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Barbara Neubauer Conference on Quality and Recognition of Non-formal Education

Recognition of non-formal and informal learning in the context of the Austrian Qualifications Framework. Barbara Neubauer Conference on Quality and Recognition of Non-formal Education Bratislava, 12 th December 2007. Content.

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Barbara Neubauer Conference on Quality and Recognition of Non-formal Education

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  1. Recognition of non-formal and informal learning in the context of the Austrian Qualifications Framework Barbara Neubauer Conference on Quality and Recognition of Non-formal Education Bratislava, 12th December 2007

  2. Content • features of the Austrian situation of recognition of non-formal and informal learning (RNFIL) • challenges with developing the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) • 1st step towards integrating non-formal and informal learning into the NQF • relevant examples and typology • concluding questions

  3. Features of the Austrian situation • Formal qualifications are demanded by the Austrian labour market. • The focus is on examinations and certificates. • There is no overall systemof RNFIL but • a number of federal laws and • mainly EU-funded projects. • The acceptance of validation methods, in particular of formative assessments, is questionable. • scepticism of key actors

  4. Developing the Austrian NQF • basis - EQF - recognition of learning outcomes, irrespective of where these have been acquired • formal, non-formal, informal settings • challenge - NQF - integration of non-formal and informal learning • 1st step - study by ibw and öibf • Schneeberger, Arthur/Schlögl, Peter/Neubauer, Barbara (2007): Praxis der Anerkennung von nicht-formalem und informellem Lernen in Österreich und deren Relevanz für einen künftigen NQR, Wien

  5. Concept of the study • contribute to the development of an Austrian NQF • collect important approaches of RNFIL in Austria • 10 quantitative relevant examples of RNFIL • develop a typology of examples of RNFIL • 3 types of RNFIL approaches • establish a connexion between RNFIL and NQF

  6. Type 1 • certificate equivalent to certificate of the formal education system • summative assessment on a legal basis • problem-free integration into the Austrian NQF because of equivalence

  7. Type 1 - examples • catch up on Hauptschule (lower secondary school) qualifications (school examination for external candidates) • exceptional admission to the apprenticeship-leave exam (aLAP) • non-traditional access to Higher Education • Berufsreifeprüfung, Externistenreifeprüfung,… • relevant work-experience and additional exams • access to university after certification by the WeiterBildungsAkademie (WBA),…

  8. Type 2 • certificate not equivalent to certificate of the formal education system • summative assessment with mostly level structures • problem of inclusion of partial/additional qualifications into the NQF • problem with terminated validity of certificates

  9. Type 2 - examples • ICT certificates e.g. ECDL, Cisco certificates,… • language certificates e.g. Cambridge certificates,… • certification of persons according to international (ISO) and/or European (EN) rules e.g. welder qualification, quality manager qualification • certification of trainers in adult education by the WBA • awarding the professional title Ingenieur

  10. Type 3 • no certificate but portfolios and individual skill assessment • formative assessment • project-based approaches • problems with integration into NQF seen (no full qualifications, no level structures, no certification)

  11. Type 3 - examples • European Language Portfolio • ‘competence statement’ of the Zukunftszentrum Tyrol • competence portfolio of the Ring Österreichischer Bildungswerke (Circle of Austrian Adult Education Institutes) • competence portfolio of KOMPAZ / of the Volkshochschule Linz (Linz Adult Education Centre)

  12. Concluding questions • How to integrate type 3 into the NQF? Is an integration possible at all? Do methodologies need to adapt? • How to integrate type 2 into the NQF? • How to include partial and/or additional qualifications in the NQF? • How to deal with certificates whose validity is temporary?

  13. Contact information Barbara Neubauer öibf - Austrian Institute for Research on Vocational Training www.oeibf.at barbara.neubauer@oeibf.at +43 (0) 1 - 310 33 34

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