Implement Agriculture Qualifications impaqproject.eu

1. Implement Agriculture Qualifications www.impaqproject.eu FORM THE AGRICULTURE MATRIX TO THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEARNING OUTCOMES APPROACH State of the Art and Perspectives A Note of Presentation of a Work-in-Progress Prof. Francesco Mauro – Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” Antonino Magistrali – Italia Forma Maria Concetta Bottazzi – Italia Forma Rossella Reggente – Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” André Huigens – Wellantcollege

2. AIM The aim of this note is to offer some information and preliminary results of WP2 of the project in order to facilitate the contacts at national and European level with the stakeholders, first of all the National Coordination Points, in order to share the finding emerging from the project, and to foster in the future the referencing process and to evidence where further research.

3. THE SECTORAL APPROACH • In general, the results confirm the possibility, actually the advisability, to follow a sectoral approach for several reasons: • to support the development of EQS at sectoral level • to involve the various actors • to take into account inter-(intra-) sectoral differences. • In the agriculture field, this choice appears more correct and necessary due to the extreme difference, differentiation, and diversity of agriculture (and of agricultural education and training) in the various countries.

4. METHODOLOGY • To connect qualifications to some kind of classification system • Learning paths can be formal, non-formal, informal • An enlarged definition of agriculture from traditional to multifunctional is used • The analysis carried out by chains (of interest for the various countries) • For now, the attention is concentrated on level 1 to 6 (HE’s levels treated elsewhere) • To collect learning descriptors for groups of comparison.

5. OPERATIONAL CHOICE • EQF analysis in depth on groups of comparison: • levels 1 & 2 (often a qualification shortage), • level 3 for production process of plant production macro-chain, • level 4 for entire flower et al. sub-chain, • level 5 for entire wine sub-chain, • level 6 for entire animal production macro-chain.

6. PRELIMINARY RESULTS (1/3) Level 1 & 2 It is confirmed a shortage of qualifications linked to insufficient or even non-existing organized education in many countries (with exception of some central-northern Europe countries).

7. PRELIMINARY RESULTS (2/3) • Level 3 • The descriptors observed in the qualification are sufficiently coherent with the learning outcomes but semantic differences between countries have been noticed and need to be investigated. • In general, levels of autonomy and responsibility are considered.

8. PRELIMINARY RESULTS (3/3) • Level 4 • In some cases, the learning outcomes bestride the limits of the chain/sub-chain option. • Regional differences within national situations can be present. • Importance of management and administration areas. • Level 5 • As 3(a) • As 3(b)

9. SOME CONCLUSIONS (1/4)

10. SOME CONCLUSIONS (2/4)

11. SOME CONCLUSIONS (3/4)

12. SOME CONCLUSIONS (4/4)

13. THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION! www.impaqproject.eu info@impaqproject.eu • Contacts: • Prof. Francesco Mauro – Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” • mauro_sustainability@yahoo.com • Antonino Magistrali – Italia Forma • a.magistrali@italiaforma.it • Maria Concetta Bottazzi – Italia Forma • mcbottazzi@italiaforma.it • André Huigens – Wellantcollege • a.huigens@wellant.nl • Rossella Reggente – Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” • r.reggente@unimarconi.it