Journal of European Industrial Training articles from June 1997

Journal of European Industrial Training archives from June 1997

Is Europe embracing the "interactive age'?
June 1, 1997... Introduction Much of the previous literature discusses the notion of multimedia and the developments of the Internet within the context of the Information Age and the Communication Age. This article will primarily focus on the...

The many meanings of occupational competence and qualification.
June 1, 1997... Introduction Ongoing and predicted changes in working life related to, among other things, new product and process technologies, shortening product life cycles, changing production concepts and strategies of rationalization are widely...

New roles for vocational education and training teachers and trainers in Europe: a new framework for their education.
June 1, 1997... Traditionally vocational education and training (VET) has never been seen as a profession in itself, like, for instance doctors or general school teachers. At a research level VET has been the preserve of a variety of different disciplines -...

The development of vocational education policy in Greece: a critical approach.
June 1, 1997... Introduction Vocational education and training (VET) has been widely applied in industrially developed countries as a most valuable tool in order to equip the labour force with new skills demanded by the market, to counter unemployment,...

New possibilities for the professionalization of UK VET professionals.(vocational education and training)
June 1, 1997... Introduction and aims of the paper Vocational education and training (VET) in the UK and the state of training provision for VET teachers and trainers is at a crossroads. VET in the UK has a legacy from the nineteenth century of...

Vocational education as a "life-project"? Reflections from the case of Finland.
June 1, 1997... A European VET profession - or many? The differences in European vocational education and training systems and principles can be characterized in various ways. Typically the systems are classified into school-model, market-model,...

The Spanish VET system at the turn of the century: modernization and reform.(vocational education and training)
June 1, 1997... Introduction The Spanish vocational education and training system has undergone profound transformations over the past few years. After the first Programa Nacional de Formacion Profesional (National Programme for Vocational Education and...

Regional development and the tasks of vocational education and training professionals.
June 1, 1997... Introduction The EC EUROPROF project has been exploring the possibilities for international cooperation in the delivery of new programmes for VET professionals. While it is considered difficult, and perhaps undesirable to develop a...

The social shaping of work and technology as a guideline for vocational education and training.
June 1, 1997... Introduction The task of improving vocational education and training (VET), especially has come up in all countries around the world (Beynon and Mackay, 1992; Layton, 1992). There are, and should be, of course, different solutions to...

Roles, competences and outputs of HRD practitioners - a comparative study in four European countries.
June 1, 1997... Professionalization of HRD practitioners The human resource development (HRD) profession is relatively young and has not reached maturity yet. In general, four stages can be distinguished in the development process of a profession...