Vocational Education and Training Institutions
Vocational Education and Training Institutions

Author: Vladimir Gasskov

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9789221171041

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Effective public governance and management continue to be key to the vocational education and training (VET) sector. This Handbook and CD-ROM suggests that the VET institutions' responsiveness to market demand and their ability to operate flexibly and cost-efficiently are strongly determined by the degree of their management, financial and academic autonomy, as well as by the competence of their staff. Based on experiences in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the Handbook is not country specific but provides general approaches to the management of VET institutions. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM that provides summaries of national management practices in the VET sector and of national policies, reports and legal documents, as well as real-life management instruments applied by VET institutions. The Handbook consists of 11 modules with 43 learning units, while the CD-ROM provides access to more than 400 documents. The Handbook and CD-ROM are intended as self-learning materials for VET managers, as resource material for management development programmes in the VET sector and as an outline for performance review of VET institutions.

Improving Quality Assurance in European Vocational Education and Training
Improving Quality Assurance in European Vocational Education and Training

Author: Adrie J. Visscher

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-04-29

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1402095279

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Many resources are invested in the development and introduction of Quality Assurance Systems in educational institutions all over the world. Our assumption is that, as a result of quality assurance activities, practitioners obtain information about their own functioning and institutional performance which is new and valuable to them and which therefore will form a basis for them to improve performance. This assumption proves to be naïve; too often performance feedback is under-utilized, and evaluations become void, legitimizing rites instead of a basis for organizational learning and the improvement of institutions. The aim of this book was to find out when educational institutions do transform Quality Assurance data into actions to improve performance, and how the use of such data can be promoted. This volume reports on the study of Quality Assurance structures and activities in 36 educational institutes in 6 European Countries and presents guidelines for Quality Assurance.

Assuring the Quality of VET Systems by Defining Expected Outcomes
Assuring the Quality of VET Systems by Defining Expected Outcomes

Author: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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Recoge: 1. The study - 2. Standards and targets - 3. Actors involved in setting targets and standards - 4. Strengths and weaknesses - 5. Trends in setting targets and output/outcome standards - 6. Challenges for implementation - 7. Synthesis and suggestions for future progress.

Quality Issues and Trends in Vocational Education and Training in Europe
Quality Issues and Trends in Vocational Education and Training in Europe

Author: Wouter van den Berghe

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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Recoge: 1. Quality concepts and their application to vocational education and training - 2. Quality assurance and control systems in vocational education and training - 3. Quality systems in European vocational training - 4. Vocational training quality issues in Europe - 5. Conclusions and recommendations for further research.

Supporting Quality in Vocational Training Through Networking
Supporting Quality in Vocational Training Through Networking

Author: Erwin Seyfried

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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Recoge: 1.Introduction - 2.Research approach and methods - 3.The networks on quality - 4.Quality through networking-an analysis of the case studies - 5.Conclusions and recommendations - 6 References - 7.Authors of the case studies - 8.Tables - 9.Illustrations.