Social utility of vocational education and training – selected aspects
The concept of “quality” is not static, is not absolute. It evolves along adapting to changing market and customers’ needs. The training providers’ accreditation systems are the most common approaches aimed to guarantee a pre-emptive check of minimum standards of quality in the delivery of training...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Łukasiewicz Research Network – The Institute for Sustainable Technologies
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych |
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| Online Access: | https://edukacjaustawicznadoroslych.eu/images/2020/4/04_4_2020.pdf |
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| Summary: | The concept of “quality” is not static, is not absolute. It evolves along adapting to changing market and customers’ needs. The training providers’ accreditation systems are the most common approaches aimed to guarantee a pre-emptive check of minimum standards of quality in the delivery of training services. In many Member States and more and more frequently, accreditation is used as a governance tool to ensure the quality of training institutions and training programmes. Nevertheless, the impression is that often the adoption of such standards fall in a routine of bureaucracy and administrative procedures aimed to overtake the constrains of the certification/accreditation periodical checks. When this happens, “quality” is perceived by VET teachers and operators just as an overload of paperwork overlaid to current activities. In order to prove its real effectiveness, the quality of the VET provision should be analysed towards its social usefulness. The Social Utility of vocational education and training (VET) is the subject of qualitative and quantitative evaluations in many European countries. However, it is difficult to clearly estimate what lies behind this concept. |
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| ISSN: | 1507-6563 |