Teacher Training For Embedding Life Skills Into Vocational Teaching

This paper aims to present the results of the research conducted within the LIFE2 project in order to identify the need of vocational teachers and trainers on what would help them to embed life skills into their specialist subject teaching. The needs of employers and learners, in terms of life skills required for increasing the employment prospects, and the opinions of the organisations working with disadvantaged young people were also considered for developing a training pack addressed to vocational teachers and trainers. The key recommendations from the research are focused on the following aspects: teachers and trainers' needs for practical training; needs of learners as VET future professionals; support activities for teachers and trainers in their organisations. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.