doherty, Oran; Stephens, Simon – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: This paper explores the implications for higher education of the rapid development in technology used by the manufacturing sector. Higher education programmes change or new courses are introduced in attempts to match labour market demands. However, the pace of change in the manufacturing industry challenges the authors to reconceive how…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Higher Education, Labor Market, Labor Needs
Strengthening Skills Anticipation and Matching in Greece. Labour Market Diagnosis Mechanism: A Compass for Skills Policies and Growth
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
As part of its support to the European Union (EU) skills agenda and strategy, Cedefop started in 2016 to provide direct support to its Member States to strengthen their skills intelligence policies and systems. A first round of "Skills governance country reviews" has been concluded in four countries: Greece, Slovakia, Bulgaria and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Labor Market, Labor Needs
Developments in Vocational Education Policy in Turkey: Progress towards the Medium-Term Deliverables of the Riga Conclusions in the Period 2015-19
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European Training Foundation, 2020
This report presents vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Turkey between 2015 and 2017. It covers all five Europe-wide priority areas or medium-term deliverables (MTDs) agreed at Riga in June 2015: (1) Work-based learning with special focus on apprenticeships; (2) Quality assurance mechanisms in line with European Quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Apprenticeships
Developments in Vocational Education Policy in Serbia: Progress towards the Medium-Term Deliverables of the Riga Conclusions in the Period 2015-19
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European Training Foundation, 2020
This report presents vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Republic of Serbia (hereinafter Serbia) between 2015 and 2019. It covers all five Europe-wide priority areas or medium-term deliverables (MTDs) agreed at Riga in June 2015: (1) Work-based learning with special focus on apprenticeships; (2) Quality assurance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Apprenticeships
Developments in Vocational Education Policy in North Macedonia: Progress towards the Medium-Term Deliverables of the Riga Conclusions in the Period 2015-19
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European Training Foundation, 2020
This report presents vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in North Macedonia between 2015 and 2019. It covers all five Europe-wide priority areas or medium-term deliverables (MTDs) agreed at Riga in June 2015: (1) Work-based learning with special focus on apprenticeships; (2) Quality assurance mechanisms in line with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Apprenticeships
Developments in Vocational Education Policy in Montenegro: Progress towards the Medium-Term Deliverables of the Riga Conclusions in the Period 2015-19
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European Training Foundation, 2020
This report presents vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Montenegro between 2015 and 2019. It covers all five Europe-wide priority areas or medium-term deliverables (MTDs) agreed at Riga in June 2015: (1) Work-based learning with special focus on apprenticeships; (2) Quality assurance mechanisms in line with European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Apprenticeships
Developments in Vocational Education Policy in Albania: Progress towards the Medium-Term Deliverables of the Riga Conclusions in the Period 2015-19
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European Training Foundation, 2020
This report presents vocational education and training (VET) policy developments in Albania between 2015 and 2019. It covers all five Europe-wide priority areas or medium-term deliverables (MTDs) agreed at Riga in June 2015: (1) Work-based learning with special focus on apprenticeships; (2) Quality assurance mechanisms in line with European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Apprenticeships
Vocational Education and Training in Croatia. Short Description
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
This short description contributes to better understanding vocational education and training (VET) in Croatia by providing insights into its main features and highlighting system developments and current challenges in recent years. In Croatia, vocational education and training (VET) is offered in the form of initial VET (IVET) and adult education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Adult Education
Competency-Based Approach to Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa. Country Report: Rwanda
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UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) wanted to study how the competency-based training (CBT) was adapted, what contextualisation and adaptation of programmes according to the CBT has taken place, and what positive practices have made the CBT…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Competency-Based Approach to Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa. Study Based on Seven African Countries: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa. Synthesis Report
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UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
IIEP-UNESCO Dakar and the IFEF have carried out a joint study on contextualizing and adapting the competency-based approach (CBA) in seven African countries: South Africa, Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, and Senegal. This study has identified good practices and their use for making the CBA more effective in TVET systems, as well as the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Competency-Based Approach to Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa. Country Report: Ghana
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UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) wanted to study how the competency-based training (CBT) was adapted, what contextualisation and adaptation of programmes according to the CBT has taken place, and what positive practices have made the CBT…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Competency-Based Approach to Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa. Country Report: South Africa
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UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2020
The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)-UNESCO Dakar and the Francophonie Institute for Education and Training (IFEF) wanted to study how the competency-based training (CBT) was adapted, what contextualisation and adaptation of programmes according to the CBT has taken place, and what positive practices have made the CBT…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
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