[PDF] Application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe

217424 This Cedefop reference publication maps and analyses the shift to learning outcomes in education and training policies and practices across Europe. Bringing evidence on the develop ment of national policies from 33 countries, the study examines progress made in recent years (2009 onwards) and attempts to capture the character of political reform at national, institution and local levels. Ten case studies in nine countries produce new empirical evidence on the presence of learning outcomes approaches in the design and delivery of programmes and curricula for teacher education programmes. Based on extensive literature review, interviews conducted with various stakeholders in curriculum policy-making and practice, focus groups and on-site visits, findings show how learning outcomes approaches increasingly feature as catalysts for policy and practical reform, influencing education and training practice. This publication also reveals the diversity of uses of the learning outcomes approaches being applied and highlights the complexity of implementing learning-outco mes-centred policies and developing appropriate strategies at both systemic and subsystemic levels.

European Centre forl the Development

of Vocational Trainilng Application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe - A comparative studyENEN Application of learning outcomes approachesacross Europe

A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Application

of learning outcomes approachesacross Europe A COMPARATIVE STUDY3074 EN - TI-RF-16-001-EN-N - doi:10.2801/735711 ISBN : 978-92-896-2212-7

ISSN: 2363-216X

Cedefop reference series; No 105

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2016

Application of

learning outcomesapproaches acrossEurope

A comparative study

Please cite this publication as:

Cedefop (2016). Application of learning outcomes

approaches across Europe: a comparative study. Luxembourg: Publications Office. Cedefop reference series;

No 105.

http://dx.doi.org/10.2801/735711 A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the internet.

It can be accessed through the Europa server (

http://europa.eu).

Luxembourg:

Publications Office of the European Union, 2016

ISBN: 978-92-896-2212-7

ISSN: 2363-216X

doi:10.2801/735711 Copyright © European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), 2016

All rights reserved.

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adam@artdirector.gr

Printed in the European Union

The European Centre for the Development

of Vocational Training(Cedefop) is the European Union"s reference centre for vocational education and training. We provide information on and analyses of vocational education and training systems, policies, research and practice.

Cedefop was established in 1975

by Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75.

Europe 123, 570 01 Thessaloniki (Pylea),

GREECE

PO Box 22427, 551 02 Thessaloniki, GREECE

Tel. +30 2310490111, Fax +30 2310490020

E-mail: info@cedefop.europa.eu

www.cedefop.europa.eu

Joachim James Calleja, Director

Micheline Scheys, Chair of the Governing Board

Foreword

The learning outcomes approach has changed the way we design qualifications. Focusing on what a learner is expected to know, be able to do and understand at the end of a programme or course, outcomes-based qualifications provide students, teachers and labour market stakeholders with a common reference point, potentially allowing for improved and active learning processes, better quality teaching and more relevant qualifications. In 2009, Cedefop published its first comprehensive comparative study on the application of learning outcomes in European education and training This Cedefop reference publication maps and analyses the shift to learning outcomes in education and training policies and practices across Europe. Bringing evidence on the develop ment of national policies from 33 countries, the study examines progress made in recent years (2009 onwards) and attempts to capture the character of political reform at national, institution and local levels. Ten case studies in nine countries produce new empirical evidence on the presence of learning outcomes approaches in the design and delivery of programmes and curricula for teacher education programmes. Based on extensive literature review, interviews conducted with various stakeholders in curriculum policy-making and practice, focus groups and on-site visits, findings show how learning outcomes approaches increasingly feature as catalysts for policy and practical reform, influencing education and training practice. This publication also reveals the diversity of uses of the learning outcomes approaches being applied and highlights the complexity of implementing learning-outco mes-centred policies and developing appropriate strategies at both systemic and subsystemic levels.

European Centre forl the Development

of Vocational Trainilng Application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe - A comparative studyENEN Application of learning outcomes approachesacross Europe

A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Application

of learning outcomes approachesacross Europe A COMPARATIVE STUDY3074 EN - TI-RF-16-001-EN-N - doi:10.2801/735711 ISBN : 978-92-896-2212-7

ISSN: 2363-216X

Cedefop reference series; No 105

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2016

Application of

learning outcomesapproaches acrossEurope

A comparative study

Please cite this publication as:

Cedefop (2016). Application of learning outcomes

approaches across Europe: a comparative study. Luxembourg: Publications Office. Cedefop reference series;

No 105.

http://dx.doi.org/10.2801/735711 A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the internet.

It can be accessed through the Europa server (

http://europa.eu).

Luxembourg:

Publications Office of the European Union, 2016

ISBN: 978-92-896-2212-7

ISSN: 2363-216X

doi:10.2801/735711 Copyright © European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), 2016

All rights reserved.

Designed by

adam@artdirector.gr

Printed in the European Union

The European Centre for the Development

of Vocational Training(Cedefop) is the European Union"s reference centre for vocational education and training. We provide information on and analyses of vocational education and training systems, policies, research and practice.

Cedefop was established in 1975

by Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75.

Europe 123, 570 01 Thessaloniki (Pylea),

GREECE

PO Box 22427, 551 02 Thessaloniki, GREECE

Tel. +30 2310490111, Fax +30 2310490020

E-mail: info@cedefop.europa.eu

www.cedefop.europa.eu

Joachim James Calleja, Director

Micheline Scheys, Chair of the Governing Board

Foreword

The learning outcomes approach has changed the way we design qualifications. Focusing on what a learner is expected to know, be able to do and understand at the end of a programme or course, outcomes-based qualifications provide students, teachers and labour market stakeholders with a common reference point, potentially allowing for improved and active learning processes, better quality teaching and more relevant qualifications. In 2009, Cedefop published its first comprehensive comparative study on the application of learning outcomes in European education and training