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Sept
2008 Hot Line To All IVETA Members
The Hot
Line is normally issued monthly to all members and highlights IVETA
activities and selected professional happenings.
IVETA
Africa Regional Conference, Livingstone, Zambia, Complete;
A full report is available on the conference, which was attended by
over 200 individuals from over 20 countries and organizations. A wide
array of plenary and small group sessions addressed the theme of Achieving
Poverty Reduction through Quality Vocational Education and Training
in Partnership with Industry. Details of the program can already be
found on the Conference web site www.ivetazambia.org.zm,
a summary of Conference proceedings can be found at www.iveta.org,
and electronic copies of main presentations/papers can be obtained
from the IVETA Secretariat (
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The next Africa Regional Event is planned for 2009 in Namibia.
Network
for Policy Research, Review and Advice on Education and Training (NORRAG)
is a free-to-join network, supported by the UK and is committed to
encouraging critical analysis of international development, especially
in the field of education and training, through a network of researchers,
policymakers, donor agencies, and NGOs. The main product is the NORRAG
NEWS (NN) digital newsletter that is produced twice per year. It has
a large number of concise papers, focusing on policy implications
of research findings and/or on the practical implications of new policies
formulated by multilateral agencies or donors. The current issue,
NN40 (May 2008), is on “Education for sustainable development.”
Earlier issues --which span back over 20 years - have included, for
example: Best Practice in Education & Training; Technical
and Vocational Skills Development; Education and Training Out of Poverty?;
Special Theme on 2005, Millennium Project & World Summit &
the Commission for Africa and G8; Education and Skills in Eastern,
Western and Central Africa; Development Cooperation and Partnerships;
and Aid Targeting. NORRAG has about 2,250 members; slightly over one
third of these come from the South. Many of them contribute to the
NORRAG NEWS. You can become a member by registering yourself at the
web site: http://www.norrag.org/registration.php.
2008
IVETA Annual Conference on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 in Charlotte,
North Carolina, USA. The theme is Youth Employment/Unemployment:
The Role of Vocational-Technical Education.” Abstracts for proposed
presentations are due September 15, presentations will be selected
by October 15, and complete papers are due by November 15. Dr. Robert
E. Norton, 2008 IVETA Annual Conference Chair and Vice President for
N. America,
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fax 614-292-1260 is organizing the program and papers should be sent
to him. Complete and detailed information, including the Conference
Registration Form (deadline for submission to the IVETA Secretariat
is November 17), can be found at http://www.iveta.org.
IVETA
General Business Meeting. The membeship meeting will be held
on December 3, in conjunction with the Annual Conference in North
Carolina.
Elections for IVETA Executive Committee Members. Elections will be
held during the Annual Conference and IVETA members are encouranged
to submit nominiations to the chairperson of the Nomination Committee,
Roland Dubois ,
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by Sept 20. The Ballot will be placed on
www.iveta.org in early October. Descriptions of all Executive
Committee positions can be found at www.iveta.org
Bylaws, Article 3.
IVETA
Annual Awards. Members are encouraged to make nominations
for the following awards to be presented in North Carolina: (a) the
Silvius Wolansky award to an Outstanding Leader in Technical Vocational
Education and Training for significant contributions to the advancement
of technical vocational education and training locally, nationally,
and internationally; (b) the Joel Magisos Exceptional Service Award
to an IVETA member for long-term support to the continuing development
of IVETA; (c) the Valued Supporter of IVETA award to a member for
exceptional support during the present year; and (d) the Robert D
Cain Business/Organization award to a company, government agency or
educational institution, for continuing or for new support to IVETA.
Nominations, with supporting information, should be sent by email
no later than October 10 to the Chairperson of the Awards Committee,
Dr Christopher Parkin
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Fax: +44 1582 472173 (UK). Descriptions of all awards can be found
at www.iveta.org, Bylaws, Article
4.
IVETA
Newsletter: The theme of the first revised Newsletter, which
will be on the IVETA members’ web site by the end of September,
addresses the changing role of secondary vocational education. With
the advent of the knowledge economy, secondary education is increasingly
becoming compulsory in most developed and many middle income countries,
part of basic education, and is the key transition point to the world
of work and/or future specialized education. In developing countries,
primary education completion rates are increasing, which puts pressure
on Governments to provide more spaces in secondary education. The
above trends raise questions about the appropriateness of old-style
specialized and tracked secondary vocational education, which is expensive,
often provides youth with weak basic education skills, and results
in their having difficulty in adapting to the demands of the changing
knowledge economy. Secondary general and vocational education are
increasingly merging, and vocational training is increasingly left
to upper secondary, with a function of providing core work skills
from a general family of occupations to facilitate initial entry to
the workforce and to post secondary specialized training institutions.
These trends are discussed in several of the Newsletter articles,
and the September Issue of the ACTE Journal “Techniques”
has a number of articles on Career Clusters and Pathways in secondary
education.
Association
of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Convention: We encourage
IVETA members to attend the ACTE Conference. To get the best rates,
you first need to be a member of ACTE (you can do this on-line, international
membership is only USD60). You can register for ACTE membership and
the Conference, by going to www.acteonline.org
(to register for the Conference click on 2008 Convention registration
and housing on the right of the main web
New
IVETA Web Site. The updated web site is operational with
a number of new features, including: (a) integrated public and member
sites on one server, (b) instant translation of all parts of the web
site, and (c) new features for members including a “Job Bank,”
a members’ “forum,” a place for members to put their
resumes, and an archive section. To log in to the member part of the
site, members should use: (a) as a name, their first initial, followed
by a period, then their last name, and (b) the generic password “iveta2008”
(the name and password are in lower case). The first initial
and last name that members use to log in must be exactly the same
as in the IVETA membership roster. Members can change and personalize
their own password.
Dr. David
H. Fretwell, IVETA President,
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Each year IVETA recognizes individuals and organizations for significant contributions to international vocational education and training and to the Association. IVETA Awards presented in Nashville Tennessee on 18th November 2009 included: