Sectorbestuur Onderwijsmarkt toegepast in de praktijk

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Council for Education and Labour Market Rubina
Boasman, SBO Lecce, June 24th 2007
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Best Practices in access to education in the
Netherlands and some EU member states
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Structure of Presentation

• Context
• Eu and cultural diversity
• The Dutch outlook on the Lisbon Agreement
• Access to higher Education for adults and ethnic
  minority
• The Best practices
• Lessons Learned Tips
• Debating points

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Context (1)
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Context (2)The Dutch education system
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Context (3) The Dutch education system
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Context (4)Outcomes of the education system
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Context (5) Overview of continual learning
pathways
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EU and cultural diversity

• The Lisbon Agreement
• Goal
• Europe should become the most competitive and
  dynamic knowledge-base economy in the world,
  capable of sustainable economic growth with more
  and better jobs and a better social cohesion is
  to be achieved.

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Eu and cultural diversity (2)

• The Education Council of the European Union
• General objectives
• The development of the individual
• The development of society
• The development of the economy by ensuring that
  the skills of the labour force

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The Dutch outlook on Lisbon

• Concrete efforts in the Netherlands
• School failure
• Exact sciences/technology
• Education level of young people
• Reading skills
• Lifelong learning

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Access to education for adults General
information(1)

• The Adult and Vocational Act (WEB), 1996
• Two types of education senior secondary
  vocational education (MBO) adult education
• Full-time or part-time
• Assistant worker (level 1) until middle
  management or specialist training (level 4)

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Access to education for adults General
information(2)

• General secondary education (VAVO)
• Adult basic education

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Access to education for adults Participants in
vocational education(3)
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Access to education for adults Participants in
adults education(4)
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Access to education for adults Movement and
Success ratesvocational sector (5)
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Access to education for adults Movement and
Success rateshigher MBO level (6)
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Access to education for adults financial data (7)
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Access to education for adults financial data (8)
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Access to education for ethnic minorities in
higher education intake HBO(1)
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Access to education for ethnic minorities in
higher education Intake at the universities (2)
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Access to educationfinance for students (1)
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Access to educationfinance for students (2)
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Access to educationfinance for students (3)
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Best PracticesContext of the project (1)

• Equal
• 3 years
• Italy, Flanders and the Netherlands
• Access to Education and Labour Market

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Best PracticesContext of the project (2)

• Objectives
• Promoting network and cooperation between
  university and colleges, and secondary vocational
  school
• Developing and implementing empowering and
  resource-oriented rehabilitation and employment
  services
• Improving and diversifying counselling
• Promoting acceptance of cultural diversity in the
  workplace

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Best PracticesContext of the project (3)

• The Pedagogy of Excellence
• Mentor program giving back
• Tutor program - increase number
• image building
• Training competent teachers, tutor and mentors
• Network development programs cooperation
• Teaching of Excellence award opportunities,
  increase number of 1st generation students

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Best Practices Italy (1)

• UMANO Italy
• Migrants students
• Milan
• Bakers
• Internships/ jobs

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Best Practices Italy results (2)

• Municipality of Milan
• 50 students
• 4 students (business)
• 46 students or working
• Brache out to the Health sector

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Best Practices Flanders (1)

• In-flow for minorities students
• Training of the instructors
• Assessment tool
• Ethno marketing

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Best Practices Flanders (2)

• More students, in-flow 0 5
• Assessment tool works
• Instructors
• Permanent track

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Best Practices The Netherlands (1)

• Retention of ethnic minorities students at the
  Teacher Colleges
• Reduce the drop-out rate
• Networks for students
• Training Teachers

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Best Practices The Netherlands (2)

• Reduce the drop-out rate
• Networks
• Training
• Inspiration day

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Lessons learned (1)

• Begin with fitting a professional image
• Strengthening the selection process
• First year students must be better prepared in
  beginning their studies
• Introduction of a digital portfolio offers
  quality and saves time

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Tips (2)Based on research with students

• Constant intensive guidance of students (first
  year)
• Make sure enough information about higher
  education
• Promotion of group activities
• Complete language policy for ethnic minorities
  students
• Mentoring /tutoring projects
• Administrative and logistic support
• Engage a diverse team of confidential advisors
• Engage more ethnic minorities teachers

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Debating points

• Driving back the drop-out rate begins with a
  flitting professional image
• The pabo does itself and the field of education a
  service by strengthening the selection
• First year students must be better prepared in
  beginning their studies.