Everyone has areas of professional practice that they feel comfortable with. But, what if they lack knowledge and skills in a particular area? The traditional didactic teacher-centred method of continuing education involves attending lectures. In this situation, it is likely a person will attend tho…
Source:Towards integration of work and learning: Strategies for connectivity and transformation
(2009)
Work integration social enterprises (WISE) are companies that have been known under different names in most European countries since approximately the end of the 1970s. They are run under very different legal formats and show a variety of features, and can thus be rather heterogeneous. Nevertheless,…
This article concentrates on the question which aspects of a learning environment, directed to career development of students, contribute to the use of career competences by students in prevocational and secondary vocational education in The Netherlands. The learning environment is measured by the m…
This article presents the way four school-based teacher educators take their role while educating prospective teachers. Student teachers learn how to teach while participating in school supported by a school-based teacher educator. Based on theoretical notions derived from literature on teacher educ…
Source:AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv
(2009)
This paper demonstrates that the share of apprentices exhibits a relatively strong seasonal pattern. This means that statistics on the share of apprentices such as those presented in official publications differ substantially from the actual yearly mean if they are measured on a date close to the mi…
We consider two interpretations of the role of external inspection in the public services in the UK in the context of publicly funded, work-based training programmes for young people. The first is that inspection provides substantive information to buyers concerning training quality, thereby improvi…
Source:Education Across Borders: Politics, Policy and Legislative Action
(2009)
The Bologna Declaration has put in motion a series of reforms aimed at making European Higher Education more compatible and comparable, competitive and attractive for Europeans and for students and scholars from other continents. The result is to be a European Higher Education Area in which by the y…
Source:Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on Education and Educational Technology, EDU '09
(2009)
Self-directed learning and other life-long learning skills are among requirements of today workers. To sustain in competitive globalised world of work they need to be creative, innovative, critical and analytical in their approach. In order to achieve all those competences, learning institution can …
Source:European Journal of Teacher Education
(2009)
Teacher education all over Europe is increasingly becoming school-based oriented. This implies new roles for those who support student teachers learning in school. This article describes the way four school-based teacher educators fulfill their role as educators of student teachers who learn how to …
Source:Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
(2009)
Dual apprenticeship training is a form of education at the upper secondary level, taking place in vocational school as well as in firms. Therefore, the willingness of firms to offer apprenticeships is a necessity for the functioning of this part of the educational system. Although it is likely that …
