Abstract
Teacher is always a key factor which determines training quality in general and vocational training quality of the Vocational Education System (VES) in particular. In face of strong influences from the fourth industrial revolution (IR 4.0), teacher is getting more important in training of human resources, especially qualification level and capacity to apply technology and innovate teaching methods. Based on the analysis for impacts of the IR 4.0 on VES, requirements for capacity of teachers and the reality on vocational education teachers (VETs) today, this article suggests some solutions to develop VETs to adapt to the IR 4.0 as a basis for development of teachers at vocational education institutions in Vietnam.
Highlights
Training of quality human resources to meet demand of enterprises and international integration is one of the important goals in the vocational education today
92,6% of vocational education teachers (VETs) teach at college level, 85,9% of VETs do at intermediate level and 81% of VETs do at vocational training centers who meet the standards of pedagogical skills
Vietnam has 06 Universities of Technology and Education (UTE) and about 05 faculties of Technical Education belonging to Universities of Education that participate in training, fostering and developing VETs
Summary
Training of quality human resources to meet demand of enterprises and international integration is one of the important goals in the vocational education today. For actualization of this goal, apart from factors on training program, training method, facility, equipment and teaching conditions, teachers are always considered an important and core factor. With the goal of proposing solutions to develop VETs to adapt to IR 4.0, this article presents the study results on impacts of IR 4.0 on the VES, requirements for capacity of teachers, the reality of VETs today and several solutions in conformity to current context
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