Strategies for Achieving Parity of Esteem in European Upper Secondary Education. Final Report on the Project [microform] / Johanna Lasonen, Ed. and Michael Young, Ed.
The European Post-16 Education Strategies and Parity of Esteem project examined problems arising from the disparity in esteem as regards initial vocational education and general/academic education. The final report of this 2-year project is presented here. The study examined uppersecondary school re...
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| Summary: | The European Post-16 Education Strategies and Parity of Esteem project examined problems arising from the disparity in esteem as regards initial vocational education and general/academic education. The final report of this 2-year project is presented here. The study examined uppersecondary school reforms within and across eight European educational systems, attempting to identify educational systems that promote parity of esteem. The results will be used to create opportunities for shared learning from national case studies. Four strategies used in the eight uppersecondary education systems for promoting parity of esteem were identified: (1) vocational enhancement; (2) mutual enrichment; (3) linkages; and (4) unification. These strategies turned out to be a useful analytical tool for studying current reform measures and revealed the importance of the different forms that each strategy can take in different countries, including inter-strategy comparisons. Such comparisons, it is claimed, provide a useful comparative summary of developments in post-16 education and training in each country and yield a clearer national picture than a two-country comparison of the four strategies could provide. The findings indicate that countries with a strong tradition of vocational education and training are also characterized by a high rate of inclusion. Three appendices list project results, national strategies, and a case study. (RJM) |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40351, Jyvaskyla, Finland (150 FIM). Tel: 358-14-603-220; Fax: 358-14-603-241; Web site: http://www.jyu.fi/ktl/. Sponsoring Agency: Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Education, Helsinki (Finland). ERIC Note: "The Post-16 Strategies project (FIN/95/1/226/S/III.2.a/FPI) has been carried out with financial support of the Commission of the European Communities under the LEONARDO da VINCI Programme, of the Finnish Ministry of Education and of the Partners.". ERIC Document Number: ED461154. |
| Physical Description: | 285 pages. |
| ISBN: | 9789513901080 9513901084 |
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