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                                             MET-VET – Metacognition for
                                            Environmental Thinking in VET
                                                   Project number:
                                          2021-2-PL01-KA220-VET-000050783



                Profile of the respondents    The  respondents  represent  six  VET  trainers  and  two  VET
                                              managers with a diverse experience in vocational education
                                              and  training  (some  of  them  with  more  than  20  years  of
                                              experience, other with just a few years) and working in two
                                              different VET institutions in Cham, Germany. The VET trainers
                                              teach  various  subjects:  ethic,  soft  skills,  entrepreneurship,
                                              etc.
                Methodology adopted           Online questionnaire
                                                  MAIN FINDINGS
                According to the respondents, not many initiatives were implemented to improve approaches
                and tools regarding teaching, motivation, guidance – half of the participants answered there
                were no such initiatives, unlike the other half who claimed there were. The implemented
                initiatives were found successful by all four participants and were related to further education
                and training, lesson on the topic of motivation, international projects on sustainability topics
                and project results reflected in the departments. All are motivated to experiment with further
                innovative approaches. On the other hand, the participants who think such initiatives are not
                carried out in their institutions are open to using further innovative tools and approaches,
                seeing them as necessary for further development. In addition, they are willing to use tools
                and approaches developed within the MET-VET project in the context of sustainability and
                metacognition competence.

                                          RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN ITALY
                                            CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY
                No. of VET teachers/trainers   8
                involved
                No. of Managers of VET        2
                organisations involved
                Total no. of respondents      10
                Profile of the respondents    All respondents are from the Campania region and they
                                              work in 5  different VET schools located in the provinces of
                                              Salerno and Naples. The teachers have from 10 to 20 years
                                              of experience and teach different subjects, such as:
                                              administration,  economics, English language, electronics.
                                              The VET managers are Headmasters of VET schools from 15
                                              years.
                Methodology adopted           Face-to-face individual interviews; online questionnaire
                                                  MAIN FINDINGS
                Eight  respondents  out  of  ten  declared  that  they  have  experimented  initiatives  to  improve
                approaches  and  tools  regarding  teaching,  motivation,  guidance.  These  initiatives  include:
                adoption of new teaching methodologies, such as Flipped Classroom; integration of digital and
                ICT-based tools in the teaching practices such as multimedia whiteboard; programmes and
                software  for  quizzes,  interaction,  assessment,  etc;  provision  of  blended  training  courses;
                project-based  learning,  simulations  of  real-life  cases  and  virtual  laboratories;  creation  of
                innovation and exchange of good practices projects in the framework of funded project in the
                framework of PON and Erasmus+ Programmes (mobility of students and teachers abroad for
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               Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not
               necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither
               the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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