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Improving the connection between schools and work: new approaches in Sweden and Germany

The DfES [Department for Education and Skills] consultation document Success for All [indexed at TD/TNC 72.207] rep ... Show more
The DfES [Department for Education and Skills] consultation document Success for All [indexed at TD/TNC 72.207] represents the government's attempt to initiate a wide-ranging reform process in further education and training. Two of the main aims of this process are to offer '...14-19 learners greater choice and higher standards with academic and vocational programmes’ and to offer '...employers much more productive engagement with a transformed and responsive network of providers committed to meeting regional and sub-regional skill needs' (DfES, 2002, p. 10). Despite a consultation process on the document and the continuation of the government's relentless review and restructuring agenda, there seems to be precious little evidence for both, a significant improvement of qualification structures and an increasing involvement of employers in school-based training provisions in particular. Therefore, this paper outlines two reforms of school-based training in Germany and Sweden that seem to fulfil both aims quoted above.
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Authors: Ertl, Hubert

Corporate authors: Oxford & Warwick Universities. ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)

Date: 2004

Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany; Sweden ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: SKOPE issues paper

Subjects: Qualifications; Providers of education and training; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Work-based learning: towards embedded processes and inclusive approach

Context: The context for this paper is strongly underpinned by the significance of the integration of education and ... Show more
Context: The context for this paper is strongly underpinned by the significance of the integration of education and the world of work, which has been recognised as a key issue for policy, practice and research across Europe and beyond.
Approach: The four interrelated symposium papers focus on the complexities of work-based learning and explore its different configurations. The potential of a social ecological approach for exploring the relationships between work and learning will be considered. The papers will further draw on perspectives from three European countries: Germany, Latvia and the UK.
Findings: Through these three cross-national case studies, the context of the workplace has been considered as a crucial indicator of different dimensions of work-related learning. The papers identify some influential interdependent and embedded processes involved, such as the consolidation of theory and practice, digitalisation, personalised workplace learning patterns and crossing boundaries between different sectors, approaches and learning routes such as work-based and Higher Education. In these processes, the central place of agency of the learning individual, needs to be taken into account, and the social ecological approach provides a useful framework to capture the interdependent, relational and contextually embedded developments involved.
Conclusion: Through these three case studies, this paper aims to facilitate cross-national discussion of the complex nature and changing demands of contemporary work-based learning, particularly highlighting the significance of its inclusive perspective and embedded approaches.
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Authors: Kersh, Natasha; Laczik, Andrea; Evans, Karen; Emms, Kat ... [+] Show more

Conference name: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: Germany; Latvia; Great Britain ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Conference paper

Subjects: Higher education; Industry; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more

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Improving the connection between schools and work: new approaches in Sweden and Germany

Work-based learning: towards embedded processes and inclusive approach