As vocational schools are focused on job preparation, the promotion of process knowledge, operating skills and industry-specific application systems are predominant in teaching and learning. Digital literacy played a subordinate role. The authors we worked with a network of ten vocational schools all across Germany over two years. They evaluated the school development process of integrating digital literacy across the curriculum and how embed it into everyday practices. The authors concluded that The integration of digital literacy throughout the curriculum as an interdisciplinary cross-sectional task is still in its infancy. Other findings and recommendations are discussed.
Impact / Outcome
Big challenges which VET in general and vocational schools in particluar will have to deal with digital transformation. Even in these pioneer schools, the everyday practice has not change that much. The integration of digital literacy throughout the curriculum as an interdisciplinary cross-sectional task is still in its infancy. The focus remains on the use of ICT to support ICT-related vocational areas.
We also identified a few stakeholders as drivers of change. Mostly out of personal interest, they themselves take part in additional training courses and continued their training independently. They are the ones who contribute with innovative ideas to support digital literacy and they initiated knowledge management processes within the school.
Funding sources
Public/Private
Key Metrics
Integration of digital literacy across the curriculum and how embed it into everyday practices
Operating model
Public-private partnershipYear published
01 January 2021