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WorldSkills International will organise 2 plenary sessions:
14h15m – 15h30m Session 1. The benefits of Skills Competitions.
WorldSkills International is facilitating the international application of the MoVE (Modelling Vocational Excellence) research project, initiated by Dr. Petri Nokelainen, from the Centre for Vocational Education and Training Research at the University of Tampere, Finland.
The basic research is testing hypotheses about the formation of vocational excellence (i.e. what characterises vocational excellence). The next stage is applying the basic research to questions about the WorldSkills experience (i.e. how the journey towards excellence is experienced by competitors, their families, judges, employers and trainers).
The strongest emerging themes from the competitor data is the positive value of WorldSkills as a learning experience and opportunity to test skills and knowledge. A significant number of competitors stressed the difference that WorldSkills has made to their training and work and the expression ‘life changing experience’ was used in several stories.
This workshop will introduce the research project, share current outcomes and the link to the benefits of skills competitions.
16h00m – 17h45m WorldSkills International – honouring the past and launching the future.
The WorldSkills International (WSI) organisation is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2010.
The skills competitions have been the core activity of the organisation over these 60 years with the purpose to increase interest, status and quality in VET around the world.
The WorldSkills International organisation has had tremendous growth and in 2010 it has 53 Members from all over the world.
By 2020 the WorldSkills brand will be fully recognized as the global hub for vocational skills knowledge and a common resource for Members and other partners to cooperate in increasing quality in VET (Vocational Education and Training), raise the status of VET and communicate the importance of skills for economic growth and prosperity.
WorldSkills International will have at least 70 Members.
The Competitions have been enhanced by different networking activities and via the Internet and personal exchanges, the global Competition every second year is now being complemented by regional competitions in Europe, the Gulf, SE Asia and in the Americas.
This session will discuss the 2020 vision and how it ties in with EU policies such as New Skills, New Jobs Initiatives. It will also introduce WorldSkills London 2011 and WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 – the next two WorldSkills Competitions. |