14 Amendments of Jeroen LENAERS related to 2017/2224(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that skills mismatch and shortages are responsible for both unemployment and unfilled job vacancies3; considers that these worrying phenomena should be tackled by modernising education systems, making education systems cooperate more closely with labour market actors, improving mobility between cross-border regions and focusing more on training in soft and transversal skills to accommodate future skills needs; __________________ 3 http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events- and-projects/projects/assisting-eu- countries-skills-matching
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to enable the recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning – gained from free online courses such as MOOCs – which often broaden access to education for underprivileged groups or groups whose circumstances prevent them from attending on-site classes and therefore increase their opportunities for a better job and life;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to internationalise education systems and expand student mobility programmes to better prepare students for the EU labour market, in which a lack of skills in foreign languages and cultures is the first barrier to mobility; in this context, calls for special attention to be given to the cross-border aspect of education, for example by promoting the teaching of neighbouring languages;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that access to education must be made non-discriminatory, in particular by facilitating access to education for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with special needs;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that the high number of NEETs could be reduced by preventing early school leaving, for example by making education more flexible and adjusting it more to learners’ individual living conditions, including through the expansion of online services, especially in the field of distance learning, distance education courses and blended learning;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the special educational situation of children and adolescents whose parents travel professionally in Europe, and calls on the Commission to conduct a study to highlight their specific situation with regard to the challenges facing pre-school and school education for these children and adolescents;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that it is vital to keep up with the breakneck pace of technological change, and stresses the opportunities that digitisation offers for modern education, especially in terms of distance learning, distance education, blended learning and continuing education and notes that the importance of digitisation for the modernisation of education cannot be sufficiently emphasised;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that the use of emerging technologies will allow more flexibility for education, especially in the field of distance learning and blended learning, and points out that digitisation and the establishment of common educational platforms can make a significant contribution to tailoring education more closely to learners' individual living conditions;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that increased efforts are needed to shifadapt the educational paradigm to be moreso that it is more individually and specifically attuned to learner-s and their living circumstances and is more understanding- centred, thus strengthening the personalisation of the educational process and thereby increasing retention and completion rates;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the importance of reshaping and investing in teacher education and training, also with a view to the progress of digitisation and the resulting opportunities for distance education and blended learning, encouraging teachers’ continuing professional development, and providing them with opportunities to participate in international teacher exchanges;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls on the Member States to adopt a holistic approach to education and to provide learners with specific, flexible learning opportunities that can provide them with the necessary core competences for successful entry into the labour market;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Stresses the special educational situation of children and adolescents whose parents travel professionally in Europe, and calls on the Commission to conduct a study to highlight their specific situation with regard to the challenges facing pre-school and school education for these children and adolescents;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Stresses that school education should also be made more flexible in order to better respond to students' living conditions, for example by increasing the use of online services, so that, for example, blended learning opportunities can also be improved;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Calls on the Member States to promote cooperation between educational institutions and business enterprises in order to better prepare learners to enter the labour market;