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No. 31, June 2015

Like Water: Indescribable, Irreplaceable. Heldur Meerits
From Professional Learner to Learning Professional: Expectations, Preconditions and Means. Marge Täks
Industry 4.0 and Its Impact on Industry and Education in Estonia. Jüri Riives
The Story of the National Coat of Arms of Estonia. Gert Uiboaed

Summaries of articles are in English.

Full articles in Estonian

Editor-in-Chief’s Column

RiTo conversation circle

Focus

  • First Lessons of Work Capacity Reform

    10 June 2015

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    RiTo No. 31, 2015

    In 2014, the fist legislative amendments were adopted in Estonia that will change the current policy of payment of the pension for incapacity for work – starting from 2016, the conditions for payment will be changed, and the requirements of being active will be established for people with partial capacity for work who receive the benefi. The related political process has been controversial, it has brought about demonstrations of disabled people, and a petition and a memorandum were submitted to the parliament.

  • Performance of the Alumni of Estonian Universities in the Labour Market?

    10 June 2015

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    RiTo No. 31, 2015

    The universities have been studying how their alumni cope in the labour market since the beginning of the 2000s. However, a comprehensive simultaneous research covering all universities was conducted for the fist time in 2011, when the graduates of 2009 were interviewed (Eamets, Krillo, Themas 2011). The alumni study of 2012 dealt with the factors inflencing the choice of specialty, satisfaction with studies, working during studies, plans after graduation, success on the labour market and acquired competences. The assessment of foreign alumni of the higher education given in Estonia was also studied. The article focuses on two questions: 1) How do university graduates cope in the labour market? 2) To what extent are they satisfid with the studies they have completed? The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Research and the Archimedes Foundation.

  • Labour Shortage in Estonia: Where should We Look for Solutions?

    10 June 2015

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    Laura Kirss, Miko Kupts, Reelika Leetmaa, Märt Masso, Liina Osila, Magnus Piirits, Mari Rell, Pirjo Turk.

    The Estonian population is decreasing, and consequently so is the number of people of working age. This is mostly caused by the negative natural increase rate as well as emigration.

  • Industrie 4.0 and Its Impact on Industry and Education in Estonia

    10 June 2015

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    The salient feature of the economy today is the extremely fast pace of development. It has become extremely important for businesses, organisations, regions and states alike to remain competitive and to ensure sustainability.

  • Teacher Training Perspectives – Current Situation and Challenges

    10 June 2015

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    RiTo No. 31, 2015

    Estonia might lose its edge in education, which in turn would affect the competitiveness of the country, if no rapid and fundamental changes are made in the situation of teachers.

Politics

  • Like Water: Indescribable, Irreplaceable

    Education is sure to have a positive effect on a person, yet we cannot describe its specifi working mechanism. Despite this, the time that is viewed as necessary for getting a good general education has kept on increasing over the centuries and decades. Maybe it has even become too long. Enthusiasts of different filds have each promoted their own discipline, which has continued to make the curricula longer and more detailed in content.

  • Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies *

    Abstract. Parliamentary democracy has been widely embraced by politicians and especially by the scholarly community but remains less widely understood.

    *European Journal of Political Research 37: 261–289, 2000. © 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.

Studies

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