DOCUMENT RESUME ED 447 272 CE 080 862 AUTHOR Stenstrom, Marja-Leena, Ed. TITLE Reflections on Post-16 Strategies in European Countries. Interim Report of the Leonardo da Vinci/Multiplier Effect Project III.3.a. Priority 2: Forging Links between Educational Establishments and Enterprises (1997-2000) ID 27009. Working Papers, No. 9. INSTITUTION Jyvaskyla Univ. (Finland). Inst. for Educational Research. SPONS AGENCY Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education, Training, and Youth.; Ministry of Education, Helsinki (Finland). ISBN ISBN-951-39-0480-6 ISSN-12394742 ISSN PUB DATE 1999-00-00 NOTE 161p.; Articles are based on workshops held on June 6-10, 1998, in Jyvaskyla, Finland for the Leonardo da Vinci dissemination project SPES-NET (Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies by Horizontal and Vertical Networking). AVAILABLE FROM Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, 40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland. (Order number F009; 65 Finnish Marks). Tel: 358 14 603 220; Fax: 358 41 603 241; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.jyu.fi/ktl. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Delivery Systems; Developed Nations; *Education Work Relationship; *Educational Improvement; *Educational Planning; *Educational Research; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Postsecondary Education; Research Methodology; Teaching Methods; *Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Estonia; *Europe; Finland; France; Greece; Hungary; Norway; Scotland ABSTRACT This four-part publication contains 19 papers on educational practices and promises for post-16 education in European countries. Part I, the introduction, contains these three papers: "Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies: Building on the Results of the Previous Projects" (Johanna Lasonen); "'Parity of Esteem' and 'Integrated Learning'--Reflections on the Work of the Two Research Partnerships" (Pekka Kamarainen); and "European Dimension of Surveys and Analyses of Vocational Education and Training; Brief Remarks on Action Research and Evaluation Research from the Perspective of the European Dimension" (Gerald Heidegger). Part II, New Partners' Country Reports: National Reforms in Upper Secondary Education, contains these six country reports: "National Report on Belgium" (Donatienne Colson and Xavier Roegiers); "Reforms in Upper Secondary Education in Denmark" (Soren Nielsen and Steffen Svendsen); "Estonian Educational System: An Overview and the Estonian Approach to Upper Secondary Education" (Hanno Isok); "Reforms in Upper Secondary Education in Greece" (Nikitas Patiniotis and Catherine Spiliopoulou); "Interim Report of the SPES-NET [Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies by Horizontal and Vertical Networking] Project from Hungary" (Csaba Fejos); and "Reforms in Post-16 Education in Spain and Parity of Esteem in Upper Secondary Education" (Fernando Marhuenda). The following nine Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. papers make up Part III, Old Partners' Contribution to the Project: "'Eastern Reforms' and Their Impact on 'Western Approaches'" (Stefan Humpl and Jorg Markowitsch); "Comments on the Spanish Reforms and Lessons from Them for the Development of Upper Secondary Education in Europe" (Michael Young); "Comments on 'Reforms in Upper Secondary Education in Denmark--A Country Report'" (Kjell Andersen); "On-the-Job Training--A New Development Project in Finnish Vocational Education" (Ulla Numminen); "Links between Educational Establishments and Business Enterprises in Norway" (Kjell Andersen); "Overview of College-Enterprise Links" (Stuart Niven, Gordon Paterson); "SPES-NET Austria: Preliminary Plan" (Stefan Humpl and Jorg Markowitsch); "SPES-NET Finland: Dissemination Plan" (Ulla Numminen); and "Plan for a National Network in France" (Anne Lazar). Part IV, the conclusion, is the following paper: "Reflections on Disseminating Strategies for Reforming Post-16 Strategies" (Marja-Leena Stenstrom). Three appendixes include a list of contributors, contact information, and locations of partner institutions. (KC) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. T-1 'scat? VD C5 G3 CI 0 gc,) Working Papers n° 9 Reflections on Post-16 Strategies in European Countries Editor Marja-Leena StenstrOrn PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY * 11 5-1.t.: s&-e. m TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) BEST COPY AVAILABLE (K.OU,LUTUKSEN TUTKIMUSLAITOS )YVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RE'S'EARCH UNIVERSITY OF JYVASKYLA 2C400,111.11111momeeroArten. sH Interim Report of the Leonardo da Vinci/Multiplier Effect Project III.3.a. Priority 2: Forging links between educational establishments and enterprises (1997-2000) ID 27009 Working Papers n° 9 Reflections on Post-16 Strategies in European Countries Editor Marja-Leena Stenstrom Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies by Horizontal and Vertical Networking Supported by the Commission of the European Communities under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme 3 Publisher: Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla © Institute for Educational Research and the authors Editor: Marja-Leena Stenstrom Editorial assistants: Hannu Hii los Marja-Liisa Mustonen 1999 Printed in Finland by Jyvaskyla University Printing House ISBN 951-39-0480-6 Table of Contents Preface 5 PART I INTRODUCTION Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies: Building on the Results of the Previous Projects Johanna Lasonen 9 "Parity of Esteem" and "Integrated Learning" Reflections on the Work of the Two Research Partnerships Pekka Keimeirainen 23 European Dimension of Surveys and Analyses of Vocational Education and Training: Brief Remarks on Action Research and Evaluation Research From the Perspective of the European Dimension Gerald Heidegger 31 PART II NEW PARTNERS' COUNTRY REPORTS: NATIONAL REFORMS IN UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION Belgium National Report on Belgium Donatienne Colson and Xavier Roegiers 37 Denmark Reforms in Upper Secondary Education in Denmark Soren Nielsen and Steffen Svendsen 51 Estonia Estonian Educational System: An Overview and the Estonian Approach to Upper Secondary Education Hanno Isok 63 Greece Reforms in Upper Secondary Education in Greece Nikitas Patiniotis and Catherine Spiliopoulou 71 Hungary Interim Report of the SPES-NET Project From Hungary Csaba Fejos 85 Spain Reforms in Post-16 Education in Spain and Parity of Esteem in Upper Secondary Education Fernando Marhuenda 97 PART III OLD PARTNERS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT Old Partners' Comments on New Partners' Reports Austria "Eastern Reforms" and Their Impact on "Western Approaches" Stefan Humpl and JOrg Markowitsch 113 England Comments on the Spanish Reforms and Lessons From Them for the Development of Upper Secondary Education in Europe Michael Young 119 Norway Comments on "Reforms in Upper Secondary Education in Denmark - A Country Report" Kjell Andersen 123 Old Partners' Papers on Forging Links Between Educational Establishments and Enterprises Finland On-the-Job Training - A New Development Project in Finnish Vocational Education Ulla Numminen 129 6 Norway Links Between Educational Establishments and Enterprises in Norway Kjell Andersen 137 Scotland Overview of College-Enterprise Links Stuart Niven and Gordon Paterson 141 Old Partners' Dissemination Plans Austria SPES-NET Austria: Preliminary Plan Stefan Humpl and Jorg Markowitsch 147 Finland SPES-NET Finland: Dissemination Plan Ulla Numminen 149 France Plan for a National Network in France Anne Lazar 153 PART IV CONCLUSION Reflections on Disseminating Strategies for Reforming Post-16 Strategies Marja-Leena Stenstrom 159 Appendix 1 169 Contributors Appendix 2 Contact Information 171 Appendix 3 Location of Partner Institutions 173 Preface This interim report, Reflections on Post -16 Strategies in European Countries is one result of the first year's work of the Leonardo project SPES-NET (Sharpening Post-16 Education Strategies by Horizontal and Vertical Networking), the dissemination project of the earlier Post-16 Strategies project carried out in 1996 1997 under the - a coordinatorship of Dr Johanna Lasonen. The SPES-NET project belongs to the multiplier-effect projects of the Leonardo da Vinci programme and is related to Priority 2: Forging closer links between educational or training establishments and enterprises. The SPES-NET project will run for 28 months between 8 December 1997 and 7 April 2000. The project is supported by the Commission of the European Communities under the Leonardo da Vinci programme, by the Finnish Ministry of Education, and by the project partners. The contractor of the project is the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, its coordinating unit the Institute for Educational Research. Between 8 December 1997 and 28 February 1998 its coordinator was Dr Johanna Lasonen, who originally launched the project, followed by Dr Marja-Leena Stenstrom from 1 March 1998. The partnership consists of 14 European institutions representing universities, research centres and educational administrative bodies. There are 6 new partners; the extension of the partnership involves mainly the eastern and southern parts of Europe. The partners are as follows: Austria: Industriewissenschaftliches Institut (IWI), Jorg Markowitsch/Stefan Humpl; Belgium: Bureau d'Ingenierie en Education et en Formation (BIEF), Xavier Roegiers/Donatienne Colson; Denmark: Danish Institute for Educational Training of Vocational Teachers, Soren Nielsen; England: Post-16 Education Centre, Michael Young; Estonia: National Examination and Qualification Centre (NEQC), Andres Adamson/Hanno Isok; Finland: National Board of Education, Ulla Numminen; France: Institut National de la Recherche Pedagogique (INRP), Anne Lazar; Germany: Berufsbildungsinstitut Arbeit und Technik (BIAT), Gerald Heidegger, and Institut Technik und Bildnung (ITB), Rainer Bremer; Greece: University of Patras, Nikitas Patiniotis/Catherine Spiliopoulou; Hungary: Technical University of Budapest, Csaba Fejos; Norway: Agder College, Ivar Njerve/Kjell Andersen; Scotland: Clydebank College, Stuart Niven; Spain: Universitat de Valencia, Fernando Marhuenda. The aim of the SPES-NET project is to disseminate, on both the national and the international level, the results of the Post-16 Strategies project. In the first stage the new partner countries have familiarised themselves with the developmental strategies of the old partners and analyse vocational education and training in their own countries against those strategies. The old partner countries have advised the new countries joining the project and monitor the progress and implementation of the reforms on the national level. After completing this stage the project has gone on to disseminate information about developmental strategies on the national and international level by means of working groups, the Internet and various publications, and analyse national- and international-level links between education and working life. In the final seminar the participating countries will assess the success and results of the multiplier-effect project. The results will then be collected in a final report. The suggestion to publish an interim report was made in the Jyvaskyla workshop of the project, held 6-10 June 1998, which was the first meeting of the partnership as well as a joint seminar with the other Leonardo project DUOQUAL, coordinated by Dr Sabine Manning from the WIFO, Germany. The articles published in the interim report are based on the presentations given in the Jyvaskyla workshop. Their main purpose has been to disseminate and develop the post-16 education strategies adopted in different European countries. The new partners were asked to analyse their country reports on the basis of "Criteria for Mapping National Strategies" (Lasonen & Young, (Eds.) 1998, pp. 201-203). The old partners were asked to comment on the new partners' country reports. The idea was to thus start the collaboration between the new and old partners. The book is divided into four parts. The first part is an introduction, in which Dr Johanna Lasonen .has written the first chapter. Project Director Pekka lamarainen from the CEDEFOP, the monitor of both the Post-16 Education Strategies and the SPES-NET projects, and Professor Gerald Heidegger gave presentations in the Jyvaskyla workshop. These presentations are included in the introduction. The next two parts present the partners' contribution to this publication. Their articles have been arranged under four themes: 1) each of the new partners has drawn up a country report on their post-16 education system and its reforms; 2) the old partners have given their comments on what they have learned from the new partners' country reports regarding post-16 education strategies; 3) some of the partners have described their dissemination activities under the theme of forging links between educational establishments and enterprises; 4) some partners who have concentrated on dissemination activities report on their plans and experiences. coordinator Marja-Leena Stenstr6m has written a Finally, project conclusion. The SPES-NET project has an advisory committee comprising the following persons from the Institute for Educational Research: Director Jouni Valijarvi (Chair), Dr Erkki Kangasniemi, Dr Johanna Lasonen, Dr Raimo Makinen, Dr Marja-Leena Stenstrom, Senior Researcher Matti Vesa Volanen and Mrs Sirkku Hihnala (secretary). Mrs Marja-Liisa Mustonen and Ms Marjo-Riitta Liimatainen as well as Ms Seija Mannila have also participated in the work of the project. Mrs Marja-Liisa Mustonen has processed the manuscript for publication. Mr Hannu Hiilos expertly checked its language. I would like to thank all the partners and authors, the advisory committee, especially Dr Johanna Lasonen who wrote the application for and launched the SPES-NET project, and all the people taking part in the SPES-NET project who have contributed to the process of publishing this report. Marja-Leena StenstrOm, Coordinator March 1999 9