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Institution:
Research voor Beleid
Contact: Bert-Jan Buiskool
Objectives: The aim of this study is to
provide a deeper understanding of the state of professionalisation and
professional development of the different groups of adult learning staff
across Europe (trends and developments). The study discusses topics like
recruitment, employment situation, career path, monitoring, assessing
and evaluating, attractiveness and trends. Based on this, key issues and
problems can be identified, and areas where action is most urgently
needed, in order to make adult learning professions more attractive.
Description: Research voor Beleid in partnership
with PLATO (University of Leiden) are carrying out a European wide study
on adult learning professionals (commissioned by the European
Commission, DG EAC). The reason why the Commission has decided to
organise this study is that the quality of education and training
systems is closely linked to the quality of it`s education and training
staff, hence also to the quality and relevance of their initial education,
of their continuous professional development, to their motivation and to
the attractiveness of the profession in general. Over the last years
work at European level has mainly focussed on teachers in general
education and in initial vocational education. However, the role and
importance of staff working in non vocational adult learning (including
educators and other staff) is less known.
The study will cover 32 countries: the 25 Member States, the four
acceding and candidate countries, respectively, and the three countries
of the European Economic Area. Taking the European scope of the study
into account, the core team will pool its activities together with a
number of researchers/experts in the field of adult learning. A majority
of these belong to the esteemed ESREA network.
The study started halfway January 2007, and the first results become
available in June 2007 (the end of the quick scan of all 32 countries).
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