VETAlert - Cedefop
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VETAlert - Cedefop
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training VETAlert Just published on Vocational Education and Training – May 2011 The following publications have just been added to Cedefop’s bibliographic database VET-Bib. Most titles are available either at our Cedefop library or they are accessible electronically. Descriptors are taken from ETT - European Training Thesaurus. References from EU Member States, Norway and Iceland are provided by Refernet. If titles provided by ReferNet are not available online, a reference to the national Cedefop ReferNet partner is given. All hyperlinks were working at the time of production. Please report any broken links (see impressum). CEDEFOP PUBLICATIONS .................................... 1 Research papers ................................................. 1 Study visits .......................................................... 1 VET in Europe – country reports ....................... 1 EU PUBLICATIONS ............................................. 1 CEDEFOP THEMES.............................................. 2 Identifying skill needs......................................... 2 Understanding qualifications............................. 3 Analysing policy.................................................. 4 Developing lifelong learning .............................. 6 COUNTRY INDEX ................................................ 7 IMPRESSUM AND HOW TO SUBSCRIBE ................. 8 CEDEFOP PUBLICATIONS Research papers [online] The anatomy of the wider benefits of VET in the workplace / Cedefop. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2011. 147 p. (Cedefop research paper; 12). - ISBN 97892-896-0701-8 ISSN 1831-5860 Descriptors: training evaluation; cost benefit analysis; EU countries. Study visits [online] Study visits programme 2011/12: for education and vocational training specialists and decision-makers / Cedefop. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2011. 27 p. ISBN 978-92-896-0680-6 Descriptors: study tour; training abroad; Lifelong Learning Programme; lifelong learning; training personnel; education worker; EU countries; Turkey; Norway. ISSN 1831-6085 VET in Europe – country reports [online] Spain: VET in Europe: country report 2010 / Cedefop ReferNet Spain; Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal SPEE. Thessaloniki: Cedefop, 2010. 94 p. (VET in Europe – Country Reports; 2010). Descriptors: training system; training policy; initial training; continuing training; training of trainers; skill development; vocational guidance; recognition of learning outcomes; validation of learning outcomes; financing of training; Spain. For more Cedefop publications, please visit Cedefop’s webportal. EU PUBLICATIONS [online] Labour market fact sheet: April 2011 / European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Brussels: European Commission, 2011. 2 p. Descriptors: employment monitoring system; economic crisis; labour market; unemployment; youth unemployment; EU countries. [online] Progress towards the common European objectives in education and training (2010/2011) - Indicators and benchmarks: Commission Staff Working Document / European Commission. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2011. 174 p. (SEC; (2011) 526 final, 18.4.2011). Descriptors: training system; quality of training; education system; lifelong learning; key competences; higher education; statistics; economic crisis; EU countries. [online] Interim evaluation of the ‘Youth in Action’ Programme / European Commission. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2011. 13 p. (Documents COM; (2011) 220, 20.4.2011). Descriptors: youth policy; quality of training; school leaving; student mobility; skill shortage; higher education; economic crisis; EU countries. [online] Commission report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions / European Union. European Commission. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2011. 18 p. (SEC; (2011) 401, 25.03.2011). Descriptors: youth policy; quality of training; school leaving; student mobility; skill shortage; higher education; economic crisis; EU countries. [online] Handbook on Integration for policy-makers and practitioners / Niessen, Jan / European Commission, Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2010. 174 p. 3rd edition - ISBN 978-92-79-13511-8 Descriptors: migrant integration; immigration; mass media; citizenship; transition from school to work; EU countries. CEDEFOP THEMES Identifying skill needs [online] Skriftbruk i fordonsverkstaden: en studie av läs- och skrivstrategier i mötet med arbetslivets texter / Olofsson, Helén [Reading and writing in vehicle repair workshops.]. Stockholm: Stockholms Universitet, 2011. 118 p. - ISBN 978-91-979475-1-0 Descriptors: literacy; continuing education; special needs education; working life; vocational education; automobile industry; upper secondary education; Sweden. [online] Future of upper secondary schools for pupils with learning disabilities: summary. / -- In Den framtida gymnasiesärskolan: en likvärdig utbildning för ungdomar med utvecklingsstörning, p. 45-71. Stockholm: Fritzes, 2011. 26 p. (SOU; 2011:8). - ISBN 978-91-38-23527-0 ISSN 0375-250X Descriptors: upper secondary education; apprenticeship; vocational education; disadvantaged group; special needs education; adult learning; Sweden. [online] Community education: more than just a course: exploring the outcomes and impact of Department of Education and Skills funded community education / Ireland. Aontas.. Dublin: AONTAS, 2011. 224 p. Descriptors: adult learning; accreditation of training; disadvantaged group; local training initiative; valuing learning; valuing learning; Ireland. [online] På väg mot en ny utbildning?: ett regeringsuppdrag angående kiropraktor- och naprapatutbildningar / Sweden. Högskoleverket. [Towards a new programme? a government assignment concerning programmes in chiropractic and naprapathy.]. Stockholm: Högskoleverket, 2010. 42 p. (Högskoleverkets rapportserie; 2010:17 R). ISSN 1400-948X 2 ISSN 1831-6085 Descriptors: health worker; higher education; paramedical personnel; skill development; certification of learning outcomes; Denmark; Sweden. [online] Necessidades de Formação Profissional das Microempresas do Sector do Turismo 2010-2011 / Portugal. Observatório do Emprego e Formação Profissional - OEFP [Training Needs of the Micro Enterprises in the Tourism Sector 2010-2011]. Ponta Delgada: OEFP, 2010. 31 p. Descriptors: training needs; tourism; Azores; Portugal. [online] Leading and managing in recession: same or different skills? / Cox, A.; Learning and Skills Network. Brighton: IES, 2010. 104 p. (Learning and Skills Improvement Service report; LSIS 233). Descriptors: leadership; managerial skill; management training; economic crisis; skill shortage; public service personnel; United Kingdom. [online] Einheimische Arbeitskräfte gewinnen durch Zuwanderung / Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. [Migration benefits domestic workers]. Nuremberg: IAB, 2010. 8 p. (IAB-Kurzbericht; 26/2010). Descriptors: migrant worker; labour market; demography; labour statistics; level of qualification; migration; migrant integration; skill shortage; Germany. Cedefop ReferNet Portugal Dispositivo de Antecipação de Necessidades de Competências e de Capital Humano em Portugal / Carneiro, Roberto; Abecassis, Margarida [Device for the anticipation of skills needs and human capital in Portugal]. Lisboa: Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamanto, 2010. 193 p. (Coleção Cogitum; 38). - ISBN 978-972-704-367-5 Descriptors: human capital; training needs; qualification; occupational profile; statistical analysis; Portugal. [online] Teacher training in vocational education an inquiry by the Skills Commission. / Skills Commission. London: Skills Commission, 2009. 60 p. Descriptors: training of trainers; teacher training; training employment relationship; skill development; comparative analysis; United Kingdom; professional development. [online] Projecting the future numbers of migrant workers in the health and social care sectors in Ireland / Barrett, Alan; Rust, Anna. Dublin: ESRI, 2009. 34 p. (ESRI Working Paper; 275). Descriptors: migrant worker; health worker; social services worker; older person; skill shortage; Ireland. VETAlert May 2011 [online] Progression through apprenticeships: the final report of the skills commission's inquiry into apprenticeships. London: Skills Commission, 2009. 64 p. Descriptors: apprenticeship; apprentice; career planning; vocational education; educational development; United Kingdom; England; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland. [online] Policies and practices of highly skilled migration in times of the economic crisis / Cerna, Lucie. Geneva: ILO, 2009. 47 p. (International Migration Papers; No 99). ISBN 978-92-2-122850-9 Descriptors: migrant employment; economic crisis; migrant unemployment; highly skilled worker; immigration; Asia; Malaysia; Singapore; Australia; New Zealand; EU countries; Czech Republic; Ireland; United Kingdom; Middle East; North America; Canada; United States. Cedefop library EG M 5158 Knowing work: the social relations of working and knowing / Weil, Markus; Koski, Leena. Bern: Peter Lang, 2009. 252 p. (Studies in vocational and continuing education; 8). - ISBN 978-3-03911-642-3 Descriptors: vocational education; training employment relationship; knowledge; skill development; learning by doing; work based training; Europe; EU countries. [online] Estudo dos Impactes Previsíveis do Projecto de Fins Múltiplos do Alqueva na Configuração dos Recursos Humanos do Alentejo: relatório final [Study of expected impacts of the Multipurpose Alqueva Project on the Configuration of Human Resources System in the Alentejo]. Lisboa: OEFP, 2009. 102 p. - ISBN 978-989638-031-1 Descriptors: employment creation; labour market; training needs; human capital; Alentejo. [online] The changing L&D skillset / Fairhurst, Paul -- In TJ training journal, Sept 2009, pp. 30-34. London: Training Journal, 2009. Descriptors: training of trainers; learning; trend; skill development; United Kingdom; professional development; skill needs analysis. Cedefop library INT M 2986 Higher education and the world of work: conceptual frameworks, comparative perspectives, empirical findings / Teichler, Ulrich. Rotterdam: Sense Publications, 2008. 340 p. (Global perspectives on higher education; 16). - ISBN 978-90-8790-754-9 Descriptors: higher education; university enterprise relationship; graduate employment; labour market analysis; highly skilled worker; employment opportunity; career development; disadvantaged group; EU countries; developed countries; skill mismatch. ISSN 1831-6085 Understanding qualifications [online] Building a high-quality teaching profession: lessons from around the world: background report for the International Summit on the Teaching Profession. Paris: OECD, 2011. 70 p. Descriptors: teaching personnel; career choice; occupational profile; working conditions; comparative analysis; performance; teacher training; teacher role; career development; OECD countries; professional development. [online] Sjuksköterskors specialistutbildning: vilket slags examen / Sadurskis, Aija [Specialist nursing programmes - what kind of qualifications?]. Stockholm: Högskoleverket, 2010. 63 p. (Högskoleverkets rapportserie; 2010:5 R). ISSN 1400-948X Descriptors: nurse; health worker; higher education; skill development; Sweden. [online] Qualifizierungsmonitor: empiriegestütztes Monitoring zur Qualifizierungssituation in der deutschen Wirtschaft: Schlussbericht / Werner, Dirk [Training Monitor – empirically supported monitoring of the training situation of German trade and industry: Final Report]. Cologne: Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, 2010. 142 p. Descriptors: skill shortage; disadvantaged group; in company training; level of qualification; recruitment; training market; youth training; Germany; skill needs analysis. [online] The remit of the qualification requirements inquiry / Sweden. Regeringskansliet. -- In Kompetens och ansvar: betänkande av 2009 års Behörighetsutredning, p. 59-89. Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer, 2010. 30 p. (SOU; 2010:65). - ISBN 978-91-38-23445-7 ISSN 0375250X Descriptors: certification of learning outcomes; dentist; paramedical personnel; vocational qualification; training programme; health worker; nurse; social worker; Sweden. [online] Prüfungsteilnehmer und Prüfungsteilnehmerinnen sowie Berufsabschlüsse / Herget, Hermann [Examination candidates and vocational qualifications] -In Datenreport, p. 166-172. Bonn: BIBB, 2010. - ISBN 978-3-88-555-877-4 Descriptors: vocational qualification; examination; apprentice; regulated occupation; in company training; initial training; training statistics; continuing training; Germany. [online] Arbeitsqualität aus der Sicht von jungen Beschäftigten: Sonderauswertung des DGB-Index 3 Gute Arbeit 2009 / Sehrbrock, Ingrid [Work quality from the point of view of young employees – a special evaluation of the 2009 German Confederation of Trade Unions Good Work Index]. Berlin: DGB, 2010. 31 p. Descriptors: quality of working life; working conditions; career prospects; social partners; wage; work environment; young worker; Germany. [online] Abschlüsse akademischer und beruflicher Bildung im internationalen Vergleich / Müller, Normann [Academic and vocational training qualifications in international comparative terms] -- In Datenreport, p. 407-409. Bonn: BIBB, 2010. - ISBN 978-3-88555-877-4 Descriptors: higher education graduate; educational statistics; comparative analysis; certification of learning outcomes; tertiary sector; training standard; training statistics; vocational education; Germany. Cedefop library INT M 2989 Assessing the quality of educational research in higher education: international perspectives / Besley, Tina. Rotterdam: Sense Publications, 2009. 384 p. (Educational futures: rethinking theory and practice; 29). ISBN 978-90-8790-706-8 Descriptors: educational research; educational theory; higher education; quality management; research policy; evaluation; EU countries; Asia; Australia; United Kingdom. Analysing policy [online] What active labor market policy works in a recession? / Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter. Uppsala: IFAU, 2011. 39 p. (Working papers; 2011:2). ISSN 1651-1166 Descriptors: labour market; economic crisis; education; unemployment; Sweden. Cedefop library UK Z 10 VET teachers in Europe: policies, practices and challenges / Kumar Misra, Pradeep -- In Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Vol 63, No 1 (March 2011), p. 27-45. London: Routledge, 2011. Descriptors: training of trainers; vocational education; vocational training; trainer; comparative analysis; professionalism; continuing training; quality of training; EU countries; attractiveness of VET. [online] Programme for Government 2011-2016. Dublin: Stationery Office, 2011. 64 p. Descriptors: government policy; employment creation; employment policy; training policy; training institution; Ireland. 4 ISSN 1831-6085 [online] Migrant Integration Policy Index III / Huddleston, Thomas; Niessen, Jan; United Kingdom. British Council.. Brussels: British Council, 2011. 213 p. 3rd edition Descriptors: migrant integration; social policy; immigration; emigration; equal opportunities; migrant employment; labour mobility; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; EU countries; Switzerland; United States. [online] Länderbericht Schweden / Niller, Hans-Peter [Country report Sweden]. Bonn: BMBF, 2011. 64 p. rev. ed. (internationale.kooperation.de: Länderberichte; 08/2011). Descriptors: training system; education system; international cooperation; international relations; research policy; research programme; training policy; Germany; Sweden. [online] Länderbericht Finnland / Niller, Hans-Peter [Country report Finland]. Bonn: BMBF, 2011. 66 p. (internationale.kooperation.de: Länderberichte; 17/2011). Descriptors: training system; education system; international cooperation; international relations; research policy; research programme; training policy; Finland; Germany. [online] A common awards system for further education and training / Ireland. Further Education and Training Awards Council - FETAC. Dublin: FETAC, 2011. 8 p. Descriptors: awarding body; recognition of competences; continuing training; Ireland. [online] Zusatzqualifikationen deutlich erwünscht!: Wunsch und Realität aus Sicht der Auszubildenden / Stertz, Andrea; Gei, Julia [A clear desire for additional qualifications: wishes and reality from the point of view of trainees]. Bonn: BIBB, 2010. 8 p. Descriptors: dual system; career development; in company training; training legislation; training policy; trainees' attitude; qualification; Germany. Cedefop library EG M 5157 Wandlungen komplexer Bildungssysteme: Festschrift für Jürgen Wiechmann / Moning, Elke; Petersen, Jendrik [Transformations of complex educational systems.]. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010. 293 p. - ISBN 978-3-63160985-9 Descriptors: education system; educational reform; educational planning; EU countries; educational change. VETAlert May 2011 [online] Systemmonitoring / Engels, Ulrike; Hippach-Schneider, Ute; Germany.Error! Bookmark not defined. [system monitoring] -- In Datenreport, p. 410-411. Bonn: BIBB, 2010. - ISBN 978-3-88555-877-4 Descriptors: training system; Cedefop; comparative analysis; training policy; training research; EU countries; Germany. Cedefop ReferNet Sweden Setting things right?: Swedish upper secondary school reform in a 40-year perspective / Lundahl, Lisbeth; Lundström, Ulf -- In European journal of education, vol 45, no 1 (March 2010), p. 49-62. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2010. 13 p. ISSN 0141-8211 Descriptors: upper secondary education; apprenticeship; curriculum; educational reform; vocational education; Sweden. [online] Restructuring Swedish VET: a new qualified VET student in the making / Henning Loeb, Ingrid. Melbourne: Australian Association of Research on Education, 2010. (AARE, Australian Association of Research on Education; 2010). ISSN 2210-5328 Australian Association of Research on Education, Melbourne, 2010. Descriptors: training reform; apprenticeship; educational reform; upper secondary education; Denmark; Europe; Sweden. [online] Research shapes the future. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet, 2010. 43 p. Descriptors: research policy; career development; higher education; research and development; Sweden. [online] Moving recipients of social assistance from welfare to work: how can the Swedish system be improved?. -In Välfärdsstaten i arbete: inkomsttrygghet och omfördelning med incitament till arbete: bilaga 8-12 till Långtidsutredningen 2011, p.256-260. Stockholm: Fritzes, 2010. 5 p. (SOU; 2011:2). - ISBN 978-91-38-23508-9 ISSN 0375-250X Descriptors: unemployment benefit; labour market; police; social assistance; fight against unemployment; unemployment; Sweden. [online] Entwicklungstendenzen des deutschen Berufsbildungssystems und Folgerungen für die duale Ausbildung im Handwerk / Gerds, Peter [Development tendencies of the German vocational education and training system and consequences for dual training in the craft trades]. Bremen: ITB, 2010. 50 p. (ITBForschungsberichte; 48). ISSN 1831-6085 Descriptors: handicraft; training development; curriculum; dual system; in company training; training innovation; intercompany training; Germany. Cedefop library DE M 3348 Steuerung der beruflichen Bildung im internationalen Vergleich / Rauner, Felix; Bertelsmann Stiftung [International comparison of vocational training management]. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2009. 506 p. - ISBN 978-3-89204-998-2 Descriptors: training policy; dual system; quality management; comparative analysis; training system; training reform; initial training; Germany; Denmark; Austria; Switzerland. Cedefop library INT M 2985 Financing higher education: cost-sharing in international perspective / Johnstone, D. Bruce. Rotterdam: Sense Publications, 2009. 330 p. (Global perspectives on higher education; 3). - ISBN 978-90879001-5-1 Descriptors: financing of education; comparative analysis; higher education; cost of education; public finance; private finance; parents; student allowance; education system; access to education; government policy; disadvantaged group; EU countries; Asia; Africa; America. Cedefop library EG M 5152 Die Rolle der Gewerkschaften in der europäischen Sozialpolitik: was die Offene Methode der Koordinierung bedeutet / Weinert, Rainer [The role of trade unions in the European social policy: what is the meaning of the Open Method of Coordination]. Berlin: Edition Sigma, 2009. 168 p. - ISBN 978-3836086998 Descriptors: trade union role; social policy; EU countries. [online] Country education profile: Ireland / Ireland. National Qualifications Authority of Ireland - NQAI. Dublin: NQAI, 2009. 39 p. Descriptors: education system; accreditation of training; level of education; level of qualification; professional worker; quality management; Ireland. Cedefop ReferNet Portugal Qualidade do emprego e o sistema de subsídios de desemprego: o caso Português / Centeno, Mário; Novo, Álvaro [Quality of employment and the system of unemployment subsidy: Portuguese case] -- In Boletim Económico, Inverno, p. 45-57. Lisboa: Banco de Portugal, 2008. Descriptors: job search; unemployment duration; labour market; Portugal. [online] Encouraging Diversity – Strengthening Cohesion: Integration Policy in Berlin 2007–2011 / Der Beauftragte des Senats von Berlin für Integration und Migration. Berlin: 5 The Commissioner for Integration and Migration of the Senate of Berlin, 2008. 47 p. - ISBN 978-3-938352-27-4 Descriptors: migrant integration; immigration; Germany; Berlin. Cedefop library EG Z 35 Education for the 21st Century: Lessons and Challenges / Carneiro, Roberto; Draxler, Alexandra -- In European Journal of Education, vol.43, p149-160. [S.l.]: Blackwell, 2008. 12 p. Descriptors: educational policy; educational development; educational theory; Portugal. Cedefop library R-DIR INT Internationales Handbuch der Berufsbildung / Lauterbach, Uwe; Carl Duisberg-Gesellschaft. BadenBaden: Nomos Verlags-Gesellschaft, 2000. multiple pages (Schriftenreihe der Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft; 9). - ISBN 3-7890-3730-3 Descriptors: training system; initial training; continuing training; economic system; student mobility; comparative analysis; Europe; EU countries; developed countries; North America; Asia; South America. Developing lifelong learning [online] A literature review of international adult literacy policies / McCaffrey, Lucy; University of London - NRDC, National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. Dublin: NALA, 2011. 85 p. - ISBN 978-1-907171-15-4 Descriptors: literacy; adult learning; educational innovation; quality of life; illiteracy; educational policy; comparative analysis; Ireland; Australia; Canada; New Zealand; Scotland; Sweden; Finland; United States; United Kingdom. [online] European inventory on validation of informal and nonformal learning: Country Report: Austria / Brandstetter, Genoveva; Luomi-Messerer, Karin; GHK Consulting. , 2010. 25 p. (European Inventory on Validation of Nonformal and Informal Learning; 2010). Descriptors: validation of learning outcomes; assessment of learning outcomes; informal learning; non formal learning; quality of training; Austria. Cedefop library INT M 2981 Gendered choices: learning, work, identities in lifelong learning / Jackson, Sue; Malcolm, Irene. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011. 259 p. (Lifelong learning book series; 15). - ISBN 978-94-007-0646-0 Descriptors: equal opportunities; career choice; adult learning; lifelong learning; woman; work based training; sex distribution; career prospects; working life; educational pathway. 6 ISSN 1831-6085 Cedefop library R-GLO DE Wörterbuch Erwachsenenbildung / Arnold, Rolf; Nolda, Sigrid [Dictionary of Adult Education]. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt Verlag, 2010. 334 p. 2nd ed. - ISBN 978-38252-8425-1 Descriptors: adult learning; adult training; educational research; terminology; training research; didactics; Germany. [online] Vem arbetar efter 65 års ålder?: en statistisk analys: en rapport / Sociala rådet [Who works after the age of 65?: a statistical analysis: a report from Sociala Rådet.]. Stockholm: Fritzes, 2010. 105 p. (SOU; 2010:85). - ISBN 978-91-38-23475-4 ISSN 0375-250X Descriptors: older worker; labour market; statistical analysis; Sweden; ageing society. Cedefop library DE M 3343 Übergänge von der Schule in Ausbildung, Studium und Beruf: Voraussetzungen und Hilfestellungen / Köck, Michael [Transitions from school to training, higher education study and employment: prerequisites and assistance measures]. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt Verlag, 2010. 296 p. - ISBN 978-3-7815-1748-6 Descriptors: transition from school to work; vocational counselling; vocational guidance; career planning; job placement; higher education; practical training; vocational preparation; employability; Germany; educational pathway. [online] A survey on the EQF/NQF work in the Nordic- and Baltic countries with special focus on non-formal learning / Nordentoft, Agnethe; Gjedde, Flemming. Kristianstad: NVL, 2010. 37 p. The EAEA / NVL Conference 2010 on EQF and NQFs, Bryssel, 2010. Descriptors: non formal learning; adult learning; vocational education; validation of learning outcomes; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Iceland; Latvia; Lithuania; Norway; Northern Europe; Baltic States; Sweden; European qualifications framework (EQF); qualifications framework. [online] Prüfungen und Zertifizierungen in der beruflichen Bildung: Anforderungen, Instrumente, Forschungsbedarf / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berufsbildungsforschungsnetz. [Examinations and certifications in vocational education and training: requirements, instruments, research requirements]. Bonn: BIBB, 2010. 225 p. Prüfungen und Zertifizierungen in der beruflichen Bildung, Nuremberg, 2009. Descriptors: certification of learning outcomes; examination; training abroad; accreditation of training; identification of learning outcomes; recognition of learning outcomes; transparency of qualifications; informal learning; vocational education; Germany. VETAlert May 2011 [online] Mans bērns izvēlas karjeru. / Paszkowska-Rogacz, Anna [My child chooses a career.]. Riga: Valsts izglitibas attistibas agentura, 2010. 144 p. Descriptors: career choice; career planning; vocational guidance; guidance service; parents; Latvia. [online] Facts and figures 2010: facts and figures about preschool activities, school-age childcare, schools and adult education in Sweden 2010. Stockholm: Skolverket, 2010. 90 p. (Skolverkets rapport; 349). - ISBN 978-9186529-29-1 Descriptors: education system; adult training; primary school; statistics; upper secondary education; Sweden. [online] The European journal for research on the education and learning of adults: RELA. Linköping: Linköping University, 2010. ISSN 2000-7426 Descriptors: adult learning; research; Europe; Sweden. [online] Declaration of the joint Vocational Education and Training providers on the contribution of Vocational Education and Training to the EU 2020 strategy / /4 p. Descriptors: training policy; accreditation of training; lifelong learning; transparency of qualifications; student mobility; quality of training; training of trainers; EU countries. [online] Anerkennung ausländischer Bildungsnachweise: Leitfaden für Beratungs- und Anerkennungsstellen / Westdeutscher Handwerkskammertag. [Recognition of foreign educational qualifications – a guide for advisory and recognition agencies]. Dusseldorf: WHKT, 2010. 68 p. Descriptors: recognition of qualifications; recognition of learning outcomes; comparability of qualifications; labour legislation; guidance service; training legislation; transparency of qualifications; Germany. Cedefop library EG M 5155 The state, civil society and the citizen: exploring relationships in the field of adult education in Europe / Bron, Michal Jr; Guimaraes, Paula. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2009. 229 p. (European studies in lifelong learning and adult learning research; 6). - ISBN 978-3-631-58593-1 Descriptors: adult learning; state; citizenship; educational planning; EU countries; civil society. ISSN 1831-6085 [online] Report of the Further Education (Teacher Education Qualification) Working Group. Maynooth: Teaching Council, 2009. 19 p. Descriptors: teacher training; continuing training; accreditation of training; training course; vocational qualification; validation of learning outcomes; Ireland. Cedefop library EG M 5156 Pensions in Europe, European pensions: the evolution of pension policy at national and supranational levels / Natali, David. Brussels: P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2008. 290 p. (Work and society; 64). - ISBN 978-9052014609 Descriptors: pension scheme; social security; comparative analysis; social policy; older worker; retirement; EU countries; ageing society. [online] Die Entwicklung von Anrechnungsmodellen: zu Äquivalenzpotenzialen von beruflicher und hochschulischer Bildung / Stamm- Riemer, Ida; Hochschul-Informations-System. [Development of credit transfer models: on the potential areas of equivalence in vocational and higher education.]. Hannover: HIS, 2008. 134 p. (HIS: Forum Hochschule; 13/2008). Descriptors: training system; transparency of qualifications; accreditation of training; recognition of learning outcomes; higher education; university studies; informal learning; non formal learning; Germany. Cedefop library DE M-3351 Perspektiven der Bildungsforschung / Grötzinger, Gerhard [Perspectives of vocational education and training research.]. Frankfurt: Lang Verlag, 2007. 177 p. ISBN 978-3-631-54805-9 Descriptors: training research; educational research; social sciences; economics of education; recognition of learning outcomes; transfer of learning; lifelong learning; university studies; Germany. [online] Karjeras izglītība 9. klasē. Metodiskie ieteikumi. / [Career education in grade 9. Methodological recommendations.]. Riga: Citrons, 2006. 176 p. Descriptors: career planning; guidance officer; career choice; choice of studies; Latvia. 7 COUNTRY INDEX Africa ........................................................................ 5 America ............................................................3, 5, 6 Asia ..............................................................3, 4, 5, 6 Australia ...........................................................3, 4, 6 Austria ..............................................................4, 5, 6 Baltic States ............................................................. 6 Belgium .................................................................... 4 Bulgaria .................................................................... 4 Canada.............................................................3, 4, 6 Cyprus ...................................................................... 4 Czech Republic ....................................................3, 4 Denmark.......................................................2, 4, 5, 6 England .................................................................... 3 Estonia .................................................................4, 6 EU countries.....................................1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Finland..................................................................4, 6 France ...................................................................... 4 Germany...............................................2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Greece...................................................................... 4 Hungary.................................................................... 4 Iceland ......................................................................6 Ireland.................................................. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Italy ...........................................................................4 Latvia ................................................................4, 6, 7 Lithuania ...............................................................4, 6 Malta .........................................................................4 Northern Europe .......................................................6 Northern Ireland........................................................3 Norway..................................................................1, 6 OECD countries........................................................3 Portugal ............................................................2, 5, 6 Scotland................................................................3, 6 South America ..........................................................6 Spain.........................................................................1 Sweden................................................ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Switzerland ...........................................................4, 5 Turkey.......................................................................1 United Kingdom ........................................... 2, 3, 4, 6 United States ....................................................3, 4, 6 Wales........................................................................3 IMPRESSUM AND HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Cedefop - Vet-Alert - 2011 – issue no 5 – 8 p. 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