Study on mobility developments EAC 27/2010 Contractor: ICON (D) + - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Study on mobility developments EAC 27/2010 Contractor: ICON (D) + NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen, International Consultant The Danish National Centre for the Development of Vocational Education and Training (NCE) Metropolitan University College

NCE Jørgen Ole larsen Purpose of the study: ”… to obtain a clearer picture on learning mobility outside the European programmes…in school education VET, adult education and youth exchanges.…in the countries covered by the Lifelong Learning Programme” Complements a previous study on mobility in higher education

NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen What is mobility: - Transnational - Physical - For learning purposes - Mobility schemes - ”Significant”

NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen Objective of the study : Quantitative: benchmarking vis-à-vis goals for mobility formulated by the ”High Level Expert Forum on Mobility” (2008): -2012: at least 15% of the youth population (900.000 participants); -2015: at least 30% of the youth population (1.800.000 participants) -2020: at least 50% of the youth population (2.900.000 participants) Qualitative : overview of trends, strategies and policies

NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen Different discourses on mobility in Europe: Skills acquisition (cognitive): New vocational/professional knowledge and skills International skills Transversal skills Behaviour modification (affective): Labour market mobility Reduction of nationalism, xenophobia

NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen Grey zones - Individual mobility outside of ”significant mobility schemes” - Mobility schemes hiding inside programmes with other headlines - Local level activities - Commercial language schools - Commercial exchange organisations

NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen Methodology - National surveys conducted by national experts (quantitative analysis) - Baseline study + ongoing ”snowball survey” - Qualitative analysis of trends, strategies and policies (case studies)

NCE Jørgen Ole Larsen Thank you for your attention! jola@phmetropol.dk