Assessment and certification of vocational qualifications.

Autor/in	Bertrand, Olivier
Titel	Assessment and certification of vocational qualifications.
Quelle	Aus: Grootings, Peter (Hrsg.): From pilot schools to reform strategy. Outcomes of the Phare programme reform of vocational education and training. Prague: Fragment (1997) S. 27-48Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Arbeitsmarkt; Qualifikation; Zertifikat; Internationaler Vergleich; Bewertung; Qualität; Deutschland; Frankreich; Großbritannien; Mitteleuropa
Abstract	Concerning vocational education and training, assessment refers to objectives which have an educational and an economic dimension. Certification is the formal (or institutional) result of assessment. - Firstly, the author raises several basic questions: What is the role of certification? Certification for whom - the target population? What should be assessed? Who is in charge? How to proceed with assessment? The second part presents three Western European approaches: 1. Predominance of state certification in a school-based system (France); 2. The predominant role of social partners in assessment and certification of a dual training system (Germany); 3. The competency-based approach of assessment (England). Part 3 deals with issues raised by the transition period in Central Europe. Part 4 is dedicated to critical evaluation of the various approaches. In this context the author discusses labour market demands, its evolution and meaning in various contexts, what institutional problems are raised by the implementation of a system of assessment and certification, and what the role of the various "actors" in such a system is. Finally he draws up a comparative evaluation of advantages, limits and problems, accruing to the implementation of three kinds of approaches. The discussion is focused on the model for competency- based standards initially tested in England. (DIPF/St.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2001_(CD)