Seminar French system of education and training MA EAE Modul 5b

Description of the Lecture Aims and objectives of the course The overall aim of the course is to examine how the French system of education and training has evolved for the last 15 years and how it works today taking into account all the current political and social challenges. It will allow students to have a good knowledge of the central French structures in the education, training and counselling domains. This course will help students to have a broad understanding of the French system in order they become able to exchange in the framework of European training projects. Competences After completing the course, students should be able : - to describe the organisation of the French system of education, training and counselling. - to identity the main actors to work with in this system - to consider the main skills of the French trainers, teachers and counsellors. - to exchange with these actors in the framework of European projects Content This seminar will first introduce the main evolutions regarding vocational training in France , along the 15 last years. Then a second part of the seminar will deal with the evolution of school and career counselling since this activity is becoming central for all the trainers of adults in France . The third part of the seminar will focus on the training, the skills and the work evolutions of the trainers of adults in France . Even if the course will mainly treat of the French system, the situation related to other European countries will be evoked as well. Vocational education and training in France . Short description. CEDEFOP 2009 http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/files/5190_EN.pdf. Bildungswissenschaften Universität Duisburg-Essen SS 2010 Bildungswissenschaften