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Comparative Analysis of VET Curricula in Europe

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    This paper draws on the results of the empirical research conducted in the framework of this project (Cedefop, 2010), but with a slightly different focus, as its aim is to develop a typology. Romania is not considered in this paper, because of missing data in some relevant dimensions of the comparison. Since devolution, vocational education and training has developed following different ways in the entities of the United Kingdom (England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland). Although the overall organisation of the system is similar, the entities have developed their own curriculum policies. Scotland was chosen as one example which is representative for the British approach to VET qualifications, while offering some interesting specificities in terms of curriculum with the recent introduction of the Curriculum for Excellence.

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    Pilot initiatives such as Jobstarter (http://www.jobstarter.de/de/1217.php) and DECVET (http://www.decvet.net/) provide some examples of such reformulated curricula.

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