Training and Modules

Training Content and Pedagogical Approach

We determined in each case the required methodological approaches needed with respect to how to teach, and meet Programme Country staff needs. Each EU partner Designer bespoke training programmes to best meet this target market that stem from an agreed set of principles and enable all university faculty areas to be addressed. The pedagogical approach Stresses a communicative, learner-centered teaching approach. Following our SWOT needs analysis of the situation in the PC countries, these modules were identified to form the Core Curriculum and modified further via piloting processes and the Covid 19 experience. Priority areas were learning based on theory and practice, didactic elements of vocational education,  organisational forms of vocational learning and teaching, teaching and learning methods, control and evaluation of learning results, production structures and vocational education, project and case study methods.

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Core Curricula Creation Teams

CATALYST Tutor Module Evaluation Form

Module 1a: Communicative Approach (CA) for General Vocational Education

Module 1b: Communicative Approach (CA) for Vocational Language Education Training

Module 2: ICT/Blended/E-Learning Based Vocational Teaching and Learning Approaches

Module 3: Innovation Methodology in Vocational Teaching and Learning

Module 4: Examination and Assessment Creation

Module 5: Recognition and Validation of Language Skills in Line with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Module 6: Language Learning for Vocational Education Purposes for Internships and Employment

Module 7: Teaching for Diversity in Vocational Education for Individuals with Special Needs and Including a Focus on Intercultural Awareness

Module 8: Professional Development and Reflection

Module 9: Quality Assurance and Planning in Vocational Education (Including Observation, Self-Assessment Techniques)

Module 10: ESP Pathway Program Module – English for Specific Purposes Training in Vocational Education

Module 11: Catalyst Core Curricula Strategic Planning for Sustainability and Dissemination in Vocational Education

Module 12: Introduction to Basic Vocational Writing Skills