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Learning outcomes and qualifications

Through a number of comparative studies and analysis, Cedefop aims at deepening the understanding of qualifications in Europe. All studies and analysis take into account the shift to learning outcomes and reflect the key elements in the definition of qualifications, for example educational and occupational standards, validation, curriculum development, assessment and the processes involved in awarding and recognising qualifications. The studies’ outcomes feed directly and support systematically policy developments at EU, national and sectoral level. [more]

Contact Details: Loukas ZAHILAS

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Understanding qualifications

News

: Eurydice report: Entrepreneurship Education at School in Europe (17/04/2012) new
: Using learning outcomes (06/12/2011)

: Press release - The involvement of employers and trade unions is crucial to achieve an open labour market that values all forms of learning (28/11/2011); The common European tools for education and training - such as Europass, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and the European credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET) - will make it easier for citizens to pursue learning throughout their lives, and to document their skills and knowledge in a form which is recognised by employers and the labour market across Europe.
: Council Resolution on youth work (30/11/2010)
: ELLI - European lifelong learning indicators: making lifelong learning tangible! (29/09/2010)
: Learning outcomes: varied approaches, but a common direction (23/08/2010); Cedefop’s recent research paper, Learning outcomes approaches in VET curricula, examines how these approaches are used in curriculum development in nine European countries: Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia Spain, and the UK (Scotland).
: Learning outcomes approaches in VET curricula (20/08/2010); A comparative analysis of nine European countries
: Continuity in research: from the Journal to research papers (03/08/2010); The latest in Cedefop’s series of research papers, Learning outcomes approaches to VET curricula, compares the use of learning outcomes in nine European countries: how the new approaches are being reflected in the content and structure of new curricula and what the implications are for teaching and assessment methods and learning environments.
: Workshop outcomes: Testing the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) – 2nd test and pilot projects workshop, Brussels 5-6 November 2009 (08/03/2010); The aim of this workshop was to build on the results of the 1st workshop (Thessaloniki 11‐12 November 2008) and continue the follow up and analysis of the EQF test and pilot projects.
: Workshop outcomes: International Workshop on Curriculum innovation and reform: policies and practices (21/01/2010)
: Changing qualifications: A review of qualifications policies and practices (10/01/2010); Qualifications fulfil many functions: they serve to signal an individual’s personal, social and professional status, but they also control access to education, training and the labour market. Moreover, these functions change in line with wider social changes. But how does this process take place?
: Commission Recommendation of 29 Octobers on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) (14/12/2009)
: Testing the European Qualifications Framework (EQF): Relating international, national and sectoral qualifications to the EQF (01/12/2008)
: National VET Systems (30/09/2007); Reports from Denmark, Estonia, Finland and Latvia
: VET-Bib (04/11/2005); Europe's largest VET bibliographic database