Overview

Flexibility seems to be the core concept of economic and educational change in our time. The promise of solutions to many problems at the individual, institutional and national level evokes as much controversy as acclaim. This might be related to the different perspectives of actors and researchers involved in problem-solving in Vocational Education and Training (VET), where, on the one hand, solutions should be sought in key qualifications and transferability, in changing teaching and learning processes, while, on the other, political, institutional, organizational and professional conditions are seen as the key interventions to build a responsive workforce on the basis of a re-engineered VET system. Consequently, flexibility in connection with vocational education and training and the labour market has several divergent connotations. In this volume, the contributors treat flexibility as a system characteristic of VET in analysing key conditions for flexibility - economic context of VET and the organizational and institutional design of VET; educational tools and resources for the flexibility of delivery and pathways at national level; and VET professionals as promoters of flexibility, mobility, and transferability. Systemic flexibility is seen as a promising educational answer to hyper-innovation and changing economic conditions in the emerging knowledge-based economy. Individuals, local communities and VET systems should be able to adapt effectively to changing conditions in society, work and labour markets.

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Author:   W.J. Nijhof ,  Anja Heikkinen ,  Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9781402011450

ISBN 10:   1402011458
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   31 January 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Shaping conditions for a flexible VET.- Institutional And Organisational Aspects Of Flexibility.- Vocational education and training in transition: From Fordism to a learning economy.- Learning organisations for VET.- Perspectives on institutional and organisational flexibility in VET.- Educational Tools and Resources for Flexibility.- Institutional responses to a flexible unified system.- Demand and supply of qualifications: systems’ change towards flexibility.- Developments in vocational education in Ireland.- From a unified to a flexible vocational system: the Hungarian transition case.- Design and effects of a flexible VET system: a case study in Dutch agricultural education.- Valuing learning outcomes acquired in non-formal settings.- Resources for flexibility: critical comments.- Professional Conditions.- Professionalism as a path for the reform of VET systems.- Transforming VET policies and professionalism: a view from Finland.- HRD as a professional career? Perspectives from Finland, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.- Challenges of supporting learning of newly qualified professionals in health care.- The practices of a new VET profession.

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