Supporting Quality in Vocational Training through Networking. CEDEFOP Panorama.

Autor/inn/en	Seyfried, Erwin; Kohlmeyer, Klaus; Furth-Riedesser, Rafael
Institution	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece).
Titel	Supporting Quality in Vocational Training through Networking. CEDEFOP Panorama.
Quelle	(2000), (75 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	92-828-8368-X
Schlagwörter	Academic Education; Articulation (Education); Case Studies; Cooperative Planning; Educational Cooperation; Educational Improvement; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Influences; Literature Reviews; Partnerships in Education; Postsecondary Education; School Business Relationship; School Community Relationship; Social Networks; Synthesis; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Bildung; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The extent to which network cooperation between the general education system, vocational training institutions, business enterprises, social partners, and political decision makers affects quality development in vocational training was examined through a literature review and synthesis of eight case studies in the following seven European countries: Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Republic of Ireland. In all cases, the primary motivation for creating a network was the existence of problems that the vocational training institutions could not solve on their own. In the networks created, cooperation increased actors' room to maneuver and extended their problem-solving capabilities. All the networks studied overcame existing inadequacies and improved the functioning of their vocational training systems. Network activities were consistently directed toward changing the structural context in which vocational training occurs, and it was those changes in frame conditions that resulted in improvements in the quality of available vocational training measures. The case studies demonstrated the role of state actors in initiating and promoting local networks, and established that the efficiency of networks is highly dependent on the creation of adequate management and steering structures. (Contains 110 references and the case study authors' addresses.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	CEDEFOP, P.O. Box 22427, Thessaloniki, 55102, GREECE (catalogue no. HX-26-99-271-EN-C: free). Fax: 30-31-49-01-02; e-mail: dw@cedefop.eu.int.
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