What kind of event was this? The ECER conference of the year 1997 was hosted by the University of Frankfurt. For EERA this event was linked to the transition of EERA presidency from James Caldwell (the University of Bath) to Peter Döbrich (The German Institute for International Educational Research, DIPF). For VETNET this was the first conference in which a section programme had been planned for the existing VETNET network.
What special memories do we have of this conference? The conference events were spread to the high towers of the faculties. However, the VETNET sessions were placed close to each other which made it easier to follow the programme and to navigate according one’s priorities. This gave a feeling of the VETNET network as a social fact and of the VETNET programme as a coherent whole.
What themes were taken up? Newly started European cooperation projects from the Leonardo da Vinci programme had ...
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Ludger Deitmer on "Introductory Post 1: A VETNET history blog - What for?" on 03/11/2011:
This is a brillinat piece of work to develop explantions about the history of VETNET. It will be interesting to see how the European debate about VET in ...