Qualifications Systems [electronic resource]: Bridges to Lifelong Learning /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
SourceOECD (Online service)
Coles, Mike,1947-
Werquin, Patrick.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
In the quest for more and better lifelong learning, there is a growing awareness that qualifications systems must play a part. Some countries have started to realise that isolated developments in qualifications standards lead to uncoordinated, piecemeal systems. After reviewing the policies and practice in fifteen countries, the authors present nine broad policy responses to the lifelong learning agenda that countries have adopted and that relate directly to their national qualifications system. They also identify twenty mechanisms, or concrete linkages, between national qualifications systems and lifelong learning goals. The overall aim of this book is to provide these mechanisms as a tool for governments to use in reviewing their policy responses to lifelong learning. Evidence suggests that some mechanisms, such as those linked to credit transfer, recognition of prior learning, qualifications frameworks and stakeholder involvement, are especially powerful in promoting lifelong learning.
Also available in French under the title: Systémes de certification : des passerelles pour apprendre a tout âge.
"This book is authored by Mike Coles ... and Patrick Werquin"--Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Scope and Structure of the Study -- Executive Summary -- The Interaction Between Stakeholders and Qualifications Systems: Identifying Mechanisms -- Policy Responses to Improve National Qualifications Systems -- Do the Numbers Tell a Story? Quantitative Evidence about the Impact of Qualifications Systems on Learning -- Annexes -- Putting Mechanisms to Work Supporting Policy Responses -- Using Mechanisms to Review Policy Responses.
In the quest for more and better lifelong learning, there is a growing awareness that qualifications systems must play a part. Some countries have started to realise that isolated developments in qualifications standards lead to uncoordinated, piecemeal systems. After reviewing the policies and practice in fifteen countries, the authors present nine broad policy responses to the lifelong learning agenda that countries have adopted and that relate directly to their national qualifications system. They also identify twenty mechanisms, or concrete linkages, between national qualifications systems and lifelong learning goals. The overall aim of this book is to provide these mechanisms as a tool for governments to use in reviewing their policy responses to lifelong learning. Evidence suggests that some mechanisms, such as those linked to credit transfer, recognition of prior learning, qualifications frameworks and stakeholder involvement, are especially powerful in promoting lifelong learning.
Continuing education.
Adult learning.
Education and Training Policy