865-0065-00L VET between Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development

Semester	Herbstsemester 2019
Dozierende	K. Harttgen, F. Kehl, M. Maurer
Periodizität	2-jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
Lehrsprache	Englisch
Kommentar	Only for MAS/CAS in Development and Cooperation students, as well as specialists with at least 24 months of practical experience in international cooperation. ETH doctoral students working on topics related to poverty reduction in low- and middle income countries may also be admitted. Registration only through the NADEL administration office.

Kurzbeschreibung	The course aims at strengthening the capacity in portfolio management for VET, skills development and active labor market policies. It deals with basic issues and challenges of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Developing Countries. In view of the many of school leavers VET has to place itself between the contradicting intensions of quality education and short-term training interventions.
Lernziel	The participants are able to - Assess project proposals and ongoing project regarding their relevance and suitability in the specific country context - Explain strengths and weaknesses of the opposing approaches "dual apprenticeship" and "competency based training" as well as synergies and incompatibilities between the two - Describe the competent use of tools currently applied in VET
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	Der Besuch der Lehrveranstaltung ist an Voraussetzungen gebunden, die der Homepage des NADEL zu entnehmen sind. Elektronische Einschreibung darf erst nach Einschreibung am NADEL-Sekretariat erfolgen.