Terminology of European Education and Training Policy: A Selection of 130 Key Terms. Second Edition

This multilingual glossary defines 130 key terms used in European education and training policy. It is an extended and updated version of "Terminology of European education and training policy" (2008) and "Terminology of vocational training policy" (2004). It considers new priorities of European union policy, mainly in skills and competence needs analysis. New definitions have been developed with experts of Cedefop's research and policy analysis area. it is the hope that this work will help communication between European education and training stakeholders, especially policy-makers. This glossary is presented in the following languages: (1) English; (2) Spanish; (3) German; (4) French; (5) Italian; (6) Polish; and (7) Portuguese. An alphabetical index for each language is included. [This glossary represents a team effort and reflects contributions from experts working on different aspects of European education and training policy. Cedefop would like to acknowledge: Philippe Tissot, Cedefop, who prepared the glossary; Dominika Szymura for her support in preparaing the manuscript; Jens Bjørnåvold, Bettina Brenner, Pascaline Descy, Torsten Dunkel, Maria Hrabinska, Fatima Sadia Khokhar Díaz, Isabelle Le Mouillour, Patrycja Lipinska, Antonio Ranieri, Giovanni Russo, Eleonora Schmid, Lechoslaw Szafranek, Guy Tchibozo, Jasper van Loo, Ernesto Villalba-Garcia, and Alena Zukersteinova for their critical reviews and constructive contributions. Special thanks go to Stella Bochori and Stéphanie Wehrheim for their support in preparing this publication.]