Current
issues of European learning and work were addressed in the programme provided
by the European Network on Vocational Education and Training Research (VETNET)
as part of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)
2005 in Dublin (full details see VETNET home
page). Highlights of this programme are presented in the following
proceedings, produced in collaboration between VETNET and the Research
Forum WIFO, with the support of CEDEFOP
in the framework of the project "Promoting European perspectives in VET
and HRD research" (see Introduction).
Editors
of the Proceedings
Ludger
Deitmer, University of Bremen, ITB, Germany (Chair of the VETNET Board)
Barry
Nyhan, Cedefop (Programme Chair)
Sabine
Manning, Research Forum WIFO (Rapporteur)
The following
issues were discussed in special conference sessions:
The proceedings
of these sessions are summarised below. The overview includes links to
full-text contributions and to transcripts of the discussion (based
on the recording, with minor editing). Several links lead to external sites:
either the VETNET home page or the ERO Base in the European Training Village
(please make sure you are registered at the ETV!);
the rest of the proceedings is provided on WIFO pages.
Opening
Plenary Colloquium (ECER VETNET 2005)
How
European are Europe's work and learning policies?
Introduction
by Barry Nyhan, Cedefop (Transcript)
Keynote
Speech by James Wickham, Trinity College Dublin:
What’s
European about education and training in Europe? (VETNET > Outline
/ Presentation)
Plenary
discussion, involving Anke Grotlüschen, Martin Mulder, Jeroen Onstenk
and James Wickham (Transcript)
Comment
by Gerald Heidegger, University of Flensburg, Germany (Transcript)
Comment
by Massimo Tomassini, ISFOL, Rome (ERO Base > Paper
/ Presentation)
Plenary
discussion, involving Alan Brown, Lesley Farrell, Gerald Heidegger, Pekka
Kämäräinen, Barry Nyhan, Massimo Tomassini and James Wickham
(Transcript)
VETNET
Research Forum (ECER VETNET 2005)
Setting
the European VET research agenda
Introduction
by Nicholas Boreham, University of Stirling, Scotland (Transcript)
Contribution
by Tom Leney, QCA, London:
VET
– Challenges and research agendas (ERO Base > Presentation)
Contribution
by Anneke Westerhuis, CINOP, the Netherlands:
Achieving
the Lisbon goals: The contribution of VET (ERO Base > Paper
/ Presentation)
Comment
by Felix Rauner, University of Bremen, Germany (Transcript)
Plenary
discussion, involving Graham Attwell, Nick Boreham, Helen Colley, Anke
Grotlüschen, Pekka Kämäräinen, Tom Leney, Krista Loogma,
Martin Mulder, Barry Nyhan, Felix Rauner and Anneke Westerhuis (Transcript)
Round
table (sponsored by Cedefop) (ECER
VETNET 2005)
European
and national research networks: How to stimulate community development?
Introduction
by Ludger Deitmer, University of Bremen, ITB:
Development
of the VETNET Research Community: Experiences and Challenges (VETNET
> Presentation)
Contribution
by Petr Viceník, CEDEFOP:
New
Member States and an Overview of their Activities in VET and HRD Research
(VETNET > Paper)
Contribution
by Sabine Manning, Research Forum WIFO Berlin:
Involvement
of CEEC researchers in European network activities of VET and HRD (Presentation)
Report
from Vania Tividosheva, Human Resource Development Centre Bulgaria:
Human
Resource Development Centre Bulgaria: Functions and activities (ERO
Base > Presentation)
Report
from Elmira Bancheva, BHRMDA, New Bulgarian University:
Competence-based
Assessment and Certification of HR Professionals (ERO Base > Paper
/ Presentation)
Report
from Magda Balica, Institute of Educational Sciences, and Liliana Voicu,
AxA Consulting, Romania:
VET/HRD
research and development initiatives in Romania (ERO Base > Presentation)
Plenary
discussion, involving Graham Attwell, Magda Balica, Elmira Bancheva, Magdolna
Benke, Ludger Deitmer, Sigurd Johansson, Pekka Kämäräinen,
Krista Loogma, Barry Nyhan, Vanya Tividosheva and Liliana Voicu (Transcript)
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