«Re-Engineering» Dual Training – The Malaysian Experience

The Editors: Gert Loose is the Head of the Occupational Standards and Skill Testing Project on behalf of GTZ and Adviser to H.E. The Minister of Manpower (Oman).Georg Spöttl is Director and Head of the Institute of Technology and Education (ITB) at the University of Bremen (Germany).Yusoff Md. Sahir is the Managing Director of the German-Malaysian Institute (GMI) in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

• Contents: Kofi A. Annan: Excerpt from a Letter by the Former Secretary-General to the President of the UN General Assembly [A/56/422, 28 September 2001] – Steven K. Miller: A New Partnership to Prepare Young People for the Knowledge Economy: The Secretary-General’s Youth Employment Network – Georg Spöttl: Learning through the Work Process - Challenges and the Shaping of Skill Requirements – Hermann W. Schmidt: Education and Training in Private-Public- Parntership: The German Experience – Andy Smith: The Employer’s Role in Developing Skills for the New Economy in Australia – Gert Loose: Can We Link and Match Training in the «Dual System» with Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET)? A Discussion Note – Zanifa Md. Zain: Malaysian Government Policies on Human Resources Development: Towards Meeting the Needs of the Knowledge-Based Economy – Gert Loose/Abdul Hakim Juri: Experience-Based Training for Malaysia: Private-Sector Involvement in Training K-Workers – Georg Spöttl/Matthias Becker: Work Process Analyses - An Essential Tool for Qualification and Curriculum Research – Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan: Meeting the Needs of Industry: The Challenge to Training and Education Institutions – Dato Ahamad bin Sipon: Educational Strategies for the K-Economy: Laying the Foundation for A Flexible and Competent Workforce – Tan Sri Rainer Althoff: Siemens’ Strategy for the Transformation of Global Needs into Market Success through the Concept of «People Excellence» – Shyamal Majumdar: Emerging Generic Skills & Challenges of Learning Systems: Training K-Workers – Pang Chau Leong: A Historical Account of Skills Training in Malaysia.

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