Developing a European Practitioner Qualification: The TRAVORS2 Project

Autor/in	Lester, Stan
Titel	Developing a European Practitioner Qualification: The TRAVORS2 Project
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 18 (2013) 3, S.297-308 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2013.819269
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Qualifications; Vocational Rehabilitation; Program Validation; Workplace Learning; International Cooperation; Training Methods; Program Descriptions; Pretesting; Participant Satisfaction; Job Training; Skill Development; Program Development; Austria; Czech Republic; Estonia; Greece; Lithuania; Slovenia; Spain; Turkey; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Berufliche Rehabilitation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Vortest; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Programmplanung; Österreich; Tschechische Republik; Estland; Griechenland; Litauen; Slowenien; Spanien; Türkei; Großbritannien
Abstract	The TRAVORS projects, supported by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, ran between 2008 and 2012. Their object was to develop training programmes for disability employment practitioners across nine countries based on proven approaches both to vocational rehabilitation and to skills training. The second of the two projects aimed to trial and establish a European practitioner qualification, pitched at Level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework and emphasising skills-based training and workplace assessment. While the trials proved successful, they highlighted a generally poor level of understanding of assessment and certification based on workplace proficiency. The project resulted in a common "curriculum", a detailed qualification specification and a strengthened set of processes to guide implementation in different countries. However, the qualification can be considered a work-in-progress and wider uptake--sufficient to support sustainable central governance--needs to be achieved if a genuinely international certificate is to emerge. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10