MODULE Approval of Modules in Prevocational Education and Training

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MODULEApproval of Modules in Prevocational
Education and Training
(Portugal)
Portuguese Case

• Eduardo Figueira
• Liliana Rainha
• Copenhagen, 9th- 10th March 2006

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• Summary
• Structure of the Educational System
• Vocational Education and Training System
• Prevocational Education and Training System
• Perception of Modularization on Concept
• Planned Tool
• Integration of Modularize System in VET

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Structure of the Educational System
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Vocational Education and Training System
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Vocational Education and Training System
- Age between 15 and 25 years old
- Educational level between 4th and 12th year
- Areas of training courses (some examples)

• Familiar and Community support
• Mechanic
• Aesthetic and hare care.
• Graphic finish

• Kitchen
• Carpentry
• Electricity.

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- Components of training
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- Educational and Professional Certification

• In the end of the training process the trainnees
  get
• a professional certification of level 1,2 or 3,
• an educational progression, with equivalence to
  the 6th, 9th or 12th years of educational level.
• They also get prepared to go to another training
  course of a next level or to return to the
  educational system. (Not in the same area,
  because they will learn the same things)

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- persons with all ages, not only for youngers
specifically
- distinguish of the common professional training
because includes not only training aspects but
also socio-professional insertion.
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- Public

• Long duration employed
• Ethnic minorities
• Immigrants
• Recluse and ex-recluse
• Drugg addicts or ex-drugg addicts

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• The main portuguese institution dedicated to the
  shelter, education, learning and social insertion
  to childrens and youngers without normal familiar
  support or in social exclusion risk.

• The youngers can attend a normal education or a
  trining course that has the same parameters that
  the Young Education and Training

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Prevocational Education and Training System

• We can not talk about a Prevocational Education
  and Training System, because doesnt exist.

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Perception of Modularization Concept
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Good Module
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Planned Tool
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Integration of Modularizes System in VET
- All agree that could be a kind of antecedent of
the VET, but not should replace it in the future.
- All agree with the importance of the Soft
Skills but they considered that doesnt have to
be recorded because already are implicit.