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Meghan Rens; Epke Vogel; Daniëlla van Uden; Willem Kleinendorst – European Training Foundation, 2023
The past years have witnessed a growing trend in applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET), which refers to investigative activities and services conducted by VET organisations which have a strong practical focus on solving real-life problems. Insights from applied research can be used to develop or improve products and services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Research, Program Evaluation
Frankowski, Andrea; van der Steen, Martijn; Bressers, Daphne; Schulz, Martin; Shewbridge, Claire; Fuster, Marc; Rouw, Rien – OECD Publishing, 2018
Prepared for a Strategic Education Governance learning seminar, this working paper analyses the ways in which the Dutch government tried to reach overarching goals in education, in a system characterised by a high degree of distributed autonomy of education institutions and the participation of multiple actors, and consequently a government highly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement
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Le Deist, Francoise; Tutlys, Vidmantas – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to explore structural and systemic influences in the development of competence models and qualifications systems at sectoral and national levels across Europe, considering the influences of different socio-economic models of skill formation on the processes of design and provision of qualifications.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Meta Analysis, Competence
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Akkermans, Jaap; Plomp, Tjeerd – European Journal of Education, 1982
Review of Dutch educational developments in information technology and related policy highlights present practice with computers in general and lower vocational education, middle vocational education, higher professional education, universities, and teacher training. An advisory committee, Centre for Education and Information Technology, and a…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Netherlands Ministry of Education and Sciences, The Hague. – 1976
The Netherlands has two different types of higher education: university courses that take 6 to 9 years and higher vocational courses that take from 3 to 4 years. The flow of students into universities and higher vocational institutions is so great and the demand for education so varied that a new system of higher education is needed. A proposal is…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Kearns, Peter; Papadopoulos, George – 2000
This study of policies, strategies, and practices designed to create a learning and training culture focuses on Britain, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United States. Part I provides an overview of key contextual changes influencing development of policy for building a learning culture in the countries; sets out the approach adopted…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration
Ni Cheallaigh, Martina, Ed.; Doets, Cees, Ed.; Hake, Barry J., Ed.; Westerhuis, Anneke, Ed. – 2002
A study was conducted to assess the extent to which lifelong learning strategies are being implemented in vocational education and training (VET) in the Netherlands. Lifelong learning was examined from these three perspectives: (1) the policy formation process of lifelong learning, including developing policy instruments and specific measures by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum, Developed Nations
Papadaki-Klavdianou, A.; Menkisoglou-Spiroudi, O.; Tsakiridou, E. – 2003
This book examines existing European environmental education and agricultural practices friendly to the environment. Focus is on studies conducted in five countries Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain--that aimed to define new knowledge qualifications related to environmental issues in producing alternative agricultural products…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations