Adaptation of vocational curricula for industrial business clerks from Germany to the Russian Federation

This study was prepared as part of a UNESCO program to facilitate the documentation of the processes of international transfer and adaptation of existing curricula. The study describes the Yaroslavl Project which is one of a series of projects of cooperation in modern business training based on an agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Germany. The cooperation included the creation, approbation and correlation of the German curricula and the production of study materials applicable to Russian conditions. The background to the initial situation and the decision to train industrial business clerks is detailed. The main body of the study describes the general background and aims of the project, the joint work on the curricula and the adaptation of the German curricula to the State Standard of Russia. The conclusion discusses the successful outcomes of the experiment and the implications for the future use of the curricula. The appendices provide further detail on the structure of vocational education in Russia, a description of the qualification for which the curricula were developed, a comparative analysis of the German and Russian curricula and the syllabi resulting from the joint development process.

This study was prepared as part of a UNESCO program to facilitate the documentation of the processes of international transfer and adaptation of existing curricula. The study describes the Yaroslavl Project which is one of a series of projects of cooperation in modern business training based on an agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Germany. The cooperation included the creation, approbation and correlation of the German curricula and the production of study materials applicable to Russian conditions. The background to the initial ...  [+] Show more