Employer-provided vocational training in Europe

The European survey of continuing vocational training in enterprises, CVTS, is a unique source of internationally comparable data. This report provides the first detailed comparative analyses of data from the third European survey of continuing vocational training in enterprises. It also includes a comprehensive evaluation of data quality from the European perspective to improve the survey. This publication is the result of a collective effort, with contributions from Cedefop colleagues Katja N…

Convergence or divergence of continuing vocational training in Europe?

Abstract: The paper describes trends of convergence and divergence in enterprise-provided continuing vocational training in Europe between 1999 and 2005. Based on the survey CVTS, the indicators for courses incidence, access, intensity, direct costs and the indicator learning at the workplace will be analyzed. The paper concludes with an outlook with references to sketches of an educational theory to be written for this field of adult education.

Sonntagsschule (1850)

V. Gedrath hat in seiner Dissertation (2003) die lokale Ausbildung der Sonntagsschulen in Duisburg detailreich und quellengesättigt herausgearbeitet. Zu den dokumentierten Funden zählt auch die Satzung des Sonntagsschul-Vereins von 1835. Die zentralen Paragraphen der Textstellen werden im Nachfolgenden erläutert.

Concerning the Evaluation of Further Vocational Training. A theoretical and empirical study on the effectiveness of further vocational training. Vol. 1: Theoretical Foundations

Concerning the Evaluation of Further Vocational Training. A theoretical and empirical study on the effectiveness of further vocational training. Vol. 2: Empirical Studies

Betriebliche Weiterbildung

Die betriebliche Weiterbildung stellt einen der zentralen Lernorte in einer Wissensgesellschaft dar. Eine der wichtigsten Informationsquellen zum Stand der betrieblichen Weiterbildung – und bildungspolitisch von zunehmender Bedeutung – ist die Erhebung CVTS (Continuing Vocational Training Survey). In diesem Band liefern renommierte Autorinnen und Autoren Hintergrundinformationen zu der Erhebung, präsentieren ihre Analysen und geben Anregungen für Politik, Wissenschaft und Praxis. Die Studien um…

Interkulturelle Kompetenz – Training ohne prozessbegleitendes Coaching?

Due to the ongoing process of globalization, the need for trainings for intercultural competences increases. The study aims to measure the meaningfulness of intercultural training without additional coaching. Therefore, it assessed the level of intercultural competence of participants with and without an intercultural training in a cross-sectional study design. The results show that trainings actually have a positive effect on intercultural competence. Thereby, younger participants profit more …

Pilz, Matthias(Hg.): The Future of Vocational Education and Training in a Changing World. 2012

The Training Cheque - a new Instrument for the Promotion of the Continuing Vocational Training in SMEs in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia

It's the routine, stupid! (Or is it?). The relationship between routine tasks and participation in vocational training in the context of deindustrialization