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Thursday, 20 January 2011
08.30-9.30	Registration
09.30-10.00	Welcome and introductory speech Irene Psifidou, Cedefop
10.00 –11.00	Curricula between policies and practices: the international perspective CHAIR: Irene Psifidou, Cedefop Tapio Säävälä, DG Education and Culture, European Commission Renato Opertti, IBE-UNESCO David Istance, OECD
11.00-11.30	*Tea/Coffee break*
11.30-13.00	Highlights on outcome-oriented curriculum reforms: country examples CHAIR: Slava Pevec Grm, Cedefop DISCUSSANT: Amanda Watkins, European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education Sirkka-Liisa Kärki, Finnish National Board of Education, Finland Klara Skubic Ermenc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Ilya Zitter, Centre for Expertise in Vocational Education and Training, The Netherlands Manuela Bonacci, ISFOL, Italy Alexis Kokkos, Hellenic Open University, Greece
13:00-14:30	Lunch break at the MET hotel
14.30-18.00 Including: Coffee break 16.00-16.15	Implications of learnig outcome approaches WORLD CAFÉ ANIMATEUR: Loukas Zahilas, Cedefop Guidelines for World Café Questions for Working Sessions Conceptual basis for debates
	Working session 1: Implications for written curricula
	HOST: Jonathan Winterton, Toulouse Business School, France RAPPORTEUR: Jenne van der Velde, Institute for Curriculum Development, the Netherlands “Traveller experts” will discuss strengths and weaknesses of an outcome–oriented curriculum, and those features/characteristics that outcome-oriented curricula present.
	Working session 2: Implications for taught curricula
	HOST: Prue Huddleston, University of Warwick, United Kingdom RAPPORTEUR: Rocio Lardinois, Cedefop “Traveller experts” will discuss to what degree do current outcome-oriented curricula and existing education and training systems encourage pedagogies and practices that promote learner-centeredness and inclusiveness.
	Working session 3: Implications for learners' assessment
	HOST: Tapio Säävälä, DG Education and Culture, European Commission RAPPORTEUR: Julian Stanley, University of Warwick, United Kingdom “Traveller experts” will discuss in what ways, if any, the development of outcome-oriented approaches has brought about changes in assessment design and practice and the strengths and weaknesses of these changes.
	Working session 4: Implications for learners
	HOST: Juan Manuel Moreno, World Bank RAPPORTEUR: Andrew McCoshan, University of Warwick, United Kingdom “Traveller experts” will discuss existing evidence on the benefits outcome-oriented curricula may have on learners' educational and professional performance, and what still remains to be done to enable learners to benefit from outcome-oriented approaches.
20:00	Dinner in the city centre

Friday, 21 January 2011
09.30-10.30	Key messages from World Café sessions CHAIR: Irene Psifidou, Cedefop Working session 1: Jenne van der Velde, Institute for Curriculum Development, the Netherlands Working session 2: Rocio Lardinois, Cedefop Working session 3: Julian Stanley, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Working session 4: Andrew McCoshan, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
10.30-11.30	Critical insights into curriculum policies and practices: Reflections from researchers Michael Young, University of London, United Kingdom Xavier Roegiers, Université de Louvain, Belgium
11.30-11.45	*Tea/Coffee break*
11.45-12.45	*PANEL DISCUSSION* *Putting the views together – A curriculum for all learners* *MODERATOR:* Renato Opertti, IBE-UNESCO Alejandro Tiana, Organisation of Iberoamerican States for Education, Science and Culture Kenneth King, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Gerald Thiel, Dekra Academy, Germany
12.45-13.00	Concluding speech: the way forward Mara Brugia, Head of Area, Cedefop
13.00	End of the workshop

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