The project team 587102-EPP-1-2017-1-EN-EPPJMO-MODULE "European policy and practice of Work-based Learning in Vocational Education and Training", carried out with co-financing from the European Commission, is soon completing its three-year work and is in the process of writing a final report, which they will need to upload to Erasmus + website until 31.10.2020. Therefore, the time has come to publish some remarkably interesting results and findings of the project. The work was carried out mainly by the Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University (RSVPU) with the involvement of various regional and national stakeholders who deal with the training of future VET teachers and trainers in Russia. This project consists primarily in the development and implementation of three interrelated training modules for bachelors, masters, and graduate students, comprehending the wisdom of vocational pedagogy and practice in European policy and practice of Work-based Learning in VET. In addition, it includes various deliverables, such as writing academic and professional articles, conducting research, developing online didactic materials. The description and outcomes of the project can be found on the RSVPU’s website - English version http://en.rsvpu.ru/erasmus/wbl/ , Russian version https://www.rsvpu.ru/oms/erasmus/wbl /.
The project aims are to promote the development of mutual understanding between the European Union and Russia in order to strengthen intercultural communication and to carry out a comparative assessment of the similarities and differences in the views of European and Russian experts in the field of VET research, as well as to promote the dissemination of knowledge about European policies and practices in the Russian vocational education system.
During the project implementation, the following tasks were solved.
1) There have been many discussions in Russia about improving the quality and status of vocational education and training in the EU countries through the study and analysis of European policy and practice of Work-based Learning, as well as the dissemination of this knowledge in academic and business circles.
2) Due to this, the project participants have increased interest in the European policy and practice of Work-based Learning in the RSVPU and wider academic and business circles.
3) In addition, a systematic study of the most effective (best) European training practices in the workplace for VET students and the possibility of disseminating this experience in Russia has been carried out.
4) Students, young teachers, and academics were strongly encouraged to research more closely the VET aspects in the EU countries in terms of Work-based Learning and to form the basis for their “lifelong” learning strategy.
5) The results of research and publications on European policy and practice of Work-based Learning in VET were disseminated in every possible way among the academic community and officials through conferences, round tables, and master classes.
6) In general, the project team was engaged in the promotion and analysis of European strategic concepts in training and research in the field of vocational education, connecting the interests of higher and secondary vocational education, employers, and local authorities.
In the next publications, we are providing the readers of Open Space with some interesting outcomes of this project.
The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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