Vocational Education and training

Vocational Education and training

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Term2.png VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET)
Education activity oriented to provide the necessary knowledge and skills to peform a job, an occupation, or a professional activity in the labor market. It is an activity connected with the processes of technological transfer, innovation and development. Voactional training has a pedagogic component, as well as others types of education, but with a stronger emphasis on technical and technological aspects. It shows a deeper concern about the links betwen the contents, methods and the changes tha take place within the production and labour world. [1]. Vocational training includes apprenticeships, as well as continuing professional development , closely linked to lifelong learning. [2]


Link icon.png Web Resources
Below you have a list of selected websites where you can find some detailed information:
Link Content
www.ilo.org Full information on CINTERFOR, the Inter-american Center for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training.
www.ilo.org Vocational Training map in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain
www.ec.europa.eu/education Full information on the EU's 'Education and Training 2010' work programme to strengthen the provision of VET across Europe.


References

  1. www.ilo.org (19 March 2009)
  2. www.ec.europa.eu/education (19 March 2009)