Assessment of non-formal and informal learning within vet teacher education: needs and assumptions

As the sequence of educational reforms and developing knowledge society, there are more opportunities and initiatives to learn in various contexts, participating in processes of change. The importance of assessing and recognizing the achievements of non-formal and informal learning has increased in this context. Education policy makers emphasize the necessity to raise the quality and prestige of vocational education and training (VET), which is highly dependent on the qualification and competence of vocational teachers. The run of development processes in VET has caused changing roles of vocational teachers, making their pedagogical activity more complex and requiring to make self-sufficient decisions; therefore teachers are being encouraged to continuously develop their competenciesVytauto Didžiojo universiteta