Metacognition for Environmental Thinking in VET

We applied for the MET-VET project to address critical needs in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, particularly in response to the growing necessity for self-directed learning and...

MET-VET’s key objectives focused on enhancing metacognitive skills and promoting environmental awareness within the VET sector. Specifically: - Facilitate Adoption of Environmental Metacognition Strategies: MET-VET aimed to integrate the strategies into 20 EU VET institutions, enabling learners to plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning behaviours with a focus on sustainability. - Improve Metacognitive Abilities and Lifelong Learning Mindset: enhance environmental metacognitive abilities and foster positive mindset to lifelong learning among 300 VET learners. This involved developing deeper knowledge in planning, monitoring and reflectively evaluating performance, thus increasing self-efficacy. - Upskill VET Practitioners: upskill 60 VET practitioners by providing them with knowledge of environmental metacognitive theories. This enabled them to support and train learners in adopting these strategies, thus promoting self-directed and responsible learning. - Raise Profile of Environmental Metacognitive Skills: elevate importance of environmental metacognitive skills as core component of VET provision at both EU and national levels. By doing so, we aimed to align VET sector with broader EU environmental and sustainability targets.

All activities that were planned were implemented. These included activities needed for successful management, evaluation and dissemination but most of all for development of the MET-VET results. In the area of management, the management space in AdminProject (on-line management system) was created, partners signed bilateral agreements and 4 partnership management meetings were organised. Besides physical, also virtual meetings were organised, in total 12 meetings, one every two months on average. In the area of evaluation, Quality Assurance Plan was created and 4 periodical reports were prepared. In the area of dissemination, Dissemination Plan and calendar were prepared as well as logo, social media channels, 4 newsletters, 4 leaflets, 3 press releases and 3 articles. In project results development, partners implemented 6 activities in PR1, 5 in PR2, 7 in PR3 and 9 in PR4. They were for PR1: research, development of Competence Framework, translation, piloting and improvements. For PR2: research, MOOC design, content development, translations, piloting and improvements. For PR3: research, platform design, piloting, content creation, translations, final piloting and improvements. For PR4: preparation of template for the toolkit, research and lessons learned collection, document preparation, review, amendments, translations, piloting and improvements. In addition, one Learning, Teaching, and Training Activity in Greece) was organised.

- 1 Project Management Plan - 4 Internal Administrative Reports - 4 Internal Financial Reports - 1 Quality Assurance Plan - 4 Quality Assurance reports - 1 Communication and Dissemination Plan - 1 Exploitation Plan - 1 Sustainability Plan - 1 Safeguarding Policy and Ethical Engagement Plan - 4 Dissemination Reports - 7 Multiplier Events - Project logo and branding - Project website - Project social media profiles on the following social media sites: Facebook, LinkedIn - Project Result 1: Metacognition for Environmental Thinking Competence Framework - Project Result 2: Metacognition for an Environmental Approach to VET MOOC for Facilitators - Project Result 2: Metacognition for an Environmental Approach to VET MOOC for Learners - Project Result 3: VET Reflective Digital Story Library and Creation Guide - Project Result 4: VET Metacognition Change Management Toolkit - 1st Piloting Phase per partner country - 2nd Piloting Phase per partner country - 1 Learning, Teaching, and Training Activity in Greece - 3 Stakeholder Co-creation Meetings per partner country - 4 Transnational Meetings in Poland, Cyprus, Italy and Spain