1. Diversification of Higher Education. Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Relationship between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in Higher Education (Sofia, Bulgaria, November 30-December 2, 1987).
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bucharest (Romania). European Centre for Higher Education.
- Abstract
The proceedings of an international symposium on the relationship between general education, vocational training, and further training held in Bulgaria in 1987 are presented. The 20 papers fall under three headings: (1) Overview, including: "Problems Concerning the Linkage Between General and Vocational Education and Higher Education" (I. Maslarov); "General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Education" (K. Harnqvist); "Higher Education and Employment in Europe" (B. Sanyal); (2) Diversification of Higher Education with a View to Better Meeting the Needs of Society and of Assuring Employment, including: "The Diversification of Higher Education: A View from Technology and Industry" (L. Dadda); "Technology, Higher Education, and the Economy: A Critical Relationship" (J. Dennison); "Complementarity and Diversification: Two Sides of a Single Educational Process" (H. Richter); "Enhancing Employment Prospects by Diversification at Postgraduate Level" (C. O hEocha); "Remarks on the Differentiation of Higher Education, Particularly During the First Cycle" (L. Levy-Garboua); "The Vocational Training of Students Aided by Teaching-Research-Production Associations" (V. Gaisyonok); "Developmental Trends and Diversification of Higher Education" (D. Savicevic); and (3) Ways to Achieve Optimal Balance Between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in Higher Education, including: "General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in Higher Education: Personal Remarks" (G. Mialaret); "Balance Between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in Switzerland" (K. Weber); "Achieving an Optimal Balance Between General and Specialized Training in Higher Education" (Z. Levai); "The Problems Involved in Integrating General Education, Vocational Training, and Postgraduate Education into Lifelong Education" (A. Verbitsky); "An Empirical Approach to the Assessment of the Balance Between General Education, Vocational Training, and Further Training in Medical Curricula" (H. Dohn and J. Nystrup); "General Education, Professional Training, and Further Education in Teacher Education" (Z. Shechtman); "The Relationship Between General Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Specialized Secondary Education, and Higher Education in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" (V. Pogrebnyak). A fourth section, Tribune, includes "Study Orientations of Austrian Students: Recent Trends" (P. Kellermann and G. Sagmeister); "The Doctor of Education Degree: A Harvest of Rapeseed and Ragweed" (G. P. O'Neill); and "Gifted Students in the Universities of the Slovak Socialist Republic" (S. Brychova). (SM)
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- 1988