work based learning a practical view from “in-between” ro and aut budapest: june 11, 2015
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Work based Learning
A practical view from “in-between” RO and AUT
Budapest: June 11, 2015
Elements of success in Austria
• Social partnership• Dual system - ponderance towards company:
Company-based 80%; School-based 20%• High reputation of VET within the educational system and in
public• Teachers with experience from real-life-businesses (often
SMEs)• Special support for groups-at-risk• Etc.
Similarities• Curricula increasingly based on labor-market-needs;
cooperation with employers/social partners
• Wide range of work based learning pathways/elements
• Differentiated educational offer on secondary level
• Vertical mobility: Hardly any dead-end-pathways
Challenges in practice• Clarifying terminology: What
does “dual” really mean? • Limitations by demands of
compulsory education• Aligning theoretical education
and practical training• Players (companies and
schools) both willing to learn and listen
What worked …
• Lighthouse/Flagship project(s)
• Entrepreneurship learning: e.g. ECONET
• Spin-Offs: e.g. Business Plan Competition
Transferability …
• Establishing practical stages and implementing dual-elements• Introducing courses for entrepreneurship learning (also for
virtual companies)• Defining qualifications together with respective
industry/service sectors• Higher VET-reputation by improved vertical transition towards
university• Special approach for groups at risk: e.g. Case Management +
Jobcoach + Learncoach systems
Thank you for your attention!Christian EstermannAustrian Educational Coordinator On behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Women's Affairs
email: [email protected]