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ABATA Project

2nd partnership meeting in Dublin June 25th – 27th, 2008

OVERVIEW OF FORMAL, NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING IN SLOVAK TOURISM SECTOR PRO-Orava, Slovakia

• Secondary vocational schools – 24 schools

(September 15, 2007), e. g.: Business Academies Hotel Academies

• Universities – 3 universities (September 15, 2007)

Types of schools preparing for work in tourism area – formal education

Certification of formal education – formal documents

• Secondary schools

(certificate – school leaving examination, GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education)

• Universities

(university diploma – I., II. degree)

Hotel Academies - study fields

• Hotel and travel agencies management
• Hotel and travel agencies management – hotel

management

• Hotel and travel agencies management – travel

agencies management

• Hotel and travel agencies management – tourist

information agencies management

• Hotel management, Gastronomy management

Business Academies - study fields

• Tourism
• Management of tourism
• Intercultural communication in tourism

Types of exams:

• Written exams and tests
• Oral exams

Preparation for professions – secondary education

• Regional tourism middle managers
• Hotel managers (middle management)
• Travel agencies managers and operators
• Tourism guide and animator
• Waiter – waitress, Receptionist, Cook, Catering

cook

Certified knowledge – secondary schools

• Economics
• Geography of tourism
• Hotel and gastronomy management
• International gastronomy
• Marketing
• Animation
• Tourism guidance
• Tourism services
• Congress center services
• Foreign languages
• Information technologies

Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Economics – study fields

• Tourism
• Management of tourism
• Intercultural communication in tourism

(5 years study)

University of Economics Bratislava, Faculty of Commerce – study fields

• Tourism and commerce business
• Tourism management

(5-years study)

Presov University – study fields

• Tourism and hotel management

(5-years study)

University study graduates - prepared for professions

• Qualified tourism enterprises managers

(middle and top-management positions)

• Specialized for the field of tourism services,

hospitality and catering included

Acquired and certified knowledge

• tourism economics
• controlling
• management and marketing,
• law
• integration processes and managerial

communication in tourism

• commercial entrepreneurship
• technologies
• intercultural communication
• foreign languages

Forms of university study

• Full-time (attendance)
• Distance
• Combined

Types of exams:

• Written exams and tests
• Oral exams

Non-formal learning – certification of competencies in tourism area

• Carried out beside the main education
• Complementary to formal education – added

value within the educational process

• Organized at schools in addition to main

activities

• Organized in companies – providing the

additional training

• Certification of knowledge provided by:

Training and educational institutions accredited by Ministry of education of Slovak Republic

Identification and recognition of non- formal learning – current legislation

• One of strategic priorities of Slovak

Government's strategy for Life-long learning 2010

• Partially comes under the Law No. 386/1997

(this law does not cover:

• information system of further learning
• monitoring and need analyses survey

according to labour market requirements

• quality management system
• recognition of non-formal and informal

learning results)

Identification and recognition of non-formal learning

• One of key elements of life-long learning
• Strengthening the status of life-long learning

Two ways (proposed in prepared Draft Law – Life-long learning ):

• Modularization and credit system (for non-

formal learning programmes)

• National Authority with defined competencies

Credit system

• Credits will be awarded to the individual for the

learning outcomes

• Learning outcomes will be recognized and

accumulated as a part of intended qualification

• Credit system will enable recognition and transfer
• f credits for:

determined extent, the way of completion

• r for accomplished modules - to formal

education (e. g. certificate of apprenticeship + number of accredited modules = meeting the conditions for General Certificate of Secondary Education)

National Authority with defined competencies

• National authority will assign credits for

example:

• 80 % for work experience – say 5 years in

particular sector

• 20 % can be obtained through the

recognition of competencies (exam with assigned standard for knowledge and skills) by authorized corporate body

Formal documents - certification of non-formal learning outcomes

• Certificates
• Attestations

Certified professions

• Travel guide
• Cook
• Catering cook
• Waiter – waitress
• Receptionist
• Waiter/Barman
• Kitchen Assistant
• Touroperator
• Rural Environmental Manager
• Tourist Animator
• Sommelier

Standards for identification and assessment of outcomes

• Formal education:

professional standards educational standards assessment standards

• Non-formal education:

professional standards assessment standards

Informal education - certification of competencies in tourism area

• presently the less used education system
• based on natural abilities to learn
• it offers all conditions how to manage all practical

activities in particular profession (learning by doing)

• this type of education is not officially certified

In-formal education

• Accreditation for courses provided as part of in-

formal education and training – Ministry of education

• Accreditation is not required