InVET MAGAZINE DON’T FORSAKE YOUR OWN LEARNING
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ocational education and training professionals must respect their title and be responsible for their own learning if they expect respect from others. While this seems like common sense, many of our colleagues fail to challenge what they know and make little attempt to discover what they don’t. To be open to learning you must be open to learn As VET professionals, our objective is not only to foster employee learning but to become learners ourselves. As a profession, we must be the first to practice what we preach. If we don’t lead by example, then what are we good for? Our own professional development is absolutely essential if we want to instill learning within our organisations. My concern arose over a many conversations with trainers and VET practitioners around the requirements for currency and PD, under the Standards for RTOs 2015. Unfortunately, many cannot see the connection of compliance with the requirements, and the quality of training provided. Professional Development is an essential part of our system, is in fact our commitment to relevant, industry current learning. Again, being a learning professional is a significant responsibility. You must be a learner yourself, and more importantly, you must be a critical thinker. Learning is not a unidirectional process. Learning is an exchange of knowledge, ideas, and discovery of the unknown.
001 JUNIO 2017
JAVIER AMARO
(CEO INSOURCES)
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