Being a vocational educator: a guide for lecturers in FET colleges

A guide to vocational education and training in South Africa

By: Moll I, Steinberg C & Broekmann I
Produced by: South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) , 2005

This guide is about enabling craftspeople (those qualified in particular vocations as say plumbers, electricians, etc.) to develop the skills and knowledge required to successfully fill the roles that are necessary for a vocational educator and to thus shift the emphasis from vocational identification to identification as a vocational educator. It is intended to assist the educator to understand why and how a particular strategy, method, or idea is useful, and not to just be a "how to" manual of tips. Yet it is at the same time intended to be relevant at all times to the context and practice of the vocational educator, offering realistic exemplars and demonstrating approaches and methods for implementation.