Systemvarianten beruflicher Qualifizierung : Eine schottisch-englische Vergleichsskizze im Zeichen der Modularisierungsdebatte

Abstract

The problem which generates the motivation for comparing VET systems can be seen in the present and refers to the fact that the vocational education and training systems of Europe have one common trait: They differ sharply from one another. The differences in education and training between nations are not always apparent at first sight but surely well up whenever it comes to European integration. The question is whether this may also be said when looking at „intra-national" comparisons or „home internationals". In the case of England and Scotland „individual" training infrastructures may also be traced back to and reconstructed from deep-rooted traditions. On the other hand, the two countries' „educational landscapes" in general appear similar at first sight while two common features of the VET systems strike the eye: the firm belief that companies should be responsible for training and, secondly, the well-documented inclination to implement and even enforce a policy of establishing national qualification frameworks based on modular principles and linked to competence-based assessment. Against this background the article depicts some of the major differences between the two „countries".