OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training: A Learning for Jobs Review of Korea 2009 [electronic resource] /
Kuczera, Malgorzata.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
Kis, Viktória.
Wurzburg, Gregory.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
Learning for Jobs is an OECD study of vocational education and training (VET) designed to help countries make their VET systems more responsive to labour market needs. The Korean VET system is part of a system of education which has achieved huge advances in a very short time; school results and educational attainment levels are now among the highest in OECD countries. At the same time, the rapidity of change has presented the Korean VET system with some significant challenges, including weak involvement of industry in VET, lack of quality standards for workplace training, weak linkages between VET degree and national technical qualifications and lack of practical work experience among VET teachers. The OECD review assesses the main challenges faced by the VET system and presents an interconnected package of policy recommendations. For each recommendation, the report describes the challenge, the recommendation itself, supporting arguments, and issues of implementation.
Summary: strengths, challenges and recommendations 5 -Strengths 5 -Challenges 5 -Recommendations 6 Chapter 1. Introduction 7 -1.1 The OECD policy review of Korea&nbsp;8 -1.2 The structure of the report&nbsp;9 -1.3 The historical and economic background 9 -1.4 Snapshot of the system 11 -1.5 Strengths and challenges of the Korean VET system 14 Chapter 2. Policy recommendations 15 -2.1 Stronger industry involvement in VET 16 -2.2 Development of good quality workplace training 23 -2.3 Improving the skills of VET teachers 34 -2.4 Qualifications and assessment procedures 39 References 46 Annex A. Background information&nbsp;51 -1. Biographical information 51 -2. Programme of the review visits&nbsp;53
Learning for Jobs is an OECD study of vocational education and training (VET) designed to help countries make their VET systems more responsive to labour market needs. The Korean VET system is part of a system of education which has achieved huge advances in a very short time; school results and educational attainment levels are now among the highest in OECD countries. At the same time, the rapidity of change has presented the Korean VET system with some significant challenges, including weak involvement of industry in VET, lack of quality standards for workplace training, weak linkages between VET degree and national technical qualifications and lack of practical work experience among VET teachers. The OECD review assesses the main challenges faced by the VET system and presents an interconnected package of policy recommendations. For each recommendation, the report describes the challenge, the recommendation itself, supporting arguments, and issues of implementation.
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OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training