“Fit for 4.0: training trainers and teachers for the 4.0 paradigm” is a three years educational and innovative project (September 2019 – August 2022), which involves 10 partners in 8 European Countries: Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom. They represent a competent and skilled mix of excellent European VET players, in the spirit of providing for a true “strategic partnership”.
About
Fit for 4.0: training trainers and teachers
for the 4.0 paradigm
for the 4.0 paradigm
Starting from the will of the partners to take up the challenges and
invitations proposed by UE in educational field, the priorities of this
project are to open education and innovative practices in a digital
era and to support the uptake of innovative approaches and digital
technologies for teaching and learning.
In this context, Fit for 4.0 aims to develop and experiment
training courses for VET teachers, in close collaboration with
companies.
Starting from the will of the partners to take up the challenges and
invitations proposed by UE in educational field, the priorities of this
project are to open education and innovative practices in a digital
era and to support the uptake of innovative approaches and digital
technologies for teaching and learning.
In this context, Fit for 4.0 aims to develop and experiment
training courses for VET teachers, in close collaboration with
companies.
Industry 4.0, digital revolution, smart factories, global interconnection are the keywords describing the present developments of the labour world, and VET can become “the first choice” to live this transformation.
At present, only a few training centres in Europe can exploit necessary equipment and, even more important, most of teachers and trainers are not aware of the dimension of such changes, or are able to exploit the required tools, conceptual and methodological first, rather than technological. Some of them need a clearer picture of the nature, implications and real meaning of the 4.0 paradigm, which is not only ”Industry” 4.0 and technology.
Therefore, in order to make VET sustainable, this project aim is to update its times and tools, favouring collaboration among teachers/trainers, learners, training providers, companies, social parts, local authorities.
Industry 4.0, digital revolution, smart factories, global
interconnection are the keywords describing the present
developments of the labour world, and VET can become “the first
choice” to live this transformation.
At present, only a few training centres in Europe can exploit
necessary equipment and, even more important, most of teachers
and trainers are not aware of the dimension of such changes, or are
able to exploit the required tools, conceptual and methodological
first, rather than technological. Some of them need a clearer
picture of the nature, implications and real meaning of the 4.0
paradigm, which is not only ”Industry” 4.0
and technology.
Therefore, in order to make VET sustainable, this project aim is
to update its times and tools, favouring collaboration among
teachers/trainers, learners, training providers, companies, social
parts, local authorities.
WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, FIT FOR 4.0 INTENDS TO DESCRIBE TO DESCRIBE A SET OF COMPETENCES USEFUL TO VET TEACHERS AND TO DEVELOP AND TEST A SET OF TRAINING MODULS FIT FOR “4.0”, IN STRICT CO-OPERATION WITH COMPANIES
The train-the-trainer programme aims mostly at improving skills for teaching, using innovative methods and tools, embedding the 4.0 paradigm in day-by-day work. It is practical and at the same time “intrinsically digital”, built up with the same instruments it offers, that is, by transnational teams composed by trainers and company experts, making use of on-line cooperative platforms.
Teachers and trainers will learn by visiting companies, by discussing with peers (even at distance), by exploiting Design Thinking and Instructional Design techniques, by exchanging views with experts and professionals, and by “seriously” playing.
The project focuses on the mechanic, mechatronic, automotive sectors, where the digital revolution has already started, advanced digital competences are necessary, and meaningful company experience is in place.
