Art. 48

(Art. 45 and 46 VPETA)

Vocational pedagogy training programmes shall be based on the context of the locations where workplace training and classroom instruction take place. It shall include the following aspects:

1. VPET system and associated context: VPET system, legal basis, guidance counselling services;
2. learners: job-related socialisation of young people and adults within the company, school and society;
3. teaching and learning: planning, carrying out and assessing learning activities, providing support and assistance to learners as they make their way through the training and learning process, assessing and selecting learners on the basis of a full range of aptitudes;
4. applying what they have learnt to workplace training programmes or to classroom instruction;
5. understanding the role of the teacher/trainer, maintaining business and academic contacts, establishing one’s own continuing training programme;
6. interacting with learners, working with their legal representatives, government officials, host companies, VET schools and other learning locations;
7. general topics such as work-oriented mentality, ethics, gender issues, health, multiculturalism, sustainability, occupational safety.