EMPATIC: Information Literacy in the vocational education and training sector (VET) - recommendations to policy makers.

1. Empowering Autonomous Learning through Information Competencies
Information
Literacy
in
the
Vocational
Education
&
Training
Sector
Recommendations
to
Policy
Makers
(the
Leonardo
da
Vinci
programme
area)
Through
EMPATIC’s
validation
workshops,
a
process
of
consultation
and
a
Final
Conference
the
following
recommendations
to
policy
makers
in
the
VET
sector
have
been
identified:
1. National
VET
policies
should
be
developed
and
information
literacy
must
be
a
vital
part
of
these
policies.
2. Awareness
of
IL
should
be
created
for
society,
decision
makers,
politicians
and
users.
In
this
context,
ministries
of
education,
librarians’
associations,
departments
of
information
management
at
universities
and
all
relevant
institutions
should
cooperate
with
each
other.
3. Information
literacy
should
be
integrated
into
the
official
lifelong
learning
programs
of
ministries
of
education.
4. Information
literacy
should
be
integrated
into
the
VET
activities
arranged
by
municipalities,
ministries,
universities
and
the
other
institutions.
In
this
framework,
IL
should
be
connected
to
municipalities
and
ministries.
5. Social
awareness
of
literacy
should
be
included
within
work
culture
and
the
way
employers
view
it;
VET
provides
a
mobile
work
force
and
innovative
economy
within
Europe.
6. In
cooperation
with
library
associations,
Departments
of
Information
Management
and
other
relevant
parties
at
universities
should
organize
projects
and
curriculum
about
information
literacy-­‐VET
to
fulfil
the
holistic
education
of
trainers.
7. Educational
content
and
appropriate
materials
related
to
information
literacy
in
VET
should
be
prepared.
8. Courses
should
be
organized
through
cooperation
with
public
libraries
to
provide
people
with
competence
in
information
literacy.
9. Ministries
should
give
appropriate
consideration
and
recognition
to
the
attendance
and
experience
in
education
on
information
literacy
and
VET
when
considering
workers’
careers.
10. Awareness
of
IL
is
necessary
at
all
levels;
national,
local
and
institutional
bodies
must
work
together.
11. Lobbying
for
IL
in
VET
(and
indeed
all
sectors
of
education)
should
be
made
to
national
government
and
EU
politicians.
12. International
projects
and
cooperation
concerning
VET
and
information
literacy
should
be
developed.
13.
Distance
education
possibilities
for
IL
in
VET
must
be
explored
and
fully
utilized.
The
main
purpose
of
the
EMPATIC
recommendations
is
to
stimulate
action
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