From 24th to 26th of July, 2023, a training course in Competency-based Training Methods was provided to 24 teachers at LILAMA 2 International Technology College (LILAMA 2).
A successful training course on this topic took place at College of Technology II (HVCT) in the year 2022, since the teachers who attended highly appreciated the knowledge they gained. Thus, it is considered that the training will also be beneficial for teachers in LILAMA 2 in teaching capacity development. That is the reason why the Vietnam-German Programme “Reform of TVET in Viet Nam” decided to support LILAMA 2 in organizing this course and invited Dr Le Phuong Truong to be the trainer.
The training course aims to provide teachers with knowledge about various methods to identify students’ competencies and teach them based on those, which is necessary for efficient teaching and learning.
During the three days from 24th to 26th July, 24 teachers at LILAMA 2 were trained deeply in how to teach based on competencies of students. They learned about the Bloom’s taxonomy, backward design, assessment and measurement tools, rubric planning, basic techniques to create a lesson plan for a blended-learning class from a “traditional” lesson plan and digital tools to create more interesting learning and teaching activities. Not only that, the teachers are also required to complete an end-of-course task where they need to apply all the knowledge gained to design a course, which helps knowledge to be remembered for longer and clearer.
Ms Pham Thi Bay, a core teacher of LILAMA 2, reported that the teachers were eager to learn about these because they were closely related to their planning their lessons, an activity they would need to do regularly.
After the course, around ninety-five percent of teachers taking the evaluation considered that the course did reach its goal. Furthermore, ninety-five percent also said that they were satisfied with the content of the course and ninety percent thought that the participants were eager to contribute their opinions during the course. Lastly, many were glad that they had the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and improve their teaching.
