Activities of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2013/2041(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes
Amendments (17)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
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Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the Council recommendation of 5 September 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning (COM(2012) 485 final),
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls on Member States to provide more efficient education, with a focus on active citizenship, transversal, entrepreneurial and STEM- related skills, digital literacy and foreign languages skills (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), to tackle mismatches between skills and labour market demand;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
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D. whereas accessible, flexible and high quality education and training have a crucial impact on the personal development of young peopleall learners, also promoting their active citizenship and wellbeing;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on Member States to safeguard an inclusive and integrated education system with a lifelong learning approach, providing equal access to all at all levels and offering tailor-made arrangements to meet the different needs of students, especially those from vulnerable social groups, such as Roma, migrants and disabled persondisabled persons, migrants and minorities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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4. Considers that Member States should reduce drop-out rates by launching early childhood education, development and care programmes, providing extra-curricular activities and engaging parents and providing mentoring tomoting disadvantaged students throughout their studies, helping them access the Erasmus programme and internships;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
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3a. Calls on the Member States to perform consistent benchmarking with relevant European best-practice models in the field of education and employment;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls on Member States to facilitate transition between the different educational and training pathways, assist transition between education, professional training and employment, provide traineeships, work-based learning, apprenticeships and dual learning models and recognize competences based on non-formal and informal learning;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Calls on the Member States to prioritise public expenditures in education, training, research and innovation, and recalls that any budget cut in these fields will have a strong negative impact on the economic recovery of the Union and the attainment of the Europe 2020 objectives;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Recalls that young people have great potential and a crucial role to play in achieving the Europe 2020 targets for education and employment; reminds the Member States of the close link between early school leaving, lack of employment- related skills and youth unemployment; also recalls that early childhood education and care lay the foundation for future learning and development of young people, but that they should be provided exclusively in a playful manner and not using school methods or pressure from attainment targets;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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6. Stresses the need to prepare teachers to focus on skills and competences, get acquainted with different cultures and adapt lessons to the communication and learning styles of their students; the focus should be in particular on language skills, as the key to education, and on learning and didactics;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Calls for a recognition of youth organisations and civil society organisations for all generations in the design and implementation of lifelong learning strategies; also highlights their role as complementary educational providers for non-formal and informal learning and volunteering, helping all learners, particularly young people, to attain both transversal skills and individual personal competences, such as critical thinking and problem solving, team work and communication, and self-confidence and leadership;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Urges the Member States to promote the attractiveness of VET, and calls for a stronger focus on transversal and basic skills acquired through formal and informal training, in particular on entrepreneurial and ICT skills that help young people, especially, to enter the labour market and to create their own businesses; also, however, stresses the importance of culture and sport for a rounded education and personal development;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Encourages the Member States to promote cooperation and synergies in the field of lifelong learning, in particular to widen access to learning and to adapt and modernise the curricula of educational institutions – for example by using the rapidly developing potential of digital learning and Open Educational Resources – in order to address the new challenges of the contemporary world;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
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16. Recalls the importance of high-quality teacher education that needs to be complemented with career-long professional training, due in particular to the rapid changes in ICT and digital media with a focus on innovative teaching methods and instructing learners about approaches to education (‘learning how to learn’), due in particular to the rapid changes in ICT and digital media; stresses furthermore the possible advantages of gaining experience of teaching in another European country by means of an Erasmus term for teachers;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
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17. Stresses the need to mainstream gender equality, and calls for policies to attract vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including older people, into learning; in this context, encourages the Member States to introduce specific measures in the form of financial support to people from lower socio-economic backgrounds;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
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18. Strengthens the need to focus on low- skilled adults and intergenerational learning, and recalls the opportunities that digital learning and open educational resources (OER) can bring, as regards access to education and training for all age groups;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
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19. Calls for breaking the prejudices that prevent students from taking such educational paths that are not necessarily perceived as leading to highly recognised careers and positions in society, particularly to increase the attractiveness of vocational training and informal education;