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Networking
Call to Participate
Dear Colleagues:
UNESCO has recognised this reality in a number of
different ways. One of these has been to expand and develop its role in
the area of technical and vocational education. In 1992 UNESCO
established an International Project on Technical and Vocational
Education (UNEVOC) dedicated to developing and improving technical and
vocational education in UNESCO's Member States. Its main focus is on
information exchange, networking and international co-operation. Each
UNESCO Member States was invited to nominate an institution to become a
UNEVOC Centre to act as a focal point for the UNEVOC international
network. The responsibilities of the UNEVOC Centres include: developing
and leading a national network; ensuring information flow to and from
UNESCO and other UNEVOC Centres; ensuring that expertise is shared among
UNEVOC Network members; providing research as requested by the UNESCO
Secretariat; contributing to UNESCO publications and data bases.
Currently, there are 111 UNEVOC Centres and 49 UNEVOC Associate Centres
in the UNEVOC network. Canada joined UNEVOC network in April 1998. This
Canadian initiative was led by a consortium formed under the leadership
of Chris Chinien from the Faculty of Education at the University of
Manitoba. The Canadian UNEVOC consortium includes a mix of
representatives from business and industry, public school systems,
community colleges, universities, government agencies, non-profit sector,
as well as some international collaborators. The Canada UNEVOC Centre
will play an advocacy role for technical and vocational education and
provide opportunities for Canadians to participate in the development and
improvement of technical and vocational education nationally and
internationally. The centre will also enable Canada to assume leadership
in the field. The Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba is
the home for UNEVOC - Canada. If you are interested in participating in this
networking initiative, kindly complete and return the attached form. Chris Chinien, Ph.D.
Our Mission
To provide leadership to improve technical and
vocational education through research and development, scholarship,
information exchange, networking and international collaboration. By becoming a contributing partner of the UNEVOC - Canada you will
have the opportunity to: Linking key actors in technical and vocational education in a
world wide network to encourage international exchange of ideas,
experiences and studies on policy issues: The development of quality, effective and responsive
technical and vocational education hinges on properly addressed policy
and delivery issues. Following are the areas of primary interest of
UNEVOC-Canada members in TVE, namely: (1) perception of vocational
education; (2) access; (3 ) equity; (4) curriculum; (5) teacher
qualification and preparation; (6) institutional excellence and elements
of program quality; (7) school-to-work transition; (8) articulation; (9);
leadership; (10) partnership in skill development; (11) co-operatively
structured on the job training; (12) outcome and self-based instruction;
(13) entrepreneurship; (14) youth unemployment, and (15) exemplary
programs. (16) the concept of human capital where training is
viewed as an investment in support of efforts to sustain a competitive
advantage; (17) learning without distance--using technology to remove
distance and create interactivity to improve performance; (18) the
relationship between learning and performance; (19) the relationship
between learning and occupational health and safety; (20) improving human
performance by means of non-training solutions; (21) work organisation
requirements for lasting training results; (22) the assessment of
training effectiveness; (23) instructional design for increasing
interactivity and response time in learning systems; (24) models of
training design to ensure equity and learning; (25) the design and
development of effective job aids; (26) integrating and maintaining learning
at the workplace; (27) just-in-time learning; (28) workplace literacy;
(29) career counselling and development, and (30) the training of job
threatened and dislocated workers. The of UNEVOC-Canada membership includes a mix of
individual from secondary schools, community colleges, universities,
business and industry, labour organisations, professional associations as
well as many national and international collaborators.
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