Conceptual Framework,Trajectories of Change and Future Scenarios for the Development of Vocational Education in Europe
Since the 1990s,European vocational education has shown diversity and difference under the influence of concept,system,economy,society,technology and other internal and external factors.In order to examine the changes of vocational education in Europe in different periods,the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training introduced a two-dimensional model based on the conceptual framework of epistemological or pedagogical-didactical,education system,socioeconomic or labor market"three perspectives".The study finds that European vocational education has experienced a trajectory of diversifying academic drift and vocational drift,as well as two-way drift of vocational education strengthening,which is characterized by increasing vocational education at the higher education level and increasing work-based elements and hands-on learning in the curriculum.Facing the future of European vocational education in 2035,three basic scenarios are constructed,namely pluralistic vocational education,distictive vocational education and special purpose vocational education,in order to study the possible future development of vocational education in Europe.
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