Special IJRVET Issue about “Vocational Didactics” published

On By Michael GesslerIn Journal

International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training Table of Content Vocational Didactics: Core Assumptions and Approaches from Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain and Sweden 15. December 2015 13:26 The design of vocational didactics has to meet special requirements. Six core assumptions are identified: outcome orientation, cultural-historical embedding, horizontal structure, vertical structure, temporal structure, and the …

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Skills Panorama: What skills will it need tomorrow?

On By Michael GesslerIn CEDEFOP, European Commission

"What Sills does Europa´s workforce have today? What skills will it need tomorrow? How different are the labour markets in the EU 28 member states? How are technology, demography and the green economy changing jobs and what we need to learn?" James Calleya (Director of CEDEFOP) The Skills Panorama website is now online. It aims …

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Proposal submission open: International Conference on Competence Theory, Research and Practice

On By Michael GesslerIn Conference

Location: Wageningen University, the Netherlands Time: 19 - 21 October, 2016 Schedule: Proposal submission open: December 1, 2015 Conference registration open: January 1, 2016 Proposal submission closes: March 21, 2016 Decision of proposal acceptation/rejection: May 31, 2016 Early bird registration closes: June 30, 2016 Registration closes: October 1, 2016 Scope: The field of competence studies …

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ECER 2016: Submission time started

On By Michael GesslerIn Conference

The submission time for the ECER 2016 from 22-23 August 2016 (Emerging Researchers´ Conference) and 23-26 August 2016 (Main Conference) in Dublin has started and will end on 15 January 2016. Information about the different formats (Paper Presentation, Round Table, Symposia, Poster, Workshop, Panel Discussion) are available here. Online Submissions und registration: http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-2016-dublin/submissions-registration/ VETNET celebrates in Dublin its …

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First Meeting in Brussels

On By Michael GesslerIn European Commission

On 29th of october a first meeting took place in Brussels between representatives of VETNET (M. Gessler & M. Mulder) and the acting head (J. Santos) as well as the team leaders (Mantas Sekmokas, Norbert Schoebel, Paul Holdsworth and Carlo Scatoli) of the Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Unit Vocational Training and Adult …

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IJRVET: UNESCO and CEDEFOP

On By Michael GesslerIn Journal

The International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) is now included in the Database of CEDEFOP European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (here) and today we got also a notification from the United Nations Educational, Sientific and Cultural Organization that IJRVET will be included in the Database of UNESCO, called UNESDOC. Both …

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WERA Focal Meeting: April 8-12, 2016 in Washington

On By Michael GesslerIn Conference, WERA

The 2016 WERA Focal Meeting is being held as an integral part of the Centennial meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The meeting will take place on April 8-12, 2016 in Washington, DC. The AERA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research. It is a showcase …

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