QA in Swedish IVET and WBL EQAVET PLA, Gteborg March 27, 2019 Hans - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

QA in Swedish IVET and WBL EQAVET PLA, Göteborg March 27, 2019 Hans Almgren, The Swedish National Agency for Education

IVET in Sweden Education forms Number of ISCED level SeQF - EQF years level Compulsory school 9 1 and 2 2 Upper secondary 3 3 4 school Municipal adult varying 3 education Higher vocational 1/2 - 3 4 and 5B 5-6 education 2 – 6 University and 5A and 6 6-8 university colleges

Goal steered system with a high degree of local responsibility. • Legislative function: Centralised • Provision: Decentralised. Municipalities and the organisers of The Swedish Riksdag (Parliament) independent schools. and the government draw up the overall national goals. • Control function: Schools Inspectorate (state agency) • Supportive function: The National monitors. Agency for Education operationalizes the legislation.

Upper secondary education • All students who have completed compulsory schooling are offered upper secondary education by their home municipality. • This right applies to students up to the age of 20. • IVET is available in Adult Education for students over the age of 20. • Free of charge and voluntary. • 18 programmes, out of which 12 are IVET-programmes.

Vocational programmes/ Higher education preparatory Apprenticeship education programmes • Child and Recreation • Business Management and Economics • Building and Construction • Arts • Electricity and Energy • Humanities • Vehicle and Transport • Natural Science • Business and Administration • Social Science • Handicraft • Technology • Hotel and Tourism • Industrial technology • Natural Resource Use • Restaurant Management and Food • HVAC and Property Management • Health and Social Care

Programme stucture Higher education Vocational programmes preparatory programmes Admission requirements: Admission requirements: Passing grades in 8 Passing grades in 12 subjects. subjects. 2500 points 2500 points 2500 points School based VET Apprentice based VET • • • 3 years 3 years 3 years • • • 2180 hours 2430 hours 2430 hours • • Minimum 15 weeks of Minimum 50% work- work-based learning based learning (1215 (345 hours) hours) • • Provide eligibility to Provide basic eligibility to tertiary education if tertiary education. students choose some elective courses.

Foundation subjects Common for all upper secondary programmes: • Swedish or Swedish as second language • English • Mathematics • Natural Sciences • Social Sciences (Civics, Religion and History) • Physical education and health

Programme stucture Vocational Higher Education programme: preparatory programme: Industrial Technology technology Foundation subjects 600 points 1100 points Programme specific 400 points 400 points subjects Orientation 300-400 points 300 points Programme 800-900 points 400 points specialisations Individual options 200 points 200 points Diploma project 100 points 100 points

Programme stucture Vocational Higher Education programme: preparatory programme: Industrial Technology technology Foundation subjects 600 points 1100 points Programme specific 400 points 400 points subjects Orientation 300-400 points 300 points Programme 800-900 points 400 points specialisations Individual options 200 points 200 points Diploma project 100 points 100 points

Programme stucture Vocational Higher Education programme: preparatory programme: Industrial Technology technology Foundation subjects 600 points 1100 points Programme specific 400 points 400 points subjects Orientation 300-400 points 300 points Programme 800-900 points 400 points specialisations Individual options 200 points 200 points Diploma project 100 points 100 points Fourth vocational year 800 points EQF 5

Work-based learning

Work-based learning • Develop an understanding the vocational culture, becoming part of the vocational community, developing a vocational identity. • WBL is steered by the subject syllabuses = assessed, credit driven. • The school/teacher is responsible for assessing the learning. • The school is responsible for provision of WBL. • 12% of IVET learners are apprentices.

Role of the companies • The company has to provide a trainer for the work placement. • There are financial incentives for companies to take on students for WBL • Upper secondary apprentices can be employed and remunerated.

Quality Assurance

Swedish model EQAVET model

Quality assurance • National state Systematic quality assurance is mandatory. • (Education Act) Control function (Inspectorate). • Education Required to plan, evaluate and develop the education Organiser it organises. • Required to document the process. • Reciever of complaints from individuals. • School Required to plan, evaluate and develop the education. • (Head master) Teachers, students have to be involved. • WBL is part of the curriculum and should be included in the QA process.

Self assessment • QA at provider level is mainly performed through self assessment. • The National Agency for Education (and other organisations) provide tools and support. e.g. - NAE: https://www.skolverket.se/skolutveckling/nationella- skolutvecklingsprogram#h-ProgramSystematisktkvalitetsarbete - SALAR/LIKA: https://lika.skl.se/

Quantitative data Qualitative data (Statistics: e.g. average (e.g. relevance of WBL; grades, completion rates, utilisation of acquired graduate tracking, skills) vulnerable groups) Provider level Available, evalutated, inspected. Known to the provider? Available, evalutated. Anecdotal data. System level Schools Inspectorate: thematic quality reports.

Challenges We do a lot of things right, … • A lot of quantitative data at all levels.

Challenges We do a lot of things right, … … but do we do the right things? • A lot of quantitative data at all • Little knowledge of how e.g. WBL levels. is assessed. • Little aggregerated knowledge of qualitative data at national level.