POLICY AND PRACTICES FOR INTERGRATION BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION OUTCOMES AND LABOUR MARKET NEEDS

Misija suvremenoga visokoškolskoga obrazovanja je stvoriti kompetentne pojedince koji mogu pristupiti i kretati se na tržištu rada u vrijeme globalizacije i internacionalizacije. Na to se usmjeravaju europske i hrvatske obrazovne politike. U pozadini suvremenog visokoškolskog obrazovanja je kompetencijski pristup u obrazovanju. U dokumentima obrazovnih politika ističu se pojmovi tržište rada, zapošljivost, ishodi učenja i transverzalne kompetencije. Ovim radom u teorijskom dijelu nastoji se analizirati obrazovne politike na području Europe i Republike Hrvatske koje se usmjeravaju na potrebe tržišta rada. Donosi se pregled smjernica za pisanje ishoda učenja. U radu se prikazuju mjere strateških dokumenta u obrazovnim politikama visokoškolskog obrazovanja koje usmjeravaju na unaprjeđivanje ishoda učenja i visokoškolskog obrazovanja općenito prema potrebama tržišta rada i društva. Istraživačkim pitanjima nastoji se analizirati koliko su ishodi učenja odabranih studijskih programa Sveučilišta u Splitu jasno i transparentno napisani prema smjernicama izloženima u teorijskom dijelu, te koliko su ti ishodi usporedivi sa deskriptorima 7. razine HKO.The mission of modern higher education is to create competent individuals who can access and move in the labour market at a time of globalization and internationalization. This is what European and Croatian education policies are focused on. In the background of modern higher education is the competency-based education approach. Education policy documents highlight the concepts of labour market, employability, learning outcomes and transversal competences. In the theoretical part this paper aims to analyze educational policies in Europe and the Republic of Croatia that focus on the needs of the labour market. An overview of the guidelines for writing learning outcomes is provided. The paper presents measures of strategic documents focused on improving learning outcomes and higher education in general according to the needs of the labour market and society brought by the education policies in higher education. Research questions aim to analyze how clear and transparent the learning outcomes of selected study programs of the University of Split are according to the guidelines outlined in the theoretical part, and how comparable these outcomes are to the descriptors of level 7 of the CROQF