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European Journal VOCATIONAL TRAINING
No 20  May - August 2000/II

 

   European Union policy: a retrospective

   Current policy issues

   Policy developments: debate

         Abstracts

                   

 
 
Editorial
Steve Bainbridge

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European Union policy: a retrospective  
 
Political and legal framework for the development of training policy in the European Union
Part I - From the Treaty of Rome to the Treaty of Maastricht

Steve Bainbridge and Julie Murray
“Vocational training policy European level can be described as action oriented. The Community has acted as a strong reference point for the development of vocational training policy in Member States and has supported cooperation through practical action, such as pilot projects and exchanges of information and people.”

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Current policy issues  
 
Berlin memorandum on the modernisation of vocational education and training
Guidelines for the creation of a dual, plural and modular (DPM) system of lifelong learning

The ‘Berlin memorandum on the modernisation of vocational education and training’ is a strategic paper prepared by the advisory committee of the Berlin Senate’s Department of Labour, Vocational Education and Training and Women’s Affairs, in September 1999.

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In search of quality in schools. The employers’ perspective
Informal working group of employers federations
Reform is a matter of urgency. The challenge is to ensure that national education systems build in incentives to improve quality continuously.

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Working to learn: a holistic approach to young people’s education and training
Peter Senker, Helen Rainbird, Karen Evans, Phil Hodkinson, Ewart Keep, Malcolm Maguire, David Raffe and Lorna Unwin
A coherent strategy is needed to tackle the fundamental problems afflicting work-based learning in Britain.

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Policy developments: debate  
 
Low-skilled people on the European labour market: towards a minimum learning platform?
Eugenia Kazamaki Ottersten and Hilary Steedman
The best policy to help low-skilled workers might be to reduce the number of them entering the labour market and introduce a ‘minimum learning platform’ - a range of skills including qualities required to be effective in the workplace and to learn there and elsewhere to develop in employment and society.

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The concept of a minimum learning platform educational contents and methods for improving the low-skilled
Arthur Schneeberger
It is important to provide education and training with a wide variety of learning opportunities which leave scope for different learning paces and places of instruction.

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Achieving a minimum learning platform for all - Critical queries influencing strategies and policy options
Roberto Carneiro
Achieving a minimum learning platform for all is a formidable challenge for European institutions.

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