Technological Change, Employment, Qualifications and Training. A Development of Concepts from a Conference Held in Berlin, November 24-26, 1982.

Autor/in	Sorge, Arndt
Institution	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany).
Titel	Technological Change, Employment, Qualifications and Training. A Development of Concepts from a Conference Held in Berlin, November 24-26, 1982.
Quelle	(1984), (65 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	92-825-3196-1
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Employer Employee Relationship; Employment Patterns; Employment Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Information Science; Job Training; Labor Market; Postsecondary Education; Retraining; Small Businesses; Social Change; Socioeconomic Influences; Technological Advancement; Unions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Ausland; Future; Society; Zukunft; Informationswissenschaft; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Umschulung; Kleingewerbe; Sozialer Wandel; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung
Abstract	A conference examined the socioeconomic challenges of technological and educational change throughout the European community. One hundred fifty representatives from a cross section of countries and agencies involved in education, training, and employment gathered to discuss the following themes: the transition from initial training to employment with specific reference to the new technologies and the need for vocational education; training needs of management, employers, and employees in regard to new technologies; information technology and a changing society; and polarization or depolarization of qualification structures. The following were the main conclusions of the conference. Qualifications are not directly and narrowly determined by technical innovation. The relationship between present and future job contents and training is indirect and complex, and a new relationship between education and training is needed to master skills in a future job. Although they may be unaware of it, politicians, trade unions, and employers play an important role in exercising choices shaping education and training arrangements and technological change. The considerable need for adult training and retraining has made consideration of new training methods an urgent matter. Small and medium-sized enterprises are faced with special problems, including greater difficulties in administering systematic training, and often a lower capacity for technical innovation. (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC