Workshop on pathways to voca­tio­nal excellence

The international workshop on 'The Future of VET in Europe: Pathways to vocational excellence', jointly organised by 3s, the BIBB and Cedefop, took place on the 8-9.9.2022 in Bonn.

The workshop brought together around 30 experts in the field of Vocational Education and Training from across Europe and beyond. Experts discussed findings from the project and iden­ti­fi­ed areas for future research. The event was part of the three-year project ‘The Future of VET’ which will be finalised by the end of 2023.

Read more about the event or check out the agenda and pre­sen­ta­ti­ons below:

• Strengthening and con­nec­ting VET research in Europe — Hubert Ertl (BIBB, DE)
• Major Trends in VET Curricula, Institutions and Assessment Practices in Europe: Key results from the Future of VET Project — Jens Bjørnåvold (Cedefop), Jörg Markowitsch, Monika Auzinger (3s, AT)
• Kerschensteiner vs. Dewey, Corporatism vs. Liberalism. What is driving the future of VET? — Philipp Gonon (University of Zurich, CH)

Session 1: Comparing VET systems and curricula

• Cedefop’s framework for comparing VET: Zooming in and out on assess­ment — Jörg Markowitsch & Karin Luomi-Messerer (3s, AT)
• Classifying Knowledge in the voca­tio­nal cur­ri­cu­lum: epi­ste­mo­lo­gi­cal vs. pedago­gi­cal views — Philipp Grollmann (BIBB, DE)
• On pos­si­bi­li­ty of com­pa­ra­ti­ve cur­ri­cu­lum analysis — Jim Hordern (University of Bath, UK)
• From a descrip­ti­ve framework to a com­pre­hen­si­ve theory of com­pa­ra­ti­ve VET research — Lorenzo Bonoli (SFUVET, CH)
• Congruence or dis­crepan­cy of VET com­pe­tence profiles? A com­pa­ri­son of ESCO occu­pa­ti­on profiles with VET Curricula of four selected countries (Germany, Ireland, Poland & Latvia) — Hannelore Mottweiler & Isabelle Le Mouillour (BIBB, DE)

Session 2: Trends and Responsiveness – Changes in VET delivery

• Institutional changes in Europe’s VET provider landscape — Terence Hogarth (Warwick University, UK)
• Exploring insti­tu­tio­nal change and its impli­ca­ti­ons for German VET Centres — Nina-Madeleine Peitz (BIBB, DE)
• The changing role of general studies and Civic education in Nordic VET Curricula — Maarit Virolainen (University of Jyvaskyla, FI) & Per-Åke Rosvall (Umeå University, SE)
• Civic education in Swedisch VET curricula — Per-Åke Rosvall (Umeå University, SE)
• Systematic moni­to­ring of skill requi­re­ments for the design of voca­tio­nal training — Inga Schad-Dankwart (BIBB, DE)

Session 3: The changing world of work and the future role of VET/CVET

• Delivering Lifelong Learning: the changing rela­ti­on­ship between IVET and CVET — Simon Broek (Ockham IPS, NL)
• Meeting emerging skill needs in the European Steel Industry — Luca Antonazzo (Prague University of Economics and Business, CZ)
• Learning across work-life research — Stephen Billett (Griffith University, AUS)
• Maintenance of skills for non-routine acti­vi­ties in digital work envi­ron­ments — Studies based on the pro­fes­si­ons Chemist and Pharmacist — Stephanie Conein (BIBB, DE)