6 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2013/2041(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas education spending is an investment in the future and should therefore be shielded from austerity measures;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is necessary to examine closely future trends in labour market needs in order to adapt and modernise curricula andlabour market needs are changing fast, and whereas, in order for learners to be able to adapt to those changes, educational curricula need to provide a core of basic knowledge and continuous training needs to be adapted to labour market trends, so as to offer the right skills for the right jobs;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas skills, technology and jobs are changing rapidly and everyone will be obliged to adapt several times to new technologies during the course of their working lives and must therefore have a core of basic knowledge that is sufficiently robust to enable them to do so;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need to focuraise the profile of studies oin STEM (sciencsuch areas as science, the humanities, the arts, culture, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects in education; however, also calls for the right balance between the acquirement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills during studies;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need for curricula to be multidisciplinary and designed to provide open-ended, transferable skills, and for people to be able to switch from one area of studies to another;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises how difficult it can be to enter the labour market on completing one’s studies, when a long period of unemployment and forced inactivity can ensue, in particular at times of economic crisis such as the present; calls on the Member States to establish the necessary support policies to address these problems;