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Direct linkde Paor, Cathal – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Volume is the dominant metaphor underlying the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). Credits are used to 'express the volume of learning based on the defined learning outcomes and their associated workload', with the latter based on volume of student effort. But the convenience of volume can leave the first part overlooked, i.e.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Credits, Transfer Policy, Transfer Programs
Simons, Maarten – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2021
Taking the European Credit and Transfer System as its departure point, this article describes the (mis)fortunes of the figure of the independent learner. This figure is conceptualized by analyzing the expectations of the European learning space that is enacted in discourses, instruments and practices. The independent learner is a…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Governance
Auzinger, Monika; Luomi-Messerer, Karin – European Commission, 2021
This note seeks to look back at the development and implementation process of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET). It takes stock of its main achievements and how they are taken forward in the 2020 Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Credits, Foreign Countries, Transfer Programs
