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22 SES 04 D, Student Transition: Diverse Perspectives
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The overall purpose for education in Europe within ECEC (early childhood education and care) sector is to guarantee highly qualified professionals and to support the individual learners in their lifelong learning process. In Europe, professionals working on ECEC sector are educated both in vocational education and training (VET), and in higher education (HE). As the ECEC professionals develop on their career it is natural, but also desirable to aim for a further qualification within the chosen professional field. In this paper, we investigate the individual’s possibilities for a smooth transition from VET to HE. The platform for this research is the EAGLE (ECVET and ECTS Growing Links in European Education) project, funded by the European Commission. The consortium of the project comprises five European member states with thirteen partner organizations from VET-providers, universities, and representatives of working life to policy-makers. In this paper we focus to examine the transition process between VET and HE in the Finnish ECEC sector. By investigating student cases within the Finnish ECEC sector, we demonstrate solutions for student’s validation process. The results demonstrate best practice solutions i.e. make visible the core elements included in a smooth and transparent transition and validation process.
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References
DRUDY, S.,GUNNERSON, L. & GILPIN, A. (2008) Tuning Educational Structures in Europe. Reference Points for the Design and Delivery of Degree Programmes in Education. Education and Culture (DG, Life Long Learning). Opetusministerö. (2007). Aiemmin hankitun osaamisen tunnustaminen korkeakouluissa Opetusministeriön työryhmämuistioita ja selvityksiä 2007:4 (Recognising prior learning in higher education institutions, Committee on recognising prior learning and credit transfer in higher education institutions. Reports of the Ministry of Education, Finland 2007:4 )
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