VETNET: NETWORK ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESEARCH ECER Network 2 Programme

Host:

• Faculty of Education Philosophy and Social Sciences,
• Rethymon
• University of Crete
• 22-25 September 2004

Chair of the VETNET Board:

Dr. Ludger Deitmer, University of Bremen, Germany e-mail: deitmer @ uni-bremen.de

Programme Chair:

Dr. Nikitas Patiniotis, University of Patras, Greece e-mail: patiniot @ otenet.gr

Panel of reviewers from European Countries:

• Prof. Dr. Nick Boreham, Scotland
• Dr. Jittie Brandsma, Netherlands
• Dr. M`Hamed Dif, France
• Dr. Phillipp Grollmann, Germany
• Pekka Kämäräinen, Finland
• Dr. Barbara Stalder, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Nikitas Patinioitis, Greece
• Prof. Dr. Krista Loogma, Estonia
• Dr. Magadalena Benke, Haungary
• Dr. Fernando Marhuenda, Spain
• Prof. Dr. Johanna Lasonen, Finalnd
• Graham Attwell, Wales
• Dr. Lars Heinemann, Germany
• Peter Kaune, Germany
• Dr. David Guile, UK
• Dr. Ludger Deitmer, Germany
• Dr. Teresa Oliveira, Portugal

Web-Sites:

http://www.b.shuttle.de/wifo/vet/ecer03.htm

Below is a list of the papers contributed to ECER 2004, sorted by their authors. You may also be interested in browsing the symposium, workshop and round table contributions, which are not listed below. You can find these in the session-details, which you can access by clicking on the links in the navigation tree at the left of the page. You can also find pages for sessions which authors contribute to by using the quick-search form at the top-right of the page to search for names.

Aarkrog, Ms Vibe

  418 - The Significance of the Apprentices' Perception of their Job for their Transfer of Learning by Ms Vibe Aarkrog, Denmark :: The paper describes parts of the results of a theoretical and empirical study of transfer in the Danish VET-programmes, which is ...

Abrahamsson, Prof Kenneth

  813 - Generic Skills, Core Subjects and De-Vocationalisation. New Policies for Educational Expansion and Work Transition in Sweden by Prof Kenneth Abrahamsson, Sweden :: The design and organisation of initial vocational education and training, IVT are under discussion in most countries.

Adiguzel, Mr Oktay

  453 - Training by Alternation Under School Statute: Difficulties of Training During Periods of Formation in Company by Mr Oktay Adiguzel, France

Barnes, Sally-Anne

  791 - Careers Guidance: Supporting Learning in the Workplace, Higher Education and Further Education by Dr Jenny Bimrose, Sally-Anne Barnes UK :: European and national policy documents have been drawing attention, increasingly to the strategic importance of ...

Beck, Vanessa

  289 - Gender segregation in apprenticeship: an exploration of young people's and employers' decisions by Dr Alison Fuller, Prof. Lorna Unwin, Vanessa Beck, UK :: The persistence of gender segregation in the labour market is the subject of concern to research ...

Benke, Dr. Magdolna

•   786 - The Regional Dimension of Education and Training in Hungary (the Role of Education and Training in the Development Plans of the Regions) by Dr. Magdolna Benke, Hungary :: In the framework of a research project was carried out in NIVE in 2002, led by the writer of this proposal, a research group ...
•   790 - Towards the Learning Society - Hungary by Dr. Magdolna Benke, Hungary :: The research is partly based on a literature review had been prepared in connection to the Euronet research project led by ...

Berglund, Ms Ingrid

  242 - Learning by Simulation - or Simulated Learning? by Ms Ingrid Berglund, Sweden :: The purpose of this paper is to describe, illuminate and analyze individual learning strategies within the context of the ...

Biemans, Harm

•   590 - Quality Indicators for Assisting VET in New Learning Arrangements by Mr Thomas Lans, Renate Wesselink, Harm Biemans, Martin Mulder, the Netherlands :: The Dutch agri-food sector has always been famous for its successful ...
•   637 - Roles of Teachers in Competence-Based Education by Ms Renate Wesselink, Thomas Lans, Harm Biemans, Richard van Royen, Netherlands :: The implementation of lifelong learning in vocational education systems ...

Bimrose, Dr Jenny

  791 - Careers Guidance: Supporting Learning in the Workplace, Higher Education and Further Education by Dr Jenny Bimrose, Sally-Anne Barnes UK :: European and national policy documents have been drawing attention, increasingly to the strategic importance of ...

Bohlinger, Dr Sandra

  111 - Continuing Vocational Education and Training for the Unemployed by Dr Sandra Bohlinger, Germany :: The presentation will provide the results of an analysis of the quantitative dimension and the scientific and political ...

Brandsma, Dr. Jittie

  677 - Effects of Labour Market Oriented Training for Unemployed Job Seekers by Dr. Jittie Brandsma, CINOP, Netherlands :: The study presented in this paper focusses on the (differences in) effectiveness of various training measures for ...

Brown, Alan

  742 - Informal Learning and Work Identities by Ms Simone Kirpal, University of Bremen, Germany; Dr. Alan Brown, University of Warwick, UK :: This paper reports on some of the findings from the 5th EU ...

Deichman-Soerensen, Ms Trine

  639 - Multiple Voices at Work. Action Research and Learning System Heterogeneities by Ms Trine Deichman-Soerensen, Norway :: I shall in this paper argue for an alternative model of heterogeneous, interrelated spatiality of learning

Dif, Dr M'Hamed

  311 - Integrating E-Learning Technologies and Practices within the Enterprise for CVT Promotion: Challenges and Perspectives by Dr M'Hamed Dif, University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, France :: Since the mid-nineties, many educational and training programmes integrating information ...

Ekholm, Bodil

  054 - Fostering Work-Based Learning and Team Development Through an Educational Intervention by Dr Maria Gustavsson, Bodil Ekholm, Eva Ellstrom, Per-Erik Ellstrom, Sweden :: In spite of the widespread consensus regarding the importance of work-based ...

Ellstrom, Eva

  054 - Fostering Work-Based Learning and Team Development Through an Educational Intervention by Dr Maria Gustavsson, Bodil Ekholm, Eva Ellstrom, Per-Erik Ellstrom, Sweden :: In spite of the widespread consensus regarding the importance of work-based ...

Ellstrom, Per-Erik

  054 - Fostering Work-Based Learning and Team Development Through an Educational Intervention by Dr Maria Gustavsson, Bodil Ekholm, Eva Ellstrom, Per-Erik Ellstrom, Sweden :: In spite of the widespread consensus regarding the importance of work-based ...

Evans, Prof Karen

  298 - Tacit Skills and Work Re-Entry: entering new workplaces through retraining by Prof Karen Evans, Natasha Kersh; University of London, IoE, UK :: The paper focuses on the primary findings from the project 'Recognition of Tacit Skills ...

Felstead, Prof Alan

  473 - Applying the Survey Method to Learning at Work: a Recent UK Experiment by Prof Alan Felstead, UK :: The skills debate in Europe has for many years been preoccupied with the supply of qualified individuals and their subsequent ...

Fuller, Dr Alison

•   289 - Gender segregation in apprenticeship: an exploration of young people's and employers' decisions by Dr Alison Fuller, Prof. Lorna Unwin, Vanessa Beck, UK :: The persistence of gender segregation in the labour market is the subject of concern to research ...
•   290 - Older and Wiser?:Workplace learning from the perspective of experienced employees by Dr. Alison Fuller, Lorna Unwin, UK :: In the developed world, people are living longer whilst, at the same time, birth rates are falling.

Fussangel, Kathrin

  623 - Evaluation of a School Project Preparing Pupils for the Professional World by Dr. Renate Schulz-Zander & Kathrin Fussangel, Germany :: For many adolescents the transition from school to the professional world is often accompanied with ...

Georgiadis, Dimitrios

  261 - The Vocational Training System in Greece: Labour Market and Social Exclusion by Dimitrios Georgiadis, Eleni Sianou, University of Ioannina, Greece :: During the last few decades the training and the reduction of the phenomena of social ...

Goodwin, Dr John

  107 - A Life Time of Learning? The Experiences of Learning During 40 Years at Work by Dr John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor, UK :: In educational or sociological research it remains unusual for researchers to conduct restudies, particularly ...

Green, Prof. Andy

  174 - Models of Lifelong Leaning and the Knowledge Society in Europe: What Regional Patterns are Emerging? by Prof. Andy Green, University of London, IoE, UK :: This paper will review the evidence for the emergence of distinctive regional models of lifelong learning ...

Guile, Mr David

  594 - Knowledge, Production and Apprenticeship: Sectoral to Enterprise-Specific Conceptions of the Theory/Practice Relationship by Mr David Guile, University of IoE, UK :: Debates about the knowledge economy have raised questions about which form of knowledge contributes most to ...

Gustafsson, Prof. Ulla Arnell

  216 - When School And Workplace Are Meeting by Prof. Ulla Arnell Gustafsson, Sweden :: When School and Workplace are meetingIn most European countries vocational education contains theoretical as well as ...

Gustavsson, Dr Maria

  054 - Fostering Work-Based Learning and Team Development Through an Educational Intervention by Dr Maria Gustavsson, Bodil Ekholm, Eva Ellstrom, Per-Erik Ellstrom, Sweden :: In spite of the widespread consensus regarding the importance of work-based ...

Hallikainen, Mr Petri

  267 - Promoting Safety in Industry: Role of Work Place-Tutors by Mr Petri Hallikainen, Finland :: An intervention study was conducted at a large Finnish shipyard to investigate the usefulness of small-group activities in ...

Hardy, Dr Marcelle

  728 - Work-Based Learning of Students in Two Vocational Programs by Dr Marcelle Hardy :: The integration of periods of work-based learning into vocational and technical programs does not necessarily enrich training and ...

Huhtala, Dr Sinikka

  519 - Encounters in Everyday Life of Vocational Education by Dr Sinikka Huhtala, Finland :: This study is a description of one ESF-funded project in one Finnish secondary vocational education institute during tree ...

Isopahkala, Ms Ulpukka

  226 - Translating Expertise from One Language to Another by Ms Ulpukka Isopahkala, Finland :: This paper focuses on renewal of expertise under changing circumstances.

Jensen, Karen

  324 - Motivation and Learning in Professional Work: The Case of Nurses and Engineers by Karen Jensen, Norway & Prof. Leif Christian Lahn, Norway :: The presented paper outlines a theoretical framework for professional learning that expands ...

Jorgensen, Ass. Prof Christian Helms

  214 - Three logics of the interplay between school and work by Ass. Prof Christian Helms Jorgensen, Denmark :: In vocational training and education a key question is how to connect learning in school and learning in the ...

Juul, Ms Ida

  352 - An analysis of the educational thinking behind the latest reform of the Danish vocational training system and a discussion of how teachers and students react upon the implications of the reform. by Ms Ida Juul, Denmark :: The latest reform of the Danish vocational training system which was put forward in 2000 has been presented as a new way of planning ...

Kafetsios, Dr. Konstantinos

  031 - Identifying Starters' Interpersonal-Transferable Skills Needs: A Multidisciplinary Comparative Study In Six European Countries by Dr. Konstantinos Kafetsios, Greece :: The paper presents the results from a study in the first phase of a multidisciplinary research project (funded by the ...

Kersh, Natasha

  298 - Tacit Skills and Work Re-Entry: entering new workplaces through retraining by Prof Karen Evans, Natasha Kersh; University of London, IoE, UK :: The paper focuses on the primary findings from the project 'Recognition of Tacit Skills ...

Kirpal, Ms Simone

  742 - Informal Learning and Work Identities by Ms Simone Kirpal, University of Bremen, Germany; Dr. Alan Brown, University of Warwick, UK :: This paper reports on some of the findings from the 5th EU ...

Kirton, Dr Alison

  384 - Engaging the Disengaged: 'IT-on-the-Loose' and 'College in the Community' by Dr Alison Kirton, Marie Lall, UK :: 'Lifelong Learning' is an established policy priority in Britain and the term is used in reference to a wide variety of ...

Lall, Marie

  384 - Engaging the Disengaged: 'IT-on-the-Loose' and 'College in the Community' by Dr Alison Kirton, Marie Lall, UK :: 'Lifelong Learning' is an established policy priority in Britain and the term is used in reference to a wide variety of ...

Lans, Thomas

•   590 - Quality Indicators for Assisting VET in New Learning Arrangements by Mr Thomas Lans, Renate Wesselink, Harm Biemans, Martin Mulder, the Netherlands :: The Dutch agri-food sector has always been famous for its successful ...   637 - Roles of Teachers in Competence-Based Education by Ms Renate Wesselink, Thomas Lans, Harm Biemans, Richard van Royen, Netherlands :: The implementation of lifelong learning in vocational education systems ...

Lassnigg, Dr. Lorenz

  502 - Improving the Quality of the Supply-Demand-Match in VET by Anticipation Systems? by Dr. Lorenz Lassnigg, Austria :: Various measures of matching supply and demand have been obtained in different strands of research.

Leliugiene, Irena

  461 - Training of Social Workers as Empowerment to Reduce Social Exclusion in the Community by Mrs Aiste Urboniene, Irena Leliugiene, Lithuania :: Transcultural study was conducted in eight Lithuanian universities as well as in M. Tank Pedagogical ...

Lepaite, Dr Daiva

  523 - System of Competence Development in the Framework of Vocational Qualifications: Case in the Field of Mechatronics by Dr Daiva Lepaite, Lithuania :: This paper will examine the issues of competence development in the field of mechatronics, which combines different ...

Loogma, Director Krista

  916 - VET System and the Context of Transition. Some Systemic and Structural Problems of VET in Estonia by Director Krista Loogma, Estonia :: One has to consider that reforms in VET systems of transition countries are much more complicated than that in EU member ...

Modla, Ildiko Gorgenyi

  297 - Standardisation And Quality Development In The Hungarian Vocational Training by Ildiko Gorgenyi Modla, Hungary :: In the course of our preparations for European Union accession, we are dealing more and more with the often inseparable ...

Moqvist, Ms Louise

  581 - Learning in Daily Work - a Study of Top Managers Work Practice in Swedish Public Administration by Ms Louise Moqvist, Sweden ::

Mulder, Martin

  590 - Quality Indicators for Assisting VET in New Learning Arrangements by Mr Thomas Lans, Renate Wesselink, Harm Biemans, Martin Mulder, the Netherlands :: The Dutch agri-food sector has always been famous for its successful ...

Nikkanen, Dr Pentti

  605 - Promoting the Preconditions of Organisational Learning by Dr Pentti Nikkanen, Finland :: This paper discusses the preconditions under which individual learning is transformed into organisational learning (OL)

Nobre, Ms Angela

  244 - The Semiotic Learning Framework: an Action-Based Approach to Innovation and Organizational Learning by Ms Angela Nobre, Portugal :: The Semiotic Learning Framework consists of an organizational learning tool which introduces key theoretical approaches through ...

Nokelainen, Dr Petri

  183 - Investigating the Effect of Nonlinearities in Vocational Education Data with Two Empirical Samples by Dr Petri Nokelainen, Tomi Silander, Pekka Ruohotie, Henry Tirri, Finland :: Traditional linear Gaussian models are widely used in the research field of ...

Nyhan, Dr Barry

•   337 - The Relationship between VET and HRD Traditions in Europe by Dr Barry Nyhan, Cedefop, Greece :: One of the distinctive features of European training and development traditions, as compared with those of the US is the ...   194 - Development of the On-Line ERO Base and our First Experience from its Service by Mr Petr Vicenik, Dr. Barry Nyhan, Cedefop, Thessaloniki & Sabine Manning, Research Forum WIFO Berlin :: The ERO Base (European Research Overview DataBase) ... <

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O'Connor, Henrietta

  107 - A Life Time of Learning? The Experiences of Learning During 40 Years at Work by Dr John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor, UK :: In educational or sociological research it remains unusual for researchers to conduct restudies, particularly ...

Paloniemi, Ms Susanna

  059 - The Aged and the Experienced? Employees' Age-Conceptions and the Meaning of Experience in Professional Competence by Ms Susanna Paloniemi, Finland, University of Jyväskylä :: It has been mostly because of the demographic changes affecting the working life why the ...

Pelleriaux, Prof Koen

  463 - School carrier and well being: an optimal matching approach by Prof Koen Pelleriaux, Belgium :: The Flemish educational system is highly streamed. Aside special education, pre-school and primary education is in ...

Remedios, Dr. Richard

  019 - Organisational Learning and Employees' Intrinsic Motivation by Dr. Richard Remedios, UK•

Richardt, Mr Folke

  569 - The Knowledge Society of the Stone-Age. An Activity-Theoretical Problematisation of the Technological Revolution of the South-African Mesolithic by Mr Folke Richardt, Sweden :: 300 000 years ago a technological revolutions occurred in South Africa. The repertoire of stone implements, as archeological ...

Ronnqvist, Dr Dan

  130 - Competence Development in Practice. A Study of Strategies for Competence Development in Health Services and Medical Care by Dr Dan Ronnqvist, Sweden :: The purpose of this study was to contribute to increased knowledge of how issues of competence development are handled in ...

Ruohotie, Pekka

  183 - Investigating the Effect of Nonlinearities in Vocational Education Data with Two Empirical Samples by Dr Petri Nokelainen, Tomi Silander, Pekka Ruohotie, Henry Tirri, Finland :: Traditional linear Gaussian models are widely used in the research field of ...

Salehi, Dr Ebrahim

  399 - A Study of Determining Factors on Technical & Vocational Trainees Placement (Case study: Iran) by Dr Ebrahim Salehi, Iran :: ...this paper not only attempts to review the employment status of technical & vocational trainees in Iran but also analyzes the ...

Santti, Dr Risto

•   354 - Sequential Selection and Promotion of Organizational Values in a Forming Multinational Organization by Dr Risto Santti, Finland :: Traditionally it has been understood that values are formed through cognitive processes of people involved that reflect ...   137 - Developing Executives in the European Context-Experience from a Major European Multinational Organization by Dr Risto Santti, Finland :: This paper analyzes a newly built executive development programme within a major European multi-national organization.

Schulz-Zander, Dr. Renate

  623 - Evaluation of a School Project Preparing Pupils for the Professional World by Dr. Renate Schulz-Zander & Kathrin Fussangel, Germany :: For many adolescents the transition from school to the professional world is often accompanied with ...

Sianou, Eleni

  261 - The Vocational Training System in Greece: Labour Market and Social Exclusion by Dimitrios Georgiadis, Eleni Sianou, University of Ioannina, Greece :: During the last few decades the training and the reduction of the phenomena of social ...

Silander, Tomi

  183 - Investigating the Effect of Nonlinearities in Vocational Education Data with Two Empirical Samples by Dr Petri Nokelainen, Tomi Silander, Pekka Ruohotie, Henry Tirri, Finland :: Traditional linear Gaussian models are widely used in the research field of ...

Sims, David

  037 - Modern Apprenticeships in the Retail Sector: Stresses, Strains and Support by Dr Thomas Spielhofer, David Sims, UK :: This paper explores the tensions between the UK Government's rhetoric on workforce development and the reality of ...

Smistrup, Dr Morten

  603 - Vocational Identity – a Key to Modernisation of Vocational Education by Dr Morten Smistrup, Roskilde Universitetscenter, Denmark :: This discussion of the role of vocational identity is founded in an understanding of the ...

Spielhofer, Dr Thomas

  037 - Modern Apprenticeships in the Retail Sector: Stresses, Strains and Support by Dr Thomas Spielhofer, David Sims, UK :: This paper explores the tensions between the UK Government's rhetoric on workforce development and the reality of ...

Stalder, Dr. Barbara Elisabeth

  778 - Workplace Training and School Based Education in Apprenticeships, and their Effect on Educational Satisfaction and Drop-Out by Dr. Barbara Elisabeth Stalder, Bern, Switzerland :: In modern societies educational achievement has become a decisive factor influencing participation in ...

Stenstrom, Dr Marja-Leena

  268 - Polytechnic Graduates in Working Life: How Well do Their Learning Skills Meet the Needs of Working Life? by Dr Marja-Leena Stenstrom, University of Jyväskylä, IER, Finland :: This study focuses on the transition from Finnish polytechnics to working life at a ...

Stenvall, Ms Kirsti

  784 - Exploring the Links between National Core Curriculum and Local Implementation by Ms Pirjo Väyrynen, Ms Kirsti Stenvall, Finland :: The national core curriculum is a legal norm comparable to law and education providers may not fail to ...

Tirri, Henry

  183 - Investigating the Effect of Nonlinearities in Vocational Education Data with Two Empirical Samples by Dr Petri Nokelainen, Tomi Silander, Pekka Ruohotie, Henry Tirri, Finland :: Traditional linear Gaussian models are widely used in the research field of ...

Tynjälä, Paivi

  276 - On-the-Job Learning in Vocational Education Assessed by Students by Ms Anne Virtanen, Paivi Tynjälä, Finland :: During the last decade in Finland, many concerns about the gap between vocational education and working life ...

Unwin, Prof Lorna

•   290 - Older and Wiser?:Workplace learning from the perspective of experienced employees by Dr. Alison Fuller, Lorna Unwin, UK :: In the developed world, people are living longer whilst, at the same time, birth rates are falling.   289 - Gender segregation in apprenticeship: an exploration of young people's and employers' decisions by Dr Alison Fuller, Prof. Lorna Unwin, Vanessa Beck, UK :: The persistence of gender segregation in the labour market is the subject of concern to research ...

Urboniene, Mrs Aiste

  461 - Training of Social Workers as Empowerment to Reduce Social Exclusion in the Community by Mrs Aiste Urboniene, Irena Leliugiene, Lithuania :: Transcultural study was conducted in eight Lithuanian universities as well as in M. Tank Pedagogical ...

van Esch, Dr Wil

  213 - The Competence-Based Learning Scan: Conceptual Scheme and Validation by Dr Wil van Esch, Cinop, the Netherlands :: The move to competence-based learning and training is one of the central innovations in Dutch Secondary ...

van Royen, Richard

  637 - Roles of Teachers in Competence-Based Education by Ms Renate Wesselink, Thomas Lans, Harm Biemans, Richard van Royen, Netherlands :: The implementation of lifelong learning in vocational education systems ...

Väyrynen, Ms Pirjo

  784 - Exploring the Links between National Core Curriculum and Local Implementation by Ms Pirjo Väyrynen, Ms Kirsti Stenvall, Finland :: The national core curriculum is a legal norm comparable to law and education providers may not fail to ...

Vicenik, Mr Petr

  194 - Development of the On-Line ERO Base and our First Experience from its Service by Mr Petr Vicenik, Dr. Barry Nyhan, Cedefop, Thessaloniki & Sabine Manning, Research Forum WIFO Berlin :: The ERO Base (European Research Overview DataBase) ...

Virtanen, Ms Anne

  276 - On-the-Job Learning in Vocational Education Assessed by Students by Ms Anne Virtanen, Paivi Tynjälä, Finland :: During the last decade in Finland, many concerns about the gap between vocational education and working life ...

Volanen, Mr Matti Vesa

  403 - Learning by Making. A New Horizon of Learning by Mr Matti Vesa Volanen, University of Jyväskylä, IER, Finland :: As regards our understanding of learning, there has, according to Bauman (2001, 123-124), ...

Warring, Mr Niels

  885 - Lowly Skilled Workers and VET in Knowledge Economy by Mr Niels Warring, Denmark :: The transformation of Western societies has lead to focus on knowledge as the key factor for development. Knowledge economy, ...

Wesselink, Renate

•   637 - Roles of Teachers in Competence-Based Education by Ms Renate Wesselink, Thomas Lans, Harm Biemans, Richard van Royen, Netherlands :: The implementation of lifelong learning in vocational education systems ...   590 - Quality Indicators for Assisting VET in New Learning Arrangements by Mr Thomas Lans, Renate Wesselink, Harm Biemans, Martin Mulder, the Netherlands :: The Dutch agri-food sector has always been famous for its successful ...

Zydziunaite, Dr. Vilma

  004 - Evaluative Content Analysis of the Curriculum of Vocational Education with the View to the Development of Teamwork Competencies by Dr. Vilma Zydziunaite, Lithuania :: In spite of various investigations in the context of the concept competence a conditionally neglected research sector ...

Below is a list, alphabetically sorted by author, of contributions being presented at the ECER 2004 symposia. If you do not find your contribution in this list, try browsing through the sessions using the navigation tree at the left, or try searching for names in the quick-search box at the top right.

Attwell, Graham

• Symposium 2 - Changing modes of organization, technology and learning: open source software and content in education and training
• What is the significance of Open Source Software for the education and training community? by Graham Attwell, Knownet, UK :: (Symposium 2) Open Source Software and Open Content have particular relevance to the education and training sectors for a number of reasons:

Blázquez, Florentino

Participation in CVT in Portugal and Spain by Prof Eduardo Figueira, Prof Florentino Blázquez and Dr. Manuel Lucero :: (Symposium 1) The research analysed the factors associated with participation in continuing training activities of technicians employed in Agro-food industries and in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Portugal, and in the building industry and in ICT in Extremadura, Spain.

Boreham, Nicholas

• Symposium 5: "Work Process Knowledge in European Vocational Education and Training Research" by Prof. Nicholas Boreham :: The concept of work process knowledge developed out of European research into the competence requirements of modernized workplaces.
• Collective competence and work process knowledge by Nicholas Boreham, Institute of Education, University of Stirling, UK :: (Symposium 5) Work is a complex process which includes both individual and collective forms of activity.

Brown, Alan

Symposium 1 - Technical workers' participation in Continuing Vocational Education Training and Learning by Dr. Alan Brown, UK :: The upskilling of technical workers is vital for companies in Europe striving to maintain or improve their competitive position.

Dehnbostel, Peter

Combining formal and non-formal learning as a challenge for the development of vocational training concepts in the ICT sector by Prof. Peter Dehnbostel and Ms Julia Gillen :: (Symposium 7) The paper is based on the work of three parallel projects that have studied the theme “combination of formal and non-formal learning” with a specific attention on the ICT sector and ICT-related occupations:

Deitmer, Ludger

• Regional VET in Germany - Phantasy or Reality? by Dr. Ludger Deitmer, ITB :: (Symposium 6) The importance of regions to a more innovative development of the VET system in Germany based on recent research and practises is examined.
• Symposium 6: Policy Research in VET

Dillon, Brian

Researching complexity - what are the variables in evaluating e-learning by Brian Dillon, Nexus, Ireland :: (Symposium 3) The Leonardo Eval3 project developed a new taxonomy for evaluating e-learning.

Elferink, Raymond

Organisation and Management Issues, Sustainability and Support and Infrastructural needs for OSS. by Raymond Elferink, Raycom, Netherlands :: (Symposium 2) Open Source Software (OSS) and Open Content (OC) bring with it a whole new range of organisational and management issues for both users and software developers.

Evans, Karen

Facilitating learning success and contributing to social inclusion through recognition and self-evaluation of personal competencies: lessons from UK.

Figueira, Eduardo

Participation in CVT in Portugal and Spain by Prof Eduardo Figueira, Prof Florentino Blázquez and Dr. Manuel Lucero :: (Symposium 1) The research analysed the factors associated with participation in continuing training activities of technicians employed in Agro-food industries and in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Portugal, and in the building industry and in ICT in Extremadura, Spain.

Gam, Suzette

Living with change by Suzette Gam & Dr. Hanna Shapira :: (Symposium 6) In June 2003 the Act on Vocational Education and Training was revised (legislation 448- June 2003- “Simplification and Flexibility”).

Gillen, Julia

Combining formal and non-formal learning as a challenge for the development of vocational training concepts in the ICT sector by Prof. Peter Dehnbostel and Ms Julia Gillen :: (Symposium 7) The paper is based on the work of three parallel projects that have studied the theme “combination of formal and non-formal learning” with a specific attention on the ICT sector and ICT-related occupations:

Grollmann, Philipp

• CVT in Bremen's ICT sector - Learning and Working between hype and reality
• Learning while working in the aerospace industry in England and Germany by Mr. Philipp Grollmann and Dr. Roland Tutschner, Germany, and Dr. Alan Brown, England :: (Symposium 1) This two country comparison will draw on data gathered within the English and the German studies within the aeronautics sector.

Heidegger, Gerald

• General socio-cultural conditions for Re-Integration initiatives
• Symposium 4 - Policies, Contexts, perspectives on the problem of social exclusion in Europe by Gerald Heidegger :: The task of re-integrating people at risk of dropping out of VET or the labour market has to be viewed from two viewpoints

Heikkinen, Anja

The trans-national reflection and development method (TRDM) in promotion of inclusive education by Anja Heikkinen, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Education :: (Symposium 4) Evaluation plays a crucial role in the attempts to develop European level criteria for reforms in education (e.g. Memorandum on LLL, Copenhagen declaration on vocational education).

Hoeve, Aimée

Learning routines in innovation processes by Aimée Hoeve & Loek Nieuwenhuis, Stoas Research, The Netherlands :: (Symposium 5) Based on a case study of an industrial bakery, this paper focuses on the relation between the innovation strategies of enterprises and learning activities on the shop floor within communities of practice.

Hughes, Jenny

New tools and instruments for the evaluation of e-learning by Jenny Hughes, CRED, UK :: (Symposium 3) This paper reviews some of the earlier tools and instruments that were available for the evaluation of e-learning and discusses their limitations and operational problems and the gap in the market which was the genesis of the Eval 3 project.Symposium 3 - "Explorations in the Evaluation of E-learning" by Jenny Hughes, CRED, UK :: The development of e-learning products and the provision of e-learning opportunities is the most rapidly expanding area of education and training.

Kämäräinen, Pekka

• Between professionalisation and flexibilisation - Reflections on the strategic implications of the theme ‘combining formal and non-formal learning' for the development of VET by Mr Pekka Kämäräinen :: (Symposium 7) The paper provides a bridging analysis that links the more specific contributions to the theme “combining formal and non-formal learning” (that focus on ICT-related occupations and on the ICT sector) to more general challenges on the development of VET systems.
• Symposium 7 - Combining formal and non-formal learning in ICT and in vocational education and training (VET) by Pekka Kamarainen :: In the recent years the emergence of ICT-related occupations has been experienced as a challenge for the development of vocational education and training (VET) and of higher education (HE).

Kaminioti, Olympia

Participation in training of technical workers in Greece by Dr Olympia Kaminioti and Prof Nikitas Patinotis, University of Patras, Greece :: (Symposium 1) While participation in education has received considerable attention in research in Greece, training participation has not been studied extensively.

Kersh, Natasha

Facilitating learning success and contributing to social inclusion through recognition and self-evaluation of personal competencies: lessons from UK.

Krüger, Karsten

Work process knowledge in a research network. Relations to theories in use and organizational learning by Karsten Krüger, Foundation CIREM, Barcelone, Spain :: (Symposium 5) Work process knowledge is constituted by experience as well by theoretical knowledge.

Lucero, Manuel

Participation in CVT in Portugal and Spain by Prof Eduardo Figueira, Prof Florentino Blázquez and Dr. Manuel Lucero :: (Symposium 1) The research analysed the factors associated with participation in continuing training activities of technicians employed in Agro-food industries and in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Portugal, and in the building industry and in ICT in Extremadura, Spain.

Niemeyer, Beatrix

Collaboration Across Professional Paradigms in Practice by Beatrix Niemeyer, University of Flensburg, biat Berufsbildungsinstitut Arbeit und Technik :: (Symposium 4) As a comparably young but still expanding field of educational practice re-integration schemes support disadvantaged young persons in their transition from school to vocational education and training in almost every European country.

Nieuwenhuis, Loek

• The evolution of VET institutions: a Dutch case by Dr. Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis & ir. Hester Smulders :: (Symposium 6) To change the VET-system each country has its own approach. To study the changes in VET it is important to have insight in the governance of change.
• Learning routines in innovation processes by Aimée Hoeve & Loek Nieuwenhuis, Stoas Research, The Netherlands :: (Symposium 5) Based on a case study of an industrial bakery, this paper focuses on the relation between the innovation strategies of enterprises and learning activities on the shop floor within communities of practice.

Pationiotis, Nikitas

• Participation in training of technical workers in Greece by Dr Olympia Kaminioti and Prof Nikitas Patinotis, University of Patras, Greece :: (Symposium 1) While participation in education has received considerable attention in research in Greece, training participation has not been studied extensively.
• From the creation to the success and from there to the abolition. by Prof. Nikitas Pationiotis, University of Patras :: (Symposium 6) The decade of 1980 was marked in Greece by a great political breakthrough.

Petersen, Wiebke

The relation of the “TRDM“ and criteria for situated learning in „Learning Communities Centred on practice” (LCPs) by Wiebke Petersen, University of Flensburg, biat Berufsbildungsinstitut Arbeit und Technik :: (Symposium 4) The Transnational Reflection and Development Method (TRDM) encompasses a whole range of aspects which practioners should reflect upon in order to further develop their courses on the meso, macro and micro level.

Pilv, Mikhel

Open Content: a new model for curriculum and content development in education and training? by Mikhel Pilv, MIKSIKE, Estonia :: (Symposium 2) Education around the globe is undergoing dramatic changes - from "schoolhouse based" models to various forms of "network based" education.

Rogalski, Janine

The place and role of singularity in the analysis and development of work process knowledge: Incident and episodic knowledge in individual, collective and organizational learning by Janine Rogalski, Laboratoire Cognition et Acivités Finalisées, CNRS, Université Paris 8, France :: (Symposium 5) After reviewing the relationship between operators' competence and work process knowledge (Rogalski, 2003), incidents are presented as occurrences of types of professional situation.

Rubens, Wilfried

The evaluation of e-learning - what can we learn from the existing literature and research by Wilfried Rubens, University of Utrecht, Netherlands :: (Symposium 3) The Leonardo Eval3 project undertook an initial analysis of web-based literature of American, European and Australian e-learning evaluation reports in English, French and German.

Scheuermann, Friedrich

New models for the evaluation of e-learning by Friedrich Scheuermann, - Institut für Zukunftsforschung, Austria :: (Symposium 3) Present models for the evaluation of e-learning suffer from being over simplistic and from - consciously or unconsciously - editing out many of the variables.

Shapira, Hanna

Living with change by Suzette Gam & Dr. Hanna Shapira :: (Symposium 6) In June 2003 the Act on Vocational Education and Training was revised (legislation 448- June 2003- “Simplification and Flexibility”).

Smulders, Hester

The evolution of VET institutions: a Dutch case by Dr. Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis & ir. Hester Smulders :: (Symposium 6) To change the VET-system each country has its own approach. To study the changes in VET it is important to have insight in the governance of change.

Toedt, Alexandra

Assessing the quality of Open Source Software - issues and analysis. by Alexandra Toedt, University of Koeln, Germany :: (Symposium 2) The European JOIN Project provide consultancy and support for organizations / institutions that want to employ open source Learning Management Systems.

Tomassini, Massimo

Learning at work in the radio, TV and software production sectors in Rome by Dr Massimo Tomassini, ISFOL, Rome, Italy :: (Symposium 1) Evidence collected in the Radio, TV and software production sectors show how deep is the divide between the continuous learning needed in fast changing productive processes and most of the formal education and training interventions available from institutions.

Tutschner, Roland

• CVT in Bremen's ICT sector - Learning and Working between hype and reality
• Learning while working in the aerospace industry in England and Germany by Mr. Philipp Grollmann and Dr. Roland Tutschner, Germany, and Dr. Alan Brown, England :: (Symposium 1) This two country comparison will draw on data gathered within the English and the German studies within the aeronautics sector.