Factors in the Spread of Continuing Training in the European Community.

Autor/inn/en	Aventur, Francois; Campo, Christian; Moebus, Martine
Institution	Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Qualifications, Marseilles (France).
Titel	Factors in the Spread of Continuing Training in the European Community.
Quelle	(1999) 35, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1156-2366
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Continuing Education; Education Work Relationship; Employer Employee Relationship; Foreign Countries; Industrial Training; Job Training; Lifelong Learning; Postsecondary Education; Staff Development; Unemployment; Vocational Education; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Weiterbildung; Ausland; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Frankreich
Abstract	A study compared 17 European countries' initial and continuing vocational training systems. Two kinds of continuing training (CT)--that which is initiated by the employer and that which is intiated by the individual--provide an indicator for comparing the different situations observed throughout the European Community. The two forms are mutually reinforcing. The more employers have recourse to CT, the greater the chances the country involved can rely on widespread practices of individually initiated training. This complementary relationship is not automatic, however. In France, the considerable investment of companies in CT is matched by a weak position with regard to individually initiated training. The dynamism of employer-initiated CT practices depends on three essential factors: impact of economic activity and company size, influence of initial vocational training, and impact of the organization of continuing vocational training. Individuals assume responsibility for their training at some point in their working life in all countries, but to different degrees. The objectives pursued are multiple, even if CT is increasingly intended to ward off unemployment. Individual initiatives also emerge in the context of lifelong learning. The following factors contribute to individual initiatives: the tradition of lifelong learning and diversification of training supply; the right to training leave in two forms: legal and contractual; government aid measures; and certification of CT. (YLB)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC