Implementing ECVET Principles. Reforming Poland’s Vocational Education and Training Through Learning Outcomes Based Curricula and Assessment Cover Image

Implementing ECVET Principles. Reforming Poland’s Vocational Education and Training Through Learning Outcomes Based Curricula and Assessment
Implementing ECVET Principles. Reforming Poland’s Vocational Education and Training Through Learning Outcomes Based Curricula and Assessment

Author(s): Horacy Dębowski, Wojciech Stęchły
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: "social dialoque; the restructuring process; steel learning outcomes; credit accumulation and transfer; validation; assessment; qualifications

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is twofold. First, to propose what it means to implement the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) into a national qualifications system. Second, to describe in detail the key elements and broader context of the 2012/2013 vocational education reform in Poland, which introduced the learning outcomes approach and ECVET system. We show that key ECVET principles were implemented in Poland because they were treated more as a means to modernise the national VET system, rather than to promote the international mobility of learners.

  • Issue Year: 6/2015
  • Issue No: 2 (12)
  • Page Range: 57-88
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: English