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Key Qualifications in Work and Education

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Wim J. Nijhof

    1. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  2. Jan N. Streumer

    1. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-9
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  2. The demarcation issue: introduction

    1. The demarcation issue: introduction

      • Wim J. Nijhof, Jan N. Streumer
      Pages 11-16

  6. Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Moving Beyond Traditional Vocational Education and Training: Emerging Issues

      • Jan N. Streumer, David C. Bjorkquist
      Pages 249-264
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In today's rapidly changing world a constant renewal of knowledge and skills in every human endeavour can be observed. The characteristics of workers and the jobs that they perform have been attended by technological, social, and political change on a global scale. New forms of employment have made work more mobile to an extent never experienced before. An increasing proportion of workers no longer need come to their employer's job site in order to do their work. The instability of employment is creating a new breed of workers who know how to move efficiently from one job to another. As a consequence workers need flexible qualifications to perform jobs.
Key qualifications are the answer! Key qualifications provide the key to rapid and effective acquisition of new knowledge and skills. First, qualifications enable workers to react effectively to, and exercise initiative in, changes to their work. Second, qualifications enable workers to shape their own career in a time of diminishing job security, nowadays frequently defined as `employability'.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Wim J. Nijhof, Jan N. Streumer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Key Qualifications in Work and Education

  • Editors: Wim J. Nijhof, Jan N. Streumer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5204-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4864-1Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6190-2Published: 04 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5204-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 274

  • Topics: Education, general, Human Resource Management, Curriculum Studies, Labor Economics

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