Development and Interpretation of Descriptors of the European Qualifications Framework

Autor/inn/en	Markowitsch, Jorg; Luomi-Messerer, Karin
Titel	Development and Interpretation of Descriptors of the European Qualifications Framework
Quelle	In: European Journal of Vocational Training, 42 (2008) 3-, S.33-58 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1977-0219
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Guidelines; International Cooperation; Skill Development; Hermeneutics; Lifelong Learning; Outcomes of Education; Knowledge Level; Employment Qualifications; Policy Formation; Educational Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Richtlinien; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Hermeneutik; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Wissensbasis; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Politische Betätigung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) table, with descriptors for the reference levels, is by far the most comprehensively annotated table in Europe. Criticism of the table tends to misinterpret it, by looking at the EQF from only one perspective or, at most, two. In this article, we set out to show that the EQF can be understood only if it is considered from at least three perspectives, namely a hierarchy of education systems, a hierarchy of occupational tasks and functions, and a hierarchy of skills acquisition. In addition to this synchronic view of the descriptors, their development will be analysed in detail, and the reasons for changes in them will be explained. Both the synchronic and diachronic perspectives show that it does not seem to be possible to establish a theoretical basis for the EQF, nor do we claim to achieve this. What we offer is, rather, a hermeneutic approach in order better to understand the meaning of the EQF table. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 15 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10