14 August 2023

Research report on the impact of vali­da­ti­on of trans­ver­sal com­pe­ten­ces published

Read now the final report on the accompanying scientific research in the TRANSVAL-EU project on the validation of transversal competences, which is coming to an end.

In the course of the TRANSVAL-EU project, inno­va­ti­ve approa­ches to the vali­da­ti­on of trans­ver­sal com­pe­ten­ces acquired through non-formal and informal learning were tested in five pilot tests in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Lithuania and Poland. In these field trials, vali­da­ti­on and guidance prac­ti­tio­ners were trained in order to improve vali­da­ti­on and guidance processes with regard to trans­ver­sal com­pe­ten­ces. What was learned was then applied in practice. This was accom­pa­nied by a sci­en­ti­fic eva­lua­ti­on of the field trials, which analysed the expe­ri­en­ces of 78 prac­ti­tio­ners and 256 vali­da­ti­on can­di­da­tes. The results show that a signi­fi­cant pro­por­ti­on of both groups expe­ri­en­ced an increase in their com­pe­ten­ces. A number of acti­vi­ties within the TRANSVAL-EU project have con­tri­bu­ted to this, including trans­na­tio­nal and national trainings, the provision and trans­la­ti­on of specific training materials, tools and methods, and the work in the field trials.

The main authors of the accom­pany­ing research report are Maurice de Greef (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Julia Fellinger and Mariya Dzhengozova (both 3s).

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