National Observatory of Turkey

Book : National Observatory of Turkey

Language : English

Library : Social Policy

Publish Place : Ankara

Publish Date : May 2002

Publisher : European Training Foundation

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 3329

INDEX


CONTENTS

Introduction..............
Rationale...................
Executive summary
1. Socio-economic background.......................,
1.1 Economic developments............................
1.2 Recent developments..................................
1.2.1 Inflation.............................................
1.2.2 Gross National Product.....................
1.2.4 Budgetary developments....................
1.2.5 Small and medium-sized enterprises
1.3 Demography................................................
2. Labour market background.................................................................
2.1 Highlights.................................................................................................
2.1.1 Rising returns to skill in the world: human capital and
employment trends........................................................................
2.2 Economic activity of the population....................................................
2.2.1 Estimation of Turkish labour force participation rates.................
2.3 Employment.............................................................................................
2.3.1 Structural changes in employment...............................................
2.3.2 Informal employment and employment in the private sector........
2.4 Unemployment.......................................................................................,
2.4.1 Employment and unemployment predictions in Turkey...............
2.5 Wages........................................................................................................
2.6 Labour market policies...........................................................................
2.7 Future skill needs of the economy and conclusions regarding key labour market issues.......................................................................
3. Upper-secondary vocational and technical education from a lifelong learning perspective..............................................................
3.1 Strategies for the development of human resources........................
3.2 Preparation to the European Social Fund (ESF)................................
3.3 Upper-secondary vocational and technical education and training
3.3.1 Structure and organisation of formal vocational and
technical education and training..................................................
National Observatory Country Report
3.3.2 Post-secondary vocational schools.................................................
3.3.3 Continuous vocational and technical training..............................
3.3.4 Regulation.....................................................................................
3.3.5 Programme development...............................................................
3.3.6 Occupational guidance and counselling.......................................
3.3.7 Responsible bodies.........................................................................
3.3.8 Social dialogue and the participation of social partners................
3.3.9 Finance..........................................................................................
3.3.10 Equipment.....................................................................................
3.3.22 Full-day full-year education practice............................................
3.3.12 The relationship between formal and continuous vocational and technical education........................................................................
3.3.13 Weaknesses, strengths and future government priorities in vocational and technical education and training..........................
4. Management training......................................................
4.1 Management training in public organisations............
4.2 Management training in private sector organisations.
4.3 Organisations offering management training.............
4.3.1 Public institutions.................................................
4.3.2 Universities...........................................................
4.3.3 Professional and voluntary organisations.............
4.3.4 Private training organisations..............................
5. Teachers, trainers and managers in vocational technical education..
5.1 Pre-service training of teachers.....................................................................
5.1.1 Institutions training teachers for vocational and technical education
5.1.2 Selection of students to teacher training institutions...........................
5.1.3 Academic personnel working in teacher training faculties...................
5.1.4 Training programmes............................................................................
5.1.5 Teaching practicum and work place practices.......................................
5.2 Employment and salaries...............................................................................
5.2.1 Employment of teachers and salaries.....................................................
5.2.2 Employment of administrators, master trainers and
other training personnel........................................................................
5.3 In-service training of teachers, other trainers and administrative personnel
6. Research on vocational and technical education................
6.1 The present situation................................................................
6.2 Research and development institutions in vocational and
technical education7. Projects of international cooperation on initial vocational education and training and continuing vocational training modernisation.........
7.1 Informal vocational education........................................................................
7.2 Industrial schools.............................................................................................,
7.3 Turkey-Germany technical cooperation
Istanbul Haydarpaşa Anatolian Technical High School
Automatic Control Department.....................................................................
7.4 The Turkey-Germany technical cooperation dual
vocational education........................................................................................
7.5 The Bulgarian Ethnic Turks............................................................................
7.6 The Turkey-France technical cooperation
Istanbul Profile Anatolian Technical High School......................................
7.7 Employment and training...............................................................................
7.8 Literacy and training of women labour force..............................................
7.9 General remarks...............................................................................................
Abbreviations..............
References....................
Laws and regulations Appendixes..................