Glossary

Programme of education and training

DEFINITION: An inventory of activities, content and/or methods implemented to achieve education or training objectives (acquiring knowledge, skills and/or competences), organised in a logical sequence over a specified period of time.

COMMENT: the term programme of education of training refers tot he implementation of learning activities whereas curriculum refers to the design, organisation and planning of these activities.

SOURCE: Terminology of European education and training policy-a selection of 100 key terms. CEDEFOP, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008.

HYPERLINK: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/13125.aspx

 

RELATED TERMS: education, training, vocational education and training, continuing education and training, initial education and training