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Download full textWibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2020
Recent vocational education and training (VET) reforms in many countries have focused on reducing the number of VET qualifications available and restructuring qualifications so that they better meet the needs of working life. This literature review provides examples of how VET qualifications have been rationalised in various countries and briefly…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Qualifications, Occupational Clusters, Foreign Countries
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Direct linkVirolainen, M.; Persson Thunqvist, D. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
The Nordic countries are often referred to as a group even though their education systems and training models are very different. The aim of this study is to advance understanding of those differences and compare the developments and organisation of initial vocational education and training (IVET) in Finland and Sweden since the 1990s as examples…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Development, Comparative Analysis
Raiha, Teija; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Enkenberg, Jorma; Turunen, Hannele – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the views of school staff on a nutrition health project implemented via an ICT-based learning environment in a secondary school (7th to 9th grades). Design/methodology/approach: The study was a part of the wider European Network for Health Promoting Schools programme (ENHPS; since 2008, Schools…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Secondary Schools, Health Education, Health Activities
Sahlberg, Pasi – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2011
The present article discusses the role and impact of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Finland. PISA has created a new geography of education policies and reforms by shifting global interest away from Anglo-Saxon education systems to Asian countries, as well as to Finland and Canada in the West. The article describes how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Educational Change, Annual Reports
DeVillar, Robert A., Ed.; Jiang, Binbin, Ed.; Cummins, Jim, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
This research-based volume presents a substantive, panoramic view of ways in which Australia and countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America engage in educational programs and practices to transform the learning processes and outcomes of their students. It reveals and analyzes national and global trajectories in key areas of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Global Approach, Learning Processes
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
For decades Japan has remained at or near the top of international assessments of student learning; and in the past decade, students in Japan have become more engaged in learning. However, the government aspires to improve learning outcomes even further. "Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Comparative Education, Educational Testing
