Difficulties in recognising vocational skills and qualifications across Europe

TY - JOUR

T1 - Difficulties in recognising vocational skills and qualifications across Europe

AU - Brockmann, Michaela

AU - Clarke, Linda

AU - Winch, Christopher

PY - 2009/3/20

Y1 - 2009/3/20

N2 - The development of the European Qualification Framework (EQF) as a means of assessing the relative status of qualifications across the EU is described, together with its fundamental design characteristics, particularly the adoption of a ‘learning outcomes’ approach. Ways in which it may be implemented, and possible difficulties in this, are explored through a discussion of Zones of Mutual Trust (ZMTs). Convergence and divergence between the Vocational education and training (VET) and qualification systems of selected occupations in England, Germany, France and the Netherlands are highlighted, and their implications for establishing and regulating cross-national equivalence of qualifications, including through the EQF, are explored.

AB - The development of the European Qualification Framework (EQF) as a means of assessing the relative status of qualifications across the EU is described, together with its fundamental design characteristics, particularly the adoption of a ‘learning outcomes’ approach. Ways in which it may be implemented, and possible difficulties in this, are explored through a discussion of Zones of Mutual Trust (ZMTs). Convergence and divergence between the Vocational education and training (VET) and qualification systems of selected occupations in England, Germany, France and the Netherlands are highlighted, and their implications for establishing and regulating cross-national equivalence of qualifications, including through the EQF, are explored.

U2 - 10.1080/09695940802704153

DO - 10.1080/09695940802704153

M3 - Article

VL - 16

SP - 97

EP - 109

JO - ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION

JF - ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION

IS - 1

ER -