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Michael Grosch
Institute of General and Vocational Education, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
E-mail: michael.grosch@kit.edu
ABSTRACT
Most ASEAN member countries are currently facing a lack of skilled labor which is jeopardizing their
further economic development. To tackle this issue, it is crucial to improve the Technical and Vocational
Education and Training (TVET) system, in which the quality of TVET teachers constitutes a main key factor.
Establishing an International mutual TVET Teacher Master program and degree for ASEAN countries can
enhance TVET teachers’ competence in the ASEAN community. The paper presents a competency framework
for TVET teachers in ASEAN countries that was developed by a focus group from five ASEAN countries during
two workshops from 2015 to 2016, which can be used as a blueprint for setting up such an international TVET
Master program for the ASEAN community. The paper also elaborates further steps to be conducted to set it into
practice.
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Michael Grosch, Developing a Competency Standard for TVET Teacher Education in Asean Countries 281
Regarding the methods and process of and their meaning, e.g. the difference between
developing the competency framework, it knowledge and skills and the meaning of
turned out to be fundamental for the success of attitudes. As there is also a general confusion
both of the focus group workshops, that all between the different pedagogical traditions
participants encompass the underlying regarding some of the terms and concepts, for
definitions, concepts, theories and models, such example concerning the definition of
as the theory of competency, competency-based “competency” and “skills”, these key terms
education, educational standards, outcome- needed to be made understood in detail before
oriented education etc. Concerning the applied and during the development of the competency
ASK Competency Model, in the beginning of framework, to create a mutual knowledge base.
the process it proved to be hard for the Hence, a large share of time was spent to clarify
participants to understand the different terms the meaning of the related terms and models.
Michael Grosch, Developing a Competency Standard for TVET Teacher Education in Asean Countries 285
For the further transformation of the competency standard for all professions and
competency draft into a standard and a industries and several specific standards for
curriculum, these terms and their definition different vocations.
should be included into the standard in the form The developed competency framework is
of a glossary. The process of distinguishing based on the ASK-model and hence belongs to
different terms and understanding their meaning the group of “horizontal” frameworks which
not only helped the participants to understand generally distinguish between different
their meaning, but also contributed in clarifying competencies but not include the different
the content and relevance of the competency levels of these competencies as a vertical
standard draft. Especially while working on the dimension. However, the overall competency
attitudes section all participants became aware level of the whole standard was discussed and
of the immense importance of having proper set to be on the Master level by the experts’
attitudes to acquire pedagogical competencies. group. In the further process, the vertical
The TVET teacher competency standard competency structure can be elaborated in
in the version which was presented above is detail, e.g. which of the listed competencies are
still a draft and needs more elaboration and already covered to which level on the already
finalization during a further process. While the existing Bachelor level programs. Later on, e.g.
list of competencies and their wording already by applying the Dreyfus and Dreyfus (1980)
seems elaborated, the sub-sections knowledge, Model of Skill Acquisition or a similar model,
skills and attitude need to be further the vertical dimension can be drafted for each
revised concerning their consistency and competency, including skills, knowledge and
comprehensiveness, e.g. to clarify interferences attitudes in the further process, which will
between the categories “skills” and finally lead to a two-dimensional competency
“knowledge”. During potential follow-up matrix. This matrix can be used to develop a
sessions, also more stakeholders, especially Master curriculum that follows up on the
from the industry and from the educational Bachelor level competencies of TVET teacher
administrative level need to be involved, in program students and matches with the ASEAN
addition to the group of university lecturers Qualification Reference Framework AQRF
who participated in the previous focus group (ASEAN, 2013).
workshops. Beyond, also ASEAN participants The focus group process and the included
from other than the five countries which already activities revealed that all three competency
participated need to be included, if the modules of the framework draft and most of the
framework should target TVET teacher training included competencies are already part of the
in all ASEAN countries. Bachelor-level TVET teacher curricula in the
As the current competency framework participants’ countries in one way or another.
draft only includes pedagogical competencies, However, the general approach of the
also the area of professional competencies framework, which reveals itself in the details,
needs to be explored, as all TVET teachers in such as the relevant skills, knowledge and
the target countries are usually teaching one attitude is essentially different and includes a
major subject or vocational discipline. The shift from traditional to modern approaches of
pedagogical competencies need to be reflected student-centered teaching and learning and
based on this vocational or professional CBET in all three modules. Some of the
background, e.g. to explore if they are competencies also are not included in the
didactically appropriate, efficient etc. If any curricula yet, and need to be particularly
concerns regarding its suitability are occurring, promoted, among others especially competency
the pedagogical standard needs to be modified of connecting students with the working world.
and adapted, e.g. by splitting in up into a core
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